Search for dissertations about: "Hodgkin s disease"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words Hodgkin s disease.

  2. 1. Bystander Cells and Prognosis in Hodgkin Lymphoma

    Author : Daniel Molin; Stephen J. Proctor; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Oncology; Hodgkin Lymphoma; Bystander cells; Eosinophilic granulocytes; Eosinophil cationic protein ECP ; Mast cells; Prognosis; Early and Intermediate stage; Onkologi; Hodgkin lymfom; eosinofila granulocyter; ECP; mast celler; prognos; tidiga och intermediära stadier; Oncology; Onkologi; Oncology; onkologi;

    Abstract : Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is characterised histologically by a minority of malignant Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg (HRS) cells surrounded by benign cells, and clinically by a relatively good prognosis. The treatment, however, leads to a risk of serious side effects. READ MORE

  4. 2. Clinical and immunopathological studies in Hodgkin's disease with special reference to prognosis

    Author : Ulla Axdorph; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Hodgkin's disease (HD) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) have certain features in common, but also distinct clinical and pathological differences. Thus, HD has many features of both an infectious (fever, leukocytosis, eosinophilia, night sweats, lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly) and a malignant process with few tumour cells, T-cell accumulation and sclerosis. READ MORE

  5. 3. Identification of arachidonic acid metabolites formed through the 15-lipoxygenase-1 pathway

    Author : Åsa Brunnström; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The polyunsaturated fatty acid arachidonic acid is the precursor of many biologically active lipid mediators. This thesis is focused on the arachidonic acid metabolites formed through the 15-lipoxygenase-1 (15-LO-1) pathway. READ MORE

  6. 4. Characterization of non-coding mRNA in Epstein-Barr virus

    Author : Åsa Isaksson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : Epstein-Barr virus; EBNA1; IRES; PTLD; alternative splice; nucleotide substitution; protein interactions;

    Abstract : Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a human gammaherpesvirus that infects lymphoid and epithelial cells. The virus is the causative agent of infectious mononucleosis, a self-limiting lymphoproliferative disease, and it is additionally associated with various malignancies including Burkitt?s lymphoma, Hodgkin?s disease and lymphoproliferative syndromes in immunocompromised individuals. READ MORE

  7. 5. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and cancer : epidemiological and immunohistochemical studies on SLE patients with malignant lymphoma or myeloid leukaemia

    Author : Björn Lövström; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Malignancy as a cause of death was reported in occasional SLE patients, but the question whether patients with SLE have an increased risk of developing cancer compared to the general population has remained unanswered. To address this question, we created a national Swedish SLE cohort from the Hospital Discharge Register where all patients with an SLE diagnosis between 1964 and 1994 were included. READ MORE