• Between two lungs : proteomic and metabolomic approaches in inflammatory lung diseases 

  Heyder, Tina (Inst för medicin, Solna / Dept of Medicine, Solna, 2017-06-15)

  This doctoral thesis presents results on proteomic and metabolomic profiling of two distinct inflammatory lung diseases: sarcoidosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Chronic inflammatory lung diseases ...

• Mode of obstetrical delivery and type 1 diabetes : a sibling design study 

  Khashan, Ali S; Kenny, Louise C; Lundholm, Ceciclia; Kearney, Patricia M; Gong, Tong; Almqvist, Catarina (Inst för medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik / Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2017-06-14)

  OBJECTIVES: We investigated the association between cesarean section (CS) and type 1 diabetes (T1D), and if the association remains after accounting for familial confounding by using a sibling-control design. ...

• Are carriers of CYP21A2 mutations less vulnerable to psychological stress? A population-based national cohort study 

  Nordenström, A.; Butwicka, A.; Linden Hirschberg, A.; Almqvist, C.; Nordenskjöld, A.; Falhammar, H.; Frisen, L. (Inst för medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik / Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2017-06-14)

  Background Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is one of the most common monogenic autosomal recessive disorders with an incidence of one in 15 000. About one in 70 individuals in the general population are carriers ...

• The influence of childhood asthma on puberty and height in Swedish adolescents 

  Protudjer P., J.L.; Lundholm, C.; Bergström, A.; Kull, I.; Almqvist, C. (Inst för medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik / Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2017-06-14)

  BACKGROUND: Evidence relating to the effect of asthma on puberty or height is inconclusive. We aimed to examine whether the exposure of childhood asthma, including timing and phenotypes, and inhaled corticosteroid ...

• Asthma and height in twins : a cohort and within-pair analyses study. 

  Protudjer, Jennifer; Lundholm, Cecilia; Almqvist, Catarina (Inst för medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik / Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2017-06-14)

  In singletons, asthma may be associated with shorter height and delayed growth during adolescence. Yet, these studies do not account for heritability of asthma, puberty/menarche, and height. We aimed to study ...

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