Search for dissertations about: "premature births"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words premature births.

2. 1. Does cancer originate in utero?

   Author : Magnus Kaijser; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Epidemiology; prenatal exposure delayed effects; breast neoplasms; testicular neoplasms; lung neoplasms; pregnancy; estrogens; estriol; low birth weight body weight; height; twins; matemal exposure; smoking; infant premature; small for gestational age.;

   Abstract : The purpose of the present thesis was to evaluate Trichopoulos' hypothesis that breast cancer can originate in utero, and to examine the role of antenatal estrogen exposure in the etiology of testicular cancer. First, we used data from a Swedish-Norwegian cohort study on risk factors for small-for-gestational-age births to identify markers for antenatal estrogen exposure. READ MORE

4. 2. Smoking and pregnancy : with special reference to preterm birth and the feto-placental unit

   Author : Nina Kyrklund-Blomberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Smoking; Preterm birth; Very preterm birth; Onset of delivery; Placental abruption; Perinatal death; Smoking; Preterm birth; Very preterm birth; Onset of delivery; Placental abruption; Perinatal death; Pulse wave; Vessel stiffness; Echo-tracking system.;

   Abstract : Objective: To study maternal smoking in pregnancy in relation to preterm birth, placental abruption and perinatal mortality in pregnancies with placental abruption, and to pulse wave characteristics in fetal aorta. Methods: Two cohort studies with data on single births obtained from the Swedish Medical Birth Registry (N=311 977 and N=795 459, respectively). READ MORE

5. 3. Mouse models for understanding the molecular mechanism of bone disease in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome

   Author : Eva Schmidt; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Aging is a complex process affecting all people. Intense research is applied to elucidate the biological basis of aging and disease that develop with aging. Studies of progeroid syndromes, where aging happens in an accelerated speed, might be useful to understand the molecular mechanisms in physiological aging. READ MORE

6. 4. Necrotising Enterocolitis : epidemiology and imaging

   Author : Margareta Ahle; Roland Andersson; Peder Drott; Örjan Smedby; Hans Ringertz; Tomas Wester; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) is a potentially devastating intestinal inflammation of multifactorial aetiology in premature or otherwise vulnerable neonates. Because of the broad spectrum of presentations, diagnosis and timing of surgical intervention may be challenging, and imaging needs to be an integrated part of management. READ MORE

7. 5. Cardiovascular development of the preterm infant

   Author : Ulf Schubert; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : The numbers of preterm births and cardiovascular deaths are increasing in most countries. The causes of both developments are multiple and apparently not related to each other. READ MORE