Search for dissertations about: "final height"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 55 swedish dissertations containing the words final height.
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1. Late Effects After Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation in Childhood
Abstract : Fifty children with hematologic malignancies have been treated with autologous BMT in Uppsala. The aim was to describe late effects in this group with special reference to cataracts, reduced final height, and to hepatic, renal, and pulmonary late effects. READ MORE
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2. Glucocorticoids - outcome in patients with glucocorticoid deficiency and Cushing's syndrome
Abstract : Glucocorticoids (GCs) are steroid hormones that have a major impact on human metabolism and are essential for life. Chronic GC overexposure, called Cushing’s syndrome, is characterized by central obesity, muscle atrophy, osteoporosis, hypertension, impaired glucose tolerance and neurocognitive impairment. READ MORE
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3. The influence of adhesion molecules on binding and protein organization in cell contacts
Abstract : Interactions between immune cells such as T cells and antigen-presenting cells (APCs) are integral for mounting an adaptive immune response. The interaction between the T cell receptor (TCR) and the antigen-presenting major histocompatibility complex (pMHC) on a contacting T cell and APC, is widely accepted to be the key interaction. READ MORE
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4. Growth in Sweden : surveillance of growth patterns and epidemiological monitoring of secular changes in height and weight among children and adolescents
Abstract : This thesis investigates the growth patterns of infants, children and adolescents in all of Sweden and the secular change for height and weight for schoolchildren. This thesis is based on the study of two cohorts: First, schoolchildren born 1973 from age 7 y to 18 y, and second children born in 1981 from birth to age 19 y. READ MORE
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5. Atlantic Water in the Nordic Seas : A satellite altimetry perspective on ocean circulation
Abstract : The Atlantic Water in the Nordic Seas contributes to the mild climate of Northern Europe and is the main oceanic source of heat for the Arctic. The northward bound transport of the warm and saline Atlantic Water is mediated by a topographically constrained cyclonic boundary current along the Norwegian continental slope. READ MORE