Search for dissertations about: "albinism"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the word albinism.

2. 1. On visual impairment in Swedish children

   Author : Jonas Blohmé; Lund Oftalmologi; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Ophtalmology; Sweden; sociology; mortality; outcome; epidemiology; registration; childhood blindness; Visual impairment; children; Oftalmologi;

   Abstract : Knowledge of the epidemiology of visual impairment in children forms one of the cornerstones in paediatric ophthalmology. To gain an overview of the situation in Sweden an epidemiological study was performed. Totally 2373 visually impaired children were found, giving an age-specific prevalence of 10,9/10 000. Childhood blindness (i. READ MORE

4. 2. Genetic, cellular and clinical studies of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

   Author : Marie Meeths; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Hemophagocytic lymphohistocytosis (HLH) is a life-threatening hyperinflammatory condition characterized by fever, cytopenia, hepatosplenomegaly, and sometimes hemophagocytosis. HLH is typically divided into two distinct groups, primary HLH and secondary HLH. READ MORE

5. 3. Amblyopia and subnormal visual acuity. Studies of prevalence, assessment and outcome

   Author : Josefin Ohlsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Amblyopia; Visual Acuity; Eye Diseases; Epidemiology; Child; Adolescence; Depth Perception; Vision Screening; Treatment Outcome;

   Abstract : Aims. The aims of this thesis were threefold. Firstly, we wanted to establish the distribution of visual acuity (VA) and the prevalence of amblyopia and other ocular disorders in two population-based samples of 12-13-year-old children, one that had been vision-screened at preschool age and the other that had not. READ MORE