Search for dissertations about: "Adrenal Insufficiency"

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  2. 6. Genetic risk factors in autoimmune Addison's disease

    Author : Maribel Aranda Guillén; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Autoimmune Addison’s disease is the most common form of primary adrenal insufficiency in the Western world. The low prevalence of the disease has hampered large-scale unbiased genetic studies where the entire genome could be examined at once. READ MORE

  4. 7. Glucocorticoids - outcome in patients with glucocorticoid deficiency and Cushing's syndrome

    Author : Oskar Ragnarsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Cardiovascular risk; bone mineral density; paediatric; final height; cognitive function; fatigue; attentional network test; body composition; sarcopaenia; growth hormone;

    Abstract : Glucocorticoids (GCs) are steroid hormones that have a major impact on human metabolism and are essential for life. Chronic GC overexposure, called Cushing’s syndrome, is characterized by central obesity, muscle atrophy, osteoporosis, hypertension, impaired glucose tolerance and neurocognitive impairment. READ MORE

  5. 8. Mortality and morbidity in patients with Addison's disease

    Author : Ragnhildur Bergthorsdottir; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Addison s disease; mortality; glucocorticoid s ; glucocorticoid replacement therapy; cardiovascular diseases; bone mineral density; osteoporosis; quality of life;

    Abstract : Addison's disease (AD) or primary adrenal insufficiency is a rare disease with an estimated prevalence of 100-140 per million inhabitants and deadly unless treated with glucocorticoids (GCs). Very limited information is available on the morbidity and mortality in this patient group. READ MORE

  6. 9. Psychological and psychiatric aspects in women with disorders of sex development

    Author : Hedvig Engberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Disorders of sex development (DSD) are an umbrella term for conditions where biological development of sex is affected. Included in this thesis are women with different DSD; women with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), a disorder causing androgen excess, women with complete androgen insensitivity (CAIS), a disorder of androgen action, and women with complete gonadal dysgenesis (CGD), a complete absence of testicular or ovarian development. READ MORE

  7. 10. Psychological aspects in differences / disorders of sex development

    Author : Anna Strandqvist; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: Sex differentiation depends on a complex set of molecular events. These are at one point initiated by SRY gene expression and involve gene transcription, which in turn can be affected by the prescence or absence of different co-factors, availability of and exposure to sex hormones, presence and sensitivity of steroid receptors that directs growth and development. READ MORE