Search for dissertations about: "Bo Wängberg"
Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Bo Wängberg.
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1. Carcinoid tumours : tumour biology and clinical management
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2. Clinical Studies on Adrenocortical Tumours using [11C]-metomidate Positron Emission Tomography
Abstract : Adrenal tumours, discovered en passant in patients undergoing radiological examinations for non-adrenal disease, so-called adrenal incidentalomas, have increased dramatically in the recent era of more sophisticated diagnostic modalities such as high resolution multidetector computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Furthermore, primary aldosteronism (PA) has been documented in several screening studies as being far more common than previously believed among hypertensive patients. READ MORE
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3. Clinical and immunohistochemical studies of small bowel carcinoid tumours
Abstract : Small bowel carcinoid tumours arising from enterochromaffin cells in the jejunum and ileum are neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) characterized by secretion of serotonin, tachykinins and other bioactive substances. These substances may lead to the typical carcinoid syndrome as well as pronounced fibrosis locally and in the heart. READ MORE
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4. Molecular Genetic Studies of Sporadic and MEN1-Associated Endocrine Pancreatic Tumors
Abstract : Pancreatic endocrine tumors (PETs) may cause typical syndromes of hormone excess, or appear clinically non-functioning without hormonal symptoms. PETs occur sporadically, in association with the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) syndrome, or rarely the von Hippel-Lindau syndrome. READ MORE
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5. Lithium-associated hyperparathyroidism : Prevalence, Pathophysiology, Management
Abstract : Lithium has been used in the treatment of bipolar disorder, formerly called manic depression, for nearly seven decades. Lithium-associated hyperparathyroidism (LHPT) is an ill-defined and less well known possible side-effect of chronic lithium therapy and was first described in 1973. READ MORE