Search for dissertations about: "diabetes, diagnostic"

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  2. 1. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus - Diagnostic Implications During Pregnancy and Follow-Up

    Author : Rickard Claesson; diabetes och endokrinologi Genomik; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Gestational diabetes mellitus GDM ; Oral glucose tolerance test; Type-2 diabetes; Diagnostic criteria; HbA1c; Screening test; Follow-up; Body mass index BMI ; Glucose levels; Large for gestational age LGA ; Seasonal variation;

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  4. 2. Early arterial disease of the lower extremities in diabetes : diagnostic evaluation and risk markers

    Author : David Sahli; Maria Svensson; Eric Wahlberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; diabetes mellitus; ankle blood pressure; toe blood pressure; screening; risk markers; mediasclerosis; macroangiopathy; fibrinolysis; inflammation; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Diabetology; Diabetologi;

    Abstract : The aim of the present thesis was to assess the occurrence of early lower extremity arterial disease (LEAD) in patients with diabetes and to assess novel potential risk markers for development or worsening of LEAD in the same patients. In parallel different measures of impaired peripheral circulation were evaluated. READ MORE

  5. 3. PET imaging of beta-cell mass

    Author : Pierre Cheung; Olof Eriksson; Weibo Cai; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; PET imaging; diabetes; beta-cell mass; affibody; SC-islets; Medicinal Chemistry; Läkemedelskemi;

    Abstract : A hallmark of diabetes is the progressive loss of the beta-cell mass (BCM) and function. Most of the diagnostic methods for diabetes are mostly reflective of the beta-cell function, whereas current methodologies for studying the beta-cell mass are limited to post-mortem biopsies or highly invasive methods. READ MORE

  6. 4. Aspects of ZnT8 autoimmunity in childhood type 1 diabetes

    Author : Cecilia K Andersson; Pediatrisk endokrinologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Type 1 diabetes; Zinc transporter; ZnT8 autoantibodies; HLA; islet cell autoantibodies; GAD65 autoantibodies; IA-2 autoantibodies; insulin autoantibodies; glucose tolerance;

    Abstract : Type 1 diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in childhood and adolescence with an increasing incidence worldwide. It is an autoimmune disease with many autoimmune markers, where the zinc transporter 8 autoantibody (ZnT8A) is the most recent autoantibody discovered. READ MORE

  7. 5. Gestational diabetes mellitus – prevalence in southern Sweden and risk factors for subsequent diabetes

    Author : Claes Ignell; diabetes och endokrinologi Genomik; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; prognosis; insulin resistance; insulin secretion; ethnic groups; sampling; diabetes; cohort studies; prevalence; oral glucose tolerance test; Gestational diabetes;

    Abstract : Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with risks during pregnancy, during delivery, and in later life with a substantial risk of subsequent diabetes. The worldwide prevalence of GDM is increasing, but varies with differences in diagnostic methods and population characteristics. READ MORE