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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background The conversions of the n-3 and n-6 fatty acid of plant origin to the C20 and C22 very long chain fatty acids (LCPUFAs) is regulated by several cellular enzymes such as elongases and desaturases. ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Nakalanga syndrome is a condition that was described in Uganda and various other African countries decades ago. Its features include growth retardation, physical deformities, endocrine dysfunction, mental impairment, and ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: Associations between influenza infection and sleep disorders are poorly studied. We investigated if pandemic influenza infection or vaccination with Pandemrix in 2009/2010 was associated with narcolepsy or ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: Our study aimed to explore how survivors of osteosarcoma of the lower extremity experience physical and psychosocial late effects several years after undergoing arduous treatment. A qualitative, phenomenological ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: There is growing concern that an ageing population and increasing number of patients with chronic illnesses in the future will foster a need for health services beyond the resources available in society. Patients ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Unmarried, young women constitute a significant proportion of women who undergo unsafe abortion in Ethiopia. Based on material from an ethnographic study, the experiences of young, unmarried women who had been admitted to ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)In this paper, some of the medical literature on the historical disease-concept of ‘neurasthenia gastrica’ is reviewed. Neurasthenia gastrica was defined as a sub-unit of the wider category of neurasthenia, also referred ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Multilevel uncertainty exists in the treatment of devastating brain injury and variation in end-of-life decision-making is a concern. Cognitive and emotional doubt linked to making challenging ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is a common musculoskeletal disorder. There is little consensus on the etiology, but one explanatory model suggests that PFPS can be caused by referred pain. ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2010)Background Exposure to alcohol and illicit substances during pregnancy can have an impact on the child for the rest of his/her life. A Special Child Welfare Clinic (SCWC) in Norway provides care for pregnant ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)The distributions of income and health within and across countries are changing. This challenges the way donors allocate development assistance for health (DAH) and particularly the role of gross national income per capita ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2017)
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Meningitis remains a top cause of premature death and loss of disability-adjusted life years in low-income countries. In resource-limited settings, proper laboratory diagnostics are often scarce ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background Norway has extensive and detailed legal requirements and guidelines concerning involvement of next of kin (NOK) during involuntary hospital treatment of seriously mentally ill patients. However, ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background National estimates for the occurrence of diabetes are difficult to obtain, particularly time trends in incidence. The aim was to describe time trends in prevalent and incident use of blood ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Almost half of the European Union (EU)’s population is exposed to road traffic noise above levels that constitute a health risk. Associations between road traffic noise and impaired sleep in adults have consistently been ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Nodding syndrome (NS) is a debated scientific topic. A recently published study suggests that NS is an autoimmune disorder based on findings of cross-reacting antibodies between neuronal structures and a protein present ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Among all cancer patients in the palliative phase, ¾ have reached the age of 65. An aging population will increase the number of people afflicted with cancer, and create challenges for patients, ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)Objective. To develop a set of explicit criteria for pharmacologically inappropriate medication use in nursing homes. Design. In an expert panel, a three-round Delphi consensus process was conducted via survey software. ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background: Breastfeeding is considered the best infant-feeding method. Norway is one of the leading countries in terms of breastfeeding initiation and duration. To maintain this high breastfeeding rate, it is important ...