In liver disease, irregular proliferation of hepatocytes is an important factor favoring hepatocarcinogenesis. The aim of this cell biological thesis has been to study the impact of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and cellular ...

Cand.med Jo Kramer-Johansen (f.1969) has studied how quality of CPR can be measured and modified by automated feedback during out of hospital cardiac arrest. The results from 284 episodes of cardiac arrest treated in the ...

This thesis investigates several issues in DCE-MRI of high-grade gliomas for the purpose of optimizing the sequence for increased reproducibility of the estimated kinetic parameters. The effect of reducing the temporal ...

Pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (PNENs) comprise approximately five percent of neoplasms originating from the pancreas. Surgical resection is an important treatment option for PNENs because it alone offers the possibility ...

Zopiclone is one of the most commonly prescribed sleep medications in the world. Driving in the morning, after regular nighttime zopiclone consumption, is, by many, considered to be safe traffic wise, due to the fast ...

Elektiv ortopedisk kirurgi hos pasienter med revmatisk leddsykdom Revmatiske sykdommer fører ofte til leddsmerter og redusert fysisk funksjon. I denne studien rapporterte en stor gruppe pasienter med leddgikt en generell ...

Children born to substance-dependent mothers who themselves have had an upbringing disturbed by parental substance-abuse, are at high risk. The mothers in this study represent a vulnerable group, difficult for researchers ...

Cyclic GMP (cGMP) is a second messenger that regulate cardiovascular functions and therapies that increase cGMP shows beneficial effects. However, the mechanisms behind some of these effects in the heart are elusive. In ...