Search for dissertations about: "medical registry"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 385 swedish dissertations containing the words medical registry.

  2. 1. Genetic studies of stroke in Northern Sweden

    Author : Sofie Nilsson Ardnor; Dan Holmberg; Jan Hillert; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; stroke; linkage; genome wide scan; susceptibility loci; association; candidade gene; PDE4D; PIK3R1; extended pedigree; Medical genetics; Medicinsk genetik;

    Abstract : Stroke is a common disorder of later life with a complex etiology, including both environmental and genetic risk factors. The inherited predisposition is challenging to study due to the complexity of the stroke phenotype. READ MORE

  4. 2. Applications of Knowledge Discovery in Quality Registries - Predicting Recurrence of Breast Cancer and Analyzing Non-compliance with a Clinical Guideline

    Author : Amir Reza Razavi; Nosrat Shahsavar; Arie Hasman; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Breast cancer; Clinical guidelines; Canonical correlation analysis; Data Mining; Data pre-processing; Decision tree induction; Knowledge Discovery in Databases; Medical informatics; Medicinsk informatik;

    Abstract : In medicine, data are produced from different sources and continuously stored in data depositories. Examples of these growing databases are quality registries. In Sweden, there are many cancer registries where data on cancer patients are gathered and recorded and are used mainly for reporting survival analyses to high level health authorities. READ MORE

  5. 3. Pain rehabilitation in Sweden : a quality registry study

    Author : Vanja Nyberg; Mehmed Novo; Jan Ekholm; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : chronic pain; pain-related disability; pain rehabilitation; registry study; sick leave benefits; audit;

    Abstract : Background: Chronic pain, defined as non-malignant pain emanating from the musculoskeletal system, may limit everyday activities, social functioning and the quality of social and working life for individuals, creating disability as well as incurring high economic and public costs for society. Controlled studies show that cognitive-behavioural interdisciplinary rehabilitation has a positive effect on functioning in patients who have been disabled by chronic non-malignant pain conditions. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Clinical Course of Severe Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency: Registry-Based National Studies

    Author : Adriana-Maria Hiller; Internmedicin - epidemiologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency; Lung function; Natural course; Registry; screening;

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  7. 5. Hereditary Colorectal Cancer; Identification, Characterization and Classification of Mutations

    Author : Anna Rohlin; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Hereditary Colorectal cancer; FAP; AFAP; mutations; mosaic mutation; exome sequencing; massively parallel sequencing; next generation sequencing; atypical polyposis; APC; POLE; GREM1; PPAP;

    Abstract : Hereditary factors are thought to play are role in 20-30% of all colorectal cancers Around 6% are found as high penetrant disease-causing mutations in genes correlated to hereditary polyposis or hereditary non-polyposis syndromes. The aim of this thesis was to identify new causative genes and variants and also mutation mechanisms in families presenting a polyposis, atypical polyposis or nonpolyposis CRC phenotype. READ MORE