Search for dissertations about: "Acute cerebrovascular disease"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words Acute cerebrovascular disease.

  2. 11. Comorbidity in risk and outcome of hematological malignancies

    Author : Mohammad Mohammadi; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Hematological malignancies are a group of neoplasms that originate from the bone marrow or lymphatic tissues representing close to 10% of the overall cancer burden in the world. Clinical course, prognosis and survival varies greatly from very aggressive disease requiring intensive systemic chemotherapy-based treatment to indolent forms without need of therapy at diagnosis. READ MORE

  4. 12. Genetic analysis of ischemic stroke and predisposing carotid artery stenosis : a stroke carol

    Author : Konstantinos Kostulas; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Ischemic cerebrovascular disease (ICVD), consisting of ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attacks (TIA), is a complex disease where contribution from both the environment and genes promote pathogenesis of the disease-complex. Carotid stenosis is sometimes a predisposing factor or cause for ICVD and a complex disease in itself. READ MORE

  5. 13. Neuroimmunological and clinical studies in neuropsychiatric lupus erythematosus (NPSLE)

    Author : Liisa Hopia; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease with many organ manifestations and characteristic immunological abnormities including a large set of autoantibodies with affinity for nuclear and membrane components. Autoantibodies form immune complexes, which cause inflammation and tissue damage in affected organs. READ MORE

  6. 14. Central Nervous System and Innate Immune Mechanisms for Inflammation- and Cancer-induced Anorexia

    Author : Johan Ruud; Anders Blomqvist; David Engblom; John-Olov Jansson; Linköpings universitet; []
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    Abstract : Anyone who has experienced influenza or a bacterial infection knows what it means to be ill. Apart from feeling feverish, experiencing aching joints and muscles, you lose the desire to eat. Anorexia, defined as loss of appetite or persistent satiety leading to reduced energy intake, is a hallmark of acute inflammatory disease. READ MORE

  7. 15. Prevalence and impact of chronic diseases and multimorbidity in the aging population : a clinical and epidemiological approach

    Author : Alessandra Marengoni; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Chronic diseases; multimorbidity; comorbidity; education; occupation; disability; mortality;

    Abstract : Due to the aging of the population, the absolute number of subjects affected by age-related diseases is expected to increase as well as their coexistence known as multimorbidity.The aims of this thesis were to evaluate the prevalence, distribution and patterns of chronic multimorbidity in the elderly population, and its impact on disability, functional decline and mortality. READ MORE