Search for dissertations about: "contralateral"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 176 swedish dissertations containing the word contralateral.

2. 1. Cross transfer effects after unilateral muscle overuse : an experimental animal study about alterations in the morphology and the tachykinin system of muscles

   Author : Yafeng Song; Per Stål; Sture Forsgren; Fawzi Kadi; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Triceps surae; overuse; contralateral; muscle; muscle fiber; MyHC; capillary; tachykinin; substance P; NK-1R; inflammation; anatomi; Human Anatomy;

   Abstract : Unilateral exercise can produce certain contralateral strength effects. Deleterious events can be cross-transferred as well, as illustrated by a strict symmetry in some chronic inflammatory diseases. READ MORE

4. 2. Towards a Translational Pain Model - Techniques and developments

   Author : Leila Etemadi; Neuronano Research Center (NRC); []
   Keywords : UVB irradiation; Pain; Neuropeptides; Inflammation; Contralateral; Lateral spinal nucleus; Micro-array electrodes; Pan-neuronal markers; immunohistochemistry;

   Abstract : Pain is a major health issue for each affected individual and has a large impact on health costs. Most of our knowledge about this defensive system rely on data from different animal experiments. There is an obvious need for a translational pain model allowing comparisons between experimental animals and humans. READ MORE

5. 3. Contralateral breast cancer : risk and prognosis

   Author : Maria E C Sandberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : The objective of this thesis was to investigate different aspects of contralateral breast cancer. This disease is of increasing importance as the mortality of breast cancer is decreasing while the incidence remains very high, consequently the population at risk for non-simultaneous (metachronous) contralateral breast cancer is increasing. READ MORE

6. 4. Breast cancer in young women. Aspects of heredity and contralateral disease

   Author : Annelie Augustinsson; LUCC: Lunds universitets cancercentrum; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Breast cancer; Early-onset; Genetic counseling; Genetic testing; BRCA1 and BRCA2; Contralateral breast cancer; Breast cancer; Early-onset; Genetic counseling; Genetic testing; BRCA1 and BRCA2; Contralateral breast cancer;

   Abstract : Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women in Sweden, as well as worldwide. In Sweden, 8,288 women were diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in 2019, out of whom approximately 1.5% were younger than 35 years of age. READ MORE

7. 5. Predicting Prognosis and Tamoxifen Response in Breast Cancer. With a special focus on contralateral breast cancer

   Author : Sara Alkner; Bröstcancer-genetik; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Breast cancer; prognosis; treatment prediction; endocrine treatment; tamoxifen; coactivator; AIB1; PAX2; SRC; contralateral breast cancer; premenopausal; randomized trial; mode of detection; mammography.;

   Abstract : One of the great challenges in breast cancer treatment today is to customize adjuvant treatment to each patient’s individual needs. To do this it is necessary to learn more about the prognostic and treatment predictive factors that determine the risk of relapse and response to a certain mode of treatment. READ MORE