Search for dissertations about: "sarcoidosis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 swedish dissertations containing the word sarcoidosis.

  2. 1. Sarcoidosis : granulocyte function and activity in relation to clinical course and pulmonary signs

    Author : Birgitta Schmekel; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

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  4. 2. Polyglandular Autoimmune (PGA) Syndromes and associations to sarcoidosis

    Author : Konstantinos I Papadopoulos; Malmö Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; angiotensin converting enzyme ACE ; DQB1; DRB1; HLA; H K ATPase; antigliadin; autoantibodies; pernicious anaemia; coeliac disease; sarcoidosis; Hashimoto thyroiditis; Graves disease; autoimmune thyroid disease; Addison s disease; Polyglandular autoimmune PGA syndromes; autoimmunity; ACE gene polymorphism; Immunology; serology; transplantation; Immunologi; serologi;

    Abstract : Polyglandular Autoimmune (PGA) syndrome type II in idiopathic Addison's disease: In a retrospective study of idiopathic Ad-dison's disease (median age at diagnosis 32.5 years, range 8-62; median observation time 17 years, range 0.5-41), 50% met the criteria for PGA syndrome type II. In PGA syndrome type II, 73% had ATD and 41% had IDDM. READ MORE

  5. 3. Epidemiological aspects of sarcoidosis : risk factors and long-term consequences

    Author : Marios Rossides; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : sarcoidosis;

    Abstract : Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology in which granulomatous lesions form mostly in the lungs and the lymphatic system of patients. Although more than a century has passed since sarcoidosis was first described, our understanding of its etiology and clinical course is limited. READ MORE

  6. 4. Inflammatory mechansims in pulmonary sarcoidosis

    Author : Mary Berlin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Adhesion molecules; alveolitis; bronchoalveolar lavage; bronchial hyperreactivity; extracellular matrix molecules; extrinsic allergic alveolitis; fibrosis; HLA-DR; sarcoidosis; TCR;

    Abstract : Pulmonary sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disorder of unknown aetiology, characterised by an accumulation of CD4+ T-cells in the alveolar compartment and by granuloma formation and varying degrees of interstitial fibrosis. The initial clinical presentation may either be acute with fever, malaise, arthritis and/or erythema nodosum or insidious with cough, dyspnea, tiredness, and loss of weight. READ MORE

  7. 5. Primary biliary cirrhosis : an epidemiological and clinical study based on patients from northern Sweden

    Author : Per Uddenfeldt; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Primary biliary cirrhosis; incidence; prevalence; disease course; Kveim test; sarcoidosis; rheumatic disorders; lung function; diffusing capacity; Sjögren syndrome; von Willebrand factor;

    Abstract : Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic cholestatic liver disease, which primarily affects middle-aged women. The liver histology is characterized by inflammation and destruction of the intrahepatic bile ducts as well as a high frequency of granuloma. READ MORE