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Functional level after Traumatic Brain Injury
(The University of Bergen, 2012-02-03)
Objectives:
The objectives of the thesis were to describe the functional level (papers I and II) and self
awareness of functional deficits (paper III) after moderate and severe Traumatic Brain Injury
(TBI), and to ...
Neuroborreliosis in children: Epidemiological and clinical aspects
(The University of Bergen, 2012-06-08)
Background: Lyme borreliosis (LB) caused by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi
sensu lato (Bbsl) is the most common tick transmitted infection in Europe. LB is
a multi systemic infection that develops when the bacteria ...
European neuroborreliosis: Long term follow-up
(The University of Bergen, 2012-06-15)
Lyme disease is the most common human tick borne disease in the northern hemisphere, and
the southern coastline of Norway is a high endemic region regarding Lyme disease.
European Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) often presents ...
Dementia with Lewy Bodies. Identification, frequency and sleep-disturbances. A cross-sectional clinical dementia cohort study
(The University of Bergen, 2011-02-18)
Background:
Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) has existed as a formal consensus diagnosis since
1996 and is defined by dementia and the core features parkinsonism, visual
hallucinations and cognitive fluctuations. The ...
Labour onset and early labour. An exploration of first-time mothers’ and midwives’ experiences
(The University of Bergen, 2011-10-28)
This dissertation is about how women experience waiting for the onset of labour, and how
first-time mothers and midwives communicate during the early phases of labour. Most
women in Norway give birth in public hospitals, ...
Overweight and obesity in Norwegian children. Trends, current prevalence, effect of socio-demographic factors and parental perception
(The University of Bergen, 2010-10-22)
Background: The prevalence of paediatric overweight and obesity has shown a rapid
increase in most parts of the world during the last decades. Estimates of prevalence of
overweight and obesity in Norwegian children have ...
Structural brain MRI and cognition in newly diagnosed Parkinson’s disease
(The University of Bergen, 2010-11-12)
Background:
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common progressive neurodegenerative disorder
mainly affecting the elderly. Previously regarded a pure motor disease, PD is now
considered a multisystem brain disease with various ...
Genetic associations in myasthenia gravis. Implications for pathogenesis
(The University of Bergen, 2010-11-11)
Onconeural antibodies with special reference to anti-Yo
(The University of Bergen, 2011-12-20)
The mechanisms behind anti-Yo mediated paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration is
still not understood, and very little is known about the function of CDR2. In our
studies we have tried to elucidate the properties of Yo ...
Extra-colonic cancers in Lynch Syndrome
(The University of Bergen, 2010-11-12)
Lynch Syndrome (LS) is the most common of the hereditary colorectal cancer (CRC) syndromes. It is caused by germ-line mutations in one of the four mismatch repair (MMR) genes MLHl, MSH2, MSH6 or PMS2. Mutations in one of ...