Search for dissertations about: "Lymphadenopathy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the word Lymphadenopathy.

2. 1. Tuberculosis case finding in HIV-positive adults receiving care at health centres in Ethiopia

   Author : Taye Balcha; Enheten för infektionssjukdomar; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; HIV; Case detection; Treatment outcome; Health centres; Ethiopia.;

   Abstract : Rapid, accurate diagnosis and management of TB in HIV-positive individuals is critical for the success of antiretroviral treatment programmes in primary health care in Sub-Saharan Africa. These studies aim to develop and evaluate methods for TB case finding in adults receiving care at Ethiopian health centres. READ MORE

4. 2. Genetic studies of familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

   Author : Kim Göransdotter Ericson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis FHL ; PRF1 gene; MUNC13-4 gene; NK cells; cytotoxic T lymphocytes;

   Abstract : The main contribution from this thesis is a refined knowledge of locus heterogeneity in familial hernophagocytic lympbohistiocytosis (FHL) and a further characterization of corresponding clinical and immunological phenotypes. Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is a fatal autosomal recessive immune deficiency clinically characterized by fever, cytopenia, hepatosplenomegaly, and hemophagocytosis. READ MORE

5. 3. HIV-2 infection in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, with special reference to clinical, immunological and epidemiological aspects

   Author : Hans Norrgren; Sektion III; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Infections; Africa; Guinea-Bissau; AIDS; HIV-1; HIV-2; Infektioner;

   Abstract : We have followed a cohort of police officers in Guinea-Bissau between 1990 and 1997 for the study of clinical, immunological and epidemiological aspects of HIV-2 infection. Initially the prevalence of HIV-2 was high (11.6 %) and HIV-1 infection was rare (0. READ MORE

6. 4. Diagnosis of solid abdomino-pelvic tumours in children : A retrospective radiological study

   Author : Claes Hugosson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Oncology; Children; pelvic; staging: MR; Onkologi; Oncology; Onkologi; Oncology; onkologi;

   Abstract : Problems and Aims: Solid abdomino-pelvic tumours (APTs) in children constitute a heterogeneous group of masses which may originate from the retroperitoneum, the abdominal or pelvic cavities or any adjacent structure. They have different histological features, growth patterns and prognoses. READ MORE

7. 5. 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