Search for dissertations about: "dermatological manifestations"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words dermatological manifestations.

2. 1. Peripheral neuropathy in Lyme borreliosis

   Author : Eva Kindstrand; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Lyme borreliosis; neuroborreliosis; acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans; peripheral neuropathy; cranial neuropathy;

   Abstract : Tick-transmitted Lyme borreliosis (LB) is frequently associated with manifestations from the peripheral nervous system. One aim of the thesis was to describe the relationship between peripheral neuropathy and LB by prospective studies of a) LB in some defined neurological conditions with peripheral nerve engagement and b) peripheral neuropathy in the late dermatological LB manifestation acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA). READ MORE

4. 2. Nonmalignant health effects of arsenic exposure

   Author : Mahfuzar Rahman; Per Gustavsson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : arsenic; case-control study; cross-sectional study; diabetes mellitus; drinking water; epidemiology; exposure; keratosis; public health. hypertension; risk factors; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : This thesis comprises a series of studies concerning occupational and environmental exposure to arsenic and some novel chronic health effects of this element, namely diabetes mellitus and hypertension. Substantial prevalence of the well-known skin manifestations of arsenic ingestion was also found to occur as a result of environmental exposure through drinking water. READ MORE