Search for dissertations about: "Incidence proportion"

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2. 6. Hand injuries in young children

   Author : Elinor Ljungberg; Malmö Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper; []
   Keywords : Hand injury; machine; health care cost; aetiology; injury pattern; young children; incidence; lost productivity; door;

   Abstract : The proportion of hand injuries in Swedish children is the second highest in relation to other parts of the body. The incidence of hand injuries in these children has not yet been estimated. In addition, aetiologies, injury patterns and costs among Swedish children have not been presented on a regional or national level. READ MORE

4. 7. Headache in Schoolchildren : Epidemiology, Pain Comorbidity and Psychosocial Factors

   Author : Katarina Laurell; Matti Sillanpää; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Neurosciences; Children; Headache; Tension-type headache; Migraine; Prevalence; Incidence; Prognosis; Pain; Psychosocial factors; Neurovetenskap; Neurology; Neurologi;

   Abstract : Headache is the most frequently reported pain in children and is associated with missed schooldays, anxiety, depressive symptoms and various physical symptoms. A secular trend of increasing headache prevalence has been suggested. Few studies have focused on tension-type headache among children from the general population. READ MORE

5. 8. Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia : population based studies of familial aggregation and prognostic factors

   Author : Lena Brandefors; Beatrice S. Melin; Ola Landgren; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia; lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma; monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance; Swedish Lymphoma Registry; incidence; overall survival; prognostic factors; familial Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia; hyperphosphorylated paratarg 7;

   Abstract : BackgroundWaldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia (WM) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder with a world-wide incidence of 3-4 patients per million persons per year. In Sweden, the incidence was about three times higher, and approximately 100 patients per year are reported to the Swedish Lymphoma Registry (SLR). READ MORE

6. 9. Mental retardation in children : an epidemiological and etiological study of mentally retarded children born 1959-1970 in a northern Swedish county

   Author : Hans K:son Blomquist; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Mental retardation; Incidence; Prevalence; Etiology; CNS handicap; Fragile site X chromosome; Maternal phenylketonuria; Late introduced dietary treatment; Intrauterine irradiation;

   Abstract : In an unselected series of mentally retarded children in the county of Västerbotten, Sweden, the annual incidence of children with severe mental retardation (SMR) (IQ < 50) and alive at the age of one year decreased from 5.3 per 1,000 in 1959 - 1963 to 3.1 per 1,000 in 1967 -1970. READ MORE

7. 10. The 22q11 deletion syndrome.A clinical and epidemiological study

   Author : Sólveig Oskarsdóttir; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : 22q11 deletion; disability; dysmorphology; incidence; phenotype;

   Abstract : Aims: The aims of this study were to 1) assess the incidence and prevalence of the 22q11 deletion syndrome(22q11DS) in a defined population of western Sweden, 2) to evaluate the presenting phenotype and 3)to investigate the profile of cognitive and nervous system-related disabilities and the resulting handicap,taking into account physical, neurological and psychological aspects.Material and Methods: The incidence was studied in children born in the Western Götaland Region,where Göteborg is the main city, during the years 1991-2000. READ MORE