Search for dissertations about: "DXR"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the word DXR.

  2. 6. Hands-on osteoporosis screening with digital x-ray radiogrammetry

    Author : Michael Wilczek; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : According to epidemiological studies about one third of women and one fifth of men over 50 years will experience a fragility fracture. These fractures account for substantial mortality, morbidity and health care cost. Osteoporosis is a silent disease and thus often goes undiagnosed for a long time. READ MORE

  4. 7. On the pro-apoptotic mechanisms of the antitumor drugs doxorubicin and interferon-alpha

    Author : Theocharis Panaretakis; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Anti-cancer drugs act primarily by inducing apoptosis. However, knowledge of how various substances induce apoptosis is still incomplete, and so is the basis for the great variation in cellular sensitivity to cytotoxic drugs. READ MORE

  5. 8. Rheumatoid Arthritis: Body Composition, Bone Loss, and Mortality

    Author : Christina Book; Malmö Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; fat mass; bone mass; lean mass; body composition; mortality; rheumatoid arthritis; predictors;

    Abstract : Early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients (disease duration ≤1 year, n=165) were recruited 1995-2001 and followed systematically clinically and with dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) over 2 years and compared to age- and gender-matched controls. Baseline arm and leg lean mass were decreased in RA patients in both genders and body mass index and truncal fat distribution were increased in female RA patients. READ MORE

  6. 9. The role of X-ray imaging and musculoskeletal ultrasound in the diagnosis and management of rheumatoid arthritis

    Author : Hamed Rezaei; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic autoimmune disease characterized by symmetric joint inflammation that often involves the small joints of the hands and feet, with progressive destruction, deformity, and disability of the joints. Small joints of the hands and feet are frequently the first to be involved in RA, which is why methods for assessment of these joints are of particular importance at the onset of RA and early stage of the disease. READ MORE

  7. 10. Diagnostic and prognostic potential of joint imaging in patients with anti-citrullinated protein antibodies

    Author : Michael Ziegelasch; Thomas Skogh; Alf Kastbom; Mattias Magnusson; Kristina Forslind; Hilde Berner-Hammer; Jan Cedergren; Tuulikki Sokka-Isler; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The introduction of novel therapeutic strategies set new goals for the patients’ outcome, which aims to achieve remission. This goal requires early diagnosis of RA and prompt efficient pharmacotherapy. The introduction of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) two decades ago allowed an earlier RA diagnosis. READ MORE