Search for dissertations about: "childhood"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 1197 swedish dissertations containing the word childhood.

  2. 11. Optimizing Chemotherapy in Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia

    Author : Josefine Palle; Gudmar Lönnerholm; Britt-Marie Frost; Rolf Larsson; Henrik Schröder; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; childhood; acute myeloid leukemia; drug resistance; pharmacokinetics; chromosomal abnormalities; Down syndrome; MLL-rearrangement; t 9; 11 ; Paediatric medicine; Pediatrisk medicin;

    Abstract : Despite major advances in our understanding of the biology of childhood acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and the development of new cytotoxic drugs, the prognosis of long-term survival is still only 60-65 %.In the present research, we studied the pharmacokinetics of drugs used in the induction therapy of childhood AML and performed in vitro drug sensitivity testing of leukemic cells from children with AML. READ MORE

  4. 12. Nutrition and health in infancy and childhood : an epidemiological approach to the assessment of dietary habits, their determinants and implications

    Author : Lars Åke Persson; Gösta Samuelson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Breastfeeding; dietary habits; growth; dental caries; obesity; CHD risk factors; infancy; childhood; epidemiology;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to describe the distribution of feeding habits and dietary habits of Swedish children of different ages, to search for determinants of the observed distributions and to analyse some possible implications of those habits regarding health and growth. The present results emanate from a longitudinal study of feeding, growth and development of 312 infants and from a cross-sectional study on the dietary habits of 738 children aged 4,8 and 13 years. READ MORE

  5. 13. Childhood functional constipation : Parents' everyday life experiences

    Author : Gunilla Flankegård; Evalotte Mörelius; Patrik Rytterström; Karel Duchén; Ann-Cathrine Bramhagen; Maja Söderbäck; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Background: Functional constipation is the most common chronic disorder in childhood with a great impact on family life. Treatment focuses on the behavioural nature of the disorder with toilet training and laxatives, with the goal of daily stool passage without difficulties. READ MORE

  6. 14. Childhood coeliac disease : clinical aspects of heredity, diagnosis and dietary therapy

    Author : Lotta Högberg; Anders Dannaeus; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Childhood coeliac disease (CD) is defined as a lifelong disorder, in which the small bowel mucosa is abnormal as a result of exposure to gluten in the diet. The mucosal damage improves on treatment with a gluten-free diet, but recurs within two years of reintroduction of gluten. READ MORE

  7. 15. Neuroborreliosis in childhood : Clinical, immunological and diagnostic aspects

    Author : Barbro Hedin Skogman; Pia Forsberg; Jan Ernerudh; Birger Trollfors; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Neuroborreliosis; Immune response; Diagnostics; Children; Lyme Borreliosis; Paediatric medicine; Pediatrisk medicin;

    Abstract : Lyme Borreliosisis is a multi-organ infectious disease caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. The spirochete is transmitted to humans by tick bites. Neuroborreliosis (NB) is a disseminated form of the disease, in which the spirochetes invade the nervous system. READ MORE