Search for dissertations about: "age-related macular degeneration"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 31 swedish dissertations containing the words age-related macular degeneration.

  2. 21. Visual, musculoskeletal, and balance symptoms in people with visual impairments

    Author : Christina Zetterlund; Lars-Olov Lundqvist; Hans O. Richter; Tony Pansell; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Visual impairment; musculoskeletal symptoms; balance symptoms; visual enhancing aids; age-matched controls; Surgery; Kirurgi;

    Abstract : Background: Worldwide, about 300 million people have some kind of visual impairment (VI). Most people with VI are in the older age range, as visual deficits increase with age. It is not unusual that people with VI suffer both from neck pain or scapular area symptoms and reduced balance, which they consider to be symptoms of old age. READ MORE

  4. 22. Mosaic loss of chromosome Y : methods for detection and consequences for affected leukocytes and men

    Author : Marcus Danielsson; Lars A. Forsberg; Ståhl Patrik; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; mosaic loss of chromosome Y; mLOY; somatic mosaicism; Medicinsk genetik; Medical Genetics;

    Abstract : It has been known for centuries that men live shorter lives than women, but until recently, the biological mechanisms driving this sex bias has been poorly understood. Mosaic loss of chromosome Y (mLOY) refers to chromosome Y aneuploidy, a male specific and the most common somatic mutation in human blood cells. READ MORE

  5. 23. Mechanisms of malignant and non-malignant angiogenesis using zebrafish models

    Author : Lasse Dahl Ejby Jensen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Pathological angiogenesis significantly contribute to the onset, development and progression of most common and severe human diseases including cancer, metastatic disease, cardiovascular disease, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and retinopathy of prematurity. Under these pathological conditions, tissue hypoxia often acts as a trigger to switch on angiogenesis. READ MORE

  6. 24. Studying prevalence using capture-recapture methods : visual impairment in Portugal

    Author : Pedro Lima Ramos; António Filipe Macedo; Ines Sousa; Amândio Rocha Sousa; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Optometry; Optometri;

    Abstract : Visual impairment (VI) due to eye diseases remains a significant healthproblem worldwide and, also, in Europe. There are an estimated 15 million peoplesuffering from moderate or severe visual impairment in Western Europe. READ MORE

  7. 25. Inhibitors of corneal inflammation and angiogenesis : Prospectives and challenges

    Author : Pierfrancesco Mirabelli; Neil S Lagali; Beatrice Bourghardt Peebo; Francisco C Figueiredo; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Pathologic angiogenesis is involved in cancer and several blinding conditions such as wet age-related macular degeneration, proliferative retinopathies and corneal neovascularization.In these dieseases, the angiogenic triggers are hypoxia and inflammation, and both involve the main angiogenic mediator, which is Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF). READ MORE