• Metabolic effects and long-term safety of childhood growth hormone treatment 

  Tidblad, Anders (Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2019-09-16)

  The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the metabolic effects and long-term safety of childhood growth hormone (GH) treatment. In order to achieve this aim, the different projects consist of a two-part clinical ...

• Socioeconomic influences on late-life health and mortality : exploring genetic and environmental interplay 

  Ericsson, Malin (Inst för medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik / Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2019-09-13)

  The objective of this thesis was to increase the understanding of socioeconomic differences in health and mortality in old age - in a genetically informative setting. Data from the Swedish Twin Registry (STR), different ...

• Cancer after bariatric surgery : risk and prognosis 

  Tao, Wenjing (Inst för molekylär medicin och kirurgi / Dept of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, 2019-09-13)

  Obesity is a major public health challenge with a rapidly growing prevalence worldwide. The condition increases the risk of multiple diseases, including cancer in different locations. Current evidence on the effect of ...

• Energy expenditure and accelerometer cut-points for sedentary behavior and physical activity in spinal cord injury : implication for guiding and prevention 

  Holmlund, Tobias (Inst för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Dept of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2019-09-13)

  Background: A motor-complete spinal cord injury (SCI) alters the prerequisites for physical activity (PA) and subsequently energy expenditure. Persons with SCI above thoracic level six have a compromised physiological ...

• Single-stranded DNA : methods and application in nanotechnology 

  Bernardinelli, Giulio (Inst för medicinsk biokemi och biofysik / Dept of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2019-09-13)

  Basic molecular and cell research, production of recombinant proteins, diagnostic detection of genetic mutations, construction of nanostructures and high-throughput DNA sequencing are only a few examples of the diverse set ...

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