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Differences in cervical cancer screening between immigrants and non-immigrants in Norway: a primary health care register based study
(Wolters Kluwer, 2016)The prevalence of cervical cancer is high among some groups of immigrants. Although there is evidence of low participation in cervical cancer screening programs among immigrants, studies have been subject to selection bias ...Journal article -
Differences in metastatic patterns in relation to time between primary surgery and first relapse from breast cancer suggest synchronized growth of dormant micrometastases
(Springer, 2014-08)A significant variation in the metastatic pattern among breast cancer patients exists. Clinical observations suggest that these differences are related to time to recurrence (TTR), thus suggesting a common systemic growth ...Journal article -
Differences in perinatal and infant mortality in high-income countries: Artifacts of birth registration or evidence of true differences?
(BioMed Central, 2015-09-04)Background: Variation in birth registration criteria may compromise international comparisons of fetal and infant mortality. We examined the effect of birth registration practices on fetal and infant mortality rates to ...Journal article -
Different adipose tissue development in mice pair fed fish oil and different carbohydrates
(The University of Bergen, 2011-05-16)Obesity causes several health problems, including insulin resistance, Type 2 diabetes, heart diseases, disrupted energy metabolism and low-grade inflammation. Being obese increases the risk of getting metabolic syndrome. A ...Master thesis -
Different skeletal effects of the peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR)alpha agonist fenofibrate and the PPAR gamma agonist pioglitazone
(BioMed Central, 2009-03-30)Background: All the peroxisome proliferator activated receptors (PPARs) are found to be expressed in bone cells. The PPARγ agonist rosiglitazone has been shown to decrease bone mass in mice and thiazolidinediones ...Journal article -
Differential expression patterns of conserved miRNAs and isomiRs during Atlantic halibut development
(BioMed Central, 2012-01-10)Background: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play a major role in animal ontogenesis. Size variants of miRNAs, isomiRs, are observed along with the main miRNA types, but their origin and possible biological role are uncovered ...Journal articlePeer reviewed -
Differential in vivo expression of mycobacterial antigens in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected lungs and lymph node tissues
(BioMed Central, 2014-10-03)Background: The clinical course of tuberculosis (TB) infection, bacterial load and the morphology of lesions vary between pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB. Antigens expressed in abundance during infection could represent ...Journal article -
Differential utilization of primary health care services among older immigrants and Norwegians: a register-based comparative study in Norway
(BioMed Central, 2014-11-26)Background: Aging in an unfamiliar landscape can pose health challenges for the growing numbers of immigrants and their health care providers. Therefore, better understanding of how different immigrant groups use Primary ...Journal article -
Diflubenzuron in Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) - Multiple Dose Pharmacokinetic Study
(The University of Bergen, 2012-05-21)Diflubenzuron, a chitin synthesis inhibitor, is used as a parasiticide against sea lice in farmed salmonids. It is administered orally via medicated feed pellets. Due to low bioavailability and biliary secretion of the ...Master thesis -
Dignity-preserving care for persons living with dementia
(The University of Bergen, 2015-09-14)The overall aim of the study was to develop an empirical-theoretical model of dignitypreserving care for persons living with dementia, grounded upon the perceptions of nurses, allied healthcare professionals, and individuals ...Doctoral thesis -
Disability pension by occupational class - the impact of work-related factors: The Hordaland Health Study Cohort
(BioMed Central, 2011-05-30)Background: The social gradient in disability pension is well recognized, however mechanisms accounting for the gradient are largely unknown. The aim of this study was to examine the association between occupational ...Peer reviewedJournal article -
Disclosure of HIV status and its impact on the loss in the follow-up of HIV-infected patients on potent anti-retroviral therapy programs ina (post-) conflict setting: A retrospective cohort study from Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
(PLOS, 2017-02-07)Background: The study aimed to identify the impact of non-disclosure of HIV status on the loss to follow-up (LTFU) of patients receiving anti-retroviral therapy. Methodology: A historic cohort of HIV patients from 2 major ...Journal article -
Discovery and development of the Polo-like kinase inhibitor volasertib in cancer therapy
(Nature Publishing Group, 2015)Owing to their integral involvement in cell cycle regulation, the Polo-like kinase (Plk) family, particularly Plk1, has emerged as an attractive therapeutic target in oncology. In recent years, several Plk1 inhibitors have ...Journal article -
Discovery and initial verification of differentially abundant proteins between multiple sclerosis patients and controls using iTRAQ and SID-SRM
(Elsevier, 2013-01)In the present study, we aimed to discover cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) proteins with significant abundance difference between early multiple sclerosis patients and controls, and do an initial verification of these proteins ...Journal article -
Discrimination of grade 2 and 3 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia by means of analysis of water soluble proteins recovered from cervical biopsies
(BioMed Central, 2011-06-28)Background: Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grades 2 and 3 are usually grouped and treated in the same way as “high grade”, in spite of their different risk to cancer progression and spontaneous regression rates. ...Journal article -
Discriminative ability of the generic and condition specific Oral Impact on Daily Performance (OIDP) among adolescents with and without hypodontia
(BioMed Central, 2014-05-22)Background: The aims of this study were to (1) investigate to what extent the generic and condition specific (CS) forms of the oral impact of daily performance (OIDP) inventory discriminate between a group of patients ...Journal article -
Discriminative ability of the generic and conditionspecific Child-Oral Impacts on Daily Performances (Child-OIDP) by the Limpopo-Arusha School Health (LASH) Project: A cross-sectional study
(BioMed Central, 2011-05-26)Background: Generic and condition-specific (CS) oral-health-related quality-of-life (OHRQoL) instruments assess the impacts of general oral conditions and specific oral diseases. Focusing schoolchildren from Arusha and ...Peer reviewedJournal article -
Disease progression and search for monogenic diabetes among children with new onset type 1 diabetes negative for ICA, GAD- and IA-2 Antibodies
(BioMed Central, 2010-09-23)Background: To investigate disease progression the first 12 months after diagnosis in children with type 1 diabetes negative (AAB negative) for pancreatic autoantibodies [islet cell autoantibodies(ICA), glutamic ...Journal article -
Disease-modifying treatments for multiple sclerosis – a review of approved medications
(Wiley, 2015-11-13)Background and purpose: There is still no curative treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS), but during the last 20 years eight different disease-modifying compounds have been approved for relapsing remitting MS (RRMS). Methods: ...Journal article -
Dispatch guideline adherence and response interval—a study of emergency medical calls in Norway
(BioMed Central, 2016-10-13)Background: The Emergency Medical Communication Centre (EMCC) operators in Norway report using the Norwegian Index for Medical Emergency Assistance (Index), a criteria-based dispatch guideline, in about 75 % of medical ...Journal article
