Search for dissertations about: "reproductive medicin"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 474 swedish dissertations containing the words reproductive medicin.
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1. Genuine Caring in Caring for the Genuine : Childbearing and high risk as experienced by women and midwives
Abstract : The experience of pregnancy and childbirth is a central life event with special implications for women at high risk. This thesis describes the meaning of pregnancy, childbirth and midwifery care in four qualitative interview studies based on the lifeworld theory. Women were interviewed during pregnancy and within one week after childbirth. READ MORE
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2. Characterization of HPV-induced vaginal and vulvar carcinoma
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3. Miscarriage : women’s experience and its cumulative incidence
Abstract : Many women experience miscarriage every year. Every fourth woman who has given birth reports that she has previous experience of miscarriage. In a study of all women in the Swedish Medical Birth Register 1983-2003, we found that the number of cases of self reported miscarriage had increased in Sweden during this 21 year period. READ MORE
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4. Sex differences in immune response and sex hormone receptor expression in healthy individuals and during viral infection
Abstract : There is sex-bias in morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases. Infections kill more men than women and several studies have pointed out differences in the immune system as a reason. The sex hormones estrogen, progesterone and testosterone all shape the effect of the immune response on multiple levels. READ MORE
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5. Reproductive function in young Swedish men - Time trend, prenatal and adult exposure to smoking and phthalates
Abstract : A decrease in male reproductive function, including sperm counts, during the second half of the 20th century, has been postulated. During this period, testicular cancer has increased several-fold. Environmental and lifestyle-related factors have been proposed as explanations for a possible negative trend in male reproductive function. READ MORE