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    • Epidemiology of perinatal mortality in rural Burkina Faso: A community-based prospective cohort study 

      Diallo, Abdoulaye Hama (Master thesis, 2009-06-22)
      Background: Perinatal mortality is one of the major public health problems in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is estimated that over 6 millions infant deaths occur each year during the perinatal period either as stillbirths or early ...

    • Epidemiology of Pierre-Robin sequence in Europe: A population-based EUROCAT study 

      Santoro, Michele; Coi, Alessio; Barišić, Ingeborg; Pierini, Anna; Addor, Marie-Claude; Baldacci, Silvia; Ballardini, Elisa; Boban, Ljubica; Braz, Paula; Cavero-Carbonell, Clara; de Walle, Hermien E.K.; Draper, Elizabeth S.; Gatt, Miriam; Haeusler, Martin; Klungsøyr, Kari; Kurinczuk, Jennifer J.; Materna-Kiryluk, Anna; Lanzoni, Monica; Lelong, Nathalie; Luyt, Karen; Mokoroa, Olatz; Mullaney, Carmel; Nelen, Vera; O'Mahony, Mary T.; Perthus, Isabelle; Randrianaivo, Hanitra; Rankin, Judith; Rissmann, Anke; Rouget, Florence; Schaub, Bruno; Tucker, David; Wellesley, Diana; Zymak-Zakutnia, Nataliia; Garne, Ester (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background Pierre Robin sequence (PRS) is a rare congenital anomaly. Respiratory disorders and feeding difficulties represent the main burden. Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiology of PRS ...

    • Epidemiology of Sjögrens syndrome-from an oral perspective 

      Bolstad, Anne Isine; Skarstein, Kathrine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      Oral symptoms are among the most distressing manifestations for patients with Sjögren’s syndrome (SS). The feeling of dry mouth is unpleasant, and hyposalivation may contribute to difficulty in speaking, chewing and ...

    • Epidemiology, comorbidity and clinical course of myasthenia gravis. A registry-based study 

      Andersen, Jintana Bunpan (Doctoral thesis, 2016-01-22)
      Background: Autoimmune myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare neuromuscular transmission disorder. The pathophysiologic mechanisms are well-studied, but the etiology remains unknown. The clinical course of MG is still characterized ...

    • Epidemiology, treatment and outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest 

      Lindner, Thomas Werner (Doctoral thesis, 2015-03-26)
      Introduction: Every year in the Western world, emergency medical system (EMS) personnel attempt to resuscitate approximately 500,000 patients who experience out of the hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Reported incidences ...

    • Epidemisk dødelighet i endring 

      Lundekvam, Hanne Sandvik (Master thesis, 2010-11-21)
      Befolkningen i det førindustrielle Europa var ofte utsatt for tilbakevendene befolkningskriser og generellt sett høy dødelighet. Danmark-Norge, og Bergen, var intet unntak. Ettersom Bergen var en handelsby med god tilgang ...

    • Epidural analgesia for labour pain in nulliparous women in Norway in relation to maternal country of birth and migration related factors 

      Aasheim, Vigdis; Nilsen, Roy Miodini; Vik, Eline Skirnisdottir; Small, Rhonda; Schytt, Erica (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Objective To investigate associations between maternal country of birth and other migration related factors (length of residence, reason for migration, paternal origin) and epidural analgesia for labour pain in nulliparous ...

    • Epigenetic analysis leads to identification of HNF1B as a subtype-specific susceptibility gene for ovarian cancer 

      Shen, Hui; Fridley, BL; Song, HL; Lawrenson, K; Cunningham, JM; Ramus, SJ; Cicek, MS; Tyrer, J; Stram, D; Larson, MC; Kobel, M; Ziogas, A; Zheng, W; Yang, HP; Wu, AH; Wozniak, EL; Woo, YL; Winterhoff, B; Wik, Elisabeth; Whittemore, AS; Wentzensen, N; Weber, RP; Vitonis, AF; Vincent, D; Vierkant, RA; Vergote, I; Van Den Berg, D; Van Altena, AM; Tworoger, SS; Thompson, PJ; Tessier, DC; Terry, KL; Teo, SH; Templeman, C; Stram, DO; Southey, MC; Sieh, W; Siddiqui, N; Shvetsov, YB; Shu, XO; Shridhar, V; Wang-Gohrke, S; Severi, G; Schwaab, I; Salvesen, Helga Birgitte; Rzepecka, IK; Runnebaum, IB; Rossing, MA; Rodriguez-Rodriguez, L; Risch, HA; Renner, SP; Poole, EM; Pike, MC; Phelan, CM; Pelttari, LM; Pejovic, T; Paul, J; Orlow, I; Omar, SZ; Olson, SH; Odunsi, K; Nickels, S; Nevanlinna, H; Ness, RB; Narod, SA; Nakanishi, T; Moysich, KB; Monteiro, ANA; Moes-Sosnowska, J; Modugno, F; Menon, U; McLaughlin, JR; McGuire, V; Matsuo, K; Adenan, NAM; Massuger, LFAG; Lurie, G; Lundvall, L; Lubinski, J; Lissowska, J; Levine, DA; Leminen, A; Lee, AW; Le, ND; Lambrechts, S; Lambrechts, D; Kupryjanczyk, J; Krakstad, Camilla; Konecny, GE; Kjaer, SK; Kiemeney, LA; Kelemen, LE; Keeney, GL; Karlan, BY; Karevan, R; Kalli, KR; Kajiyama, H; Ji, BT; Jensen, A; Jakubowska, A; Iversen, E; Hosono, S; Hogdall, CK; Hogdall, E; Hoatlin, M; Hillemanns, P; Heitz, F; Hein, R; Harter, P; Halle, Mari Kyllesø; Hall, P; Gronwald, J; Gore, M; Goodman, MT; Giles, GG; Gentry-Maharaj, A; Garcia-Closas, M; Flanagan, JM; Fasching, PA; Ekici, AB; Edwards, R; Eccles, D; Easton, DF; Durst, M; du Bois, A; Dork, T; Doherty, JA; Despierre, E; Dansonka-Mieszkowska, A; Cybulski, C; Cramer, DW; Cook, LS; Chen, XQ; Charbonneau, B; Chang-Claude, J; Campbell, I; Butzow, R; Bunker, CH; Brueggmann, D; Brown, R; Brooks-Wilson, A; Brinton, LA; Bogdanova, N; Block, MS; Benjamin, E; Beesley, J; Beckmann, MW; Bandera, EV; Baglietto, L; Bacot, F; Armasu, SM; Antonenkova, N; Anton-Culver, H; Aben, KK; Liang, D; Wu, XF; Lu, KR; Hildebrandt, MAT; Schildkraut, JM; Sellers, TA; Huntsman, D; Berchuck, A; Chenevix-Trench, G; Gayther, SA; Pharoah, PDP; Laird, PW; Goode, EL; Pearce, CL (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-03-27)
      HNF1B is overexpressed in clear cell epithelial ovarian cancer, and we observed epigenetic silencing in serous epithelial ovarian cancer, leading us to hypothesize that variation in this gene differentially associates with ...

    • An epigenetic association analysis of childhood trauma in psychosis reveals possible overlap with methylation changes associated with PTSD 

      Løkhammer, Solveig; Stavrum, Anne-Kristin Støbakk; Polushina, Tatiana; Aas, Monica; Ottesen, Akiah; Andreassen, Ole; Melle, Ingrid; Hellard, Stephanie Francoise Claire Le (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Patients with a severe mental disorder report significantly higher levels of childhood trauma (CT) than healthy individuals. Studies have suggested that CT may affect brain plasticity through epigenetic mechanisms and ...

    • Epigenetics in Breast Cancer Therapy—New Strategies and Future Nanomedicine Perspectives 

      Buociková, Verona; Rios-Mondragon, Ivan; Pilalis, Eleftherios; Chatziioannou, Aristotelis; Miklíková, Svetlana; Mego, Michal; Pajuste, Karlis; Rucins, Martins; El Yamani, Naouale; Longhin, Eleonora Marte; Sobolev, Arkadij; Freixanet, Muriel; Puntes, Victor; Plotniece, Aiva; Dusinska, Maria; Cimpan, Mihaela Roxana; Gábelová, Alena; Smolková, Božena (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-03)
      Epigenetic dysregulation has been recognized as a critical factor contributing to the development of resistance against standard chemotherapy and to breast cancer progression via epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. ...

    • Epigenome-wide association of father's smoking with offspring DNA methylation: a hypothesis-generating study 

      Knudsen, Gerd Toril Mørkve; Rezwan, FI; Johannessen, Ane; Skulstad, Svein Magne; Bertelsen, Randi Jacobsen; Gomez Real, Francisco; Krauss-Etschmann, Susanne; Patil, Viswanath; Jarvis, Deborah; Arshad, SH; Holloway, John W; Svanes, Cecilie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Epidemiological studies suggest that father’s smoking might influence their future children’s health, but few studies have addressed whether paternal line effects might be related to altered DNA methylation patterns in the ...

    • Epigenome-wide association study of leukocyte telomere length 

      Lee, Yunsung; Sun, Dianjianyi; Ori, Anil P.S.; Lu, Ake T.; Seeboth, Anne; Harris, Sarah E.; Deary, Ian J.; Marioni, Riccardo E.; Sørensen, Mette; Mengel-From, Jonas; Hjelmborg, Jacob; Christensen, Kaare; Wilson, James G.; Levy, Daniel; Reiner, Alex P.; Chen, Wei; Li, Shengxu; Harris, Jennifer Ruth; Magnus, Per; Aviv, Abraham; Jugessur, Astanand; Horvath, Steve (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Telomere length is associated with age-related diseases and is highly heritable. It is unclear, however, to what extent epigenetic modifications are associated with leukocyte telomere length (LTL). In this study, we conducted ...

    • Epigraphical discoveries at Tegea: a preliminary report 

      Nicolardi, Margharet (Papers and Monographs from the Norwegian Institute at Athens. series 4o, volume 4, Chapter, 2014)

    • Episk avrunding og autoritet - En sammenlignende studie av Ernst Jünger, Franz Werfel og Thomas Mann 

      Fure, William Sem (Master thesis, 2017-12-09)

    • Episk krig: Litt om linjen Homer, Herodot, Thukydid 

      Børdahl, Amund Ove (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

    • Epistatic and gene wide effects in YWHA and aromatic amino hydroxylase genes across ADHD and other common neuropsychiatric disorders: Association with YWHAE 

      Jacobsen, Kaya Kvarme; Kleppe, Rune; Johansson, Stefan; Zayats, Tetyana; Haavik, Jan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-09)
      Monoamines critically modulate neurophysiological functions affected in several neuropsychiatric disorders. We therefore examined genes encoding key enzymes of catecholamine and serotonin biosynthesis (tyrosine and tryptophan ...

    • Epistatic regulation of growth in Atlantic salmon revealed: a QTL study performed on the domesticated-wild interface 

      Besnier, Francois; Solberg, Monica Favnebøe; Harvey, Alison C.; Carvalho, Gary R.; Bekkevold, Dorte; Taylor, Martin I.; Creer, Simon; Nielsen, Einar Eg; Skaala, Øystein; Ayllon, Fernando; Dahle, Geir; Glover, Kevin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background Quantitative traits are typically considered to be under additive genetic control. Although there are indications that non-additive factors have the potential to contribute to trait variation, experimental ...

    • Epistemic Dependence and the EU Seal Ban Debate 

      Blichner, Lars Christian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-03-31)
      On September 2009 the European Union (EU) adopted a regulation banning the import of seal products into the EU or placing seal products on the EU market. The European Parliament was the main driving force behind the ...

    • Epistemic injustice in the age of evidence-based practice: The case of fibromyalgia 

      Heggen, Kristin Margrethe; Berg, Henrik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The aim of this paper is to analyze epistemic interactions in healthcare practices. In clinical encounters, participants exchange and interpret knowledge. Patients suffering from fibromyalgia often report that healthcare ...

    • The Epistemic Status of Processing Fluency as Source for Judgments of Truth 

      Reber, Rolf; Unkelbach, Christian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-09-07)
      This article combines findings from cognitive psychology on the role of processing fluency in truth judgments with epistemological theory on justification of belief. We first review evidence that repeated exposure to a ...