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Subjective health complaints are not associated with tick bites or antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in blood donors in western Norway: a cross-sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-07-14)Background: There is controversy about chronic health consequences of tick-borne infections, especially Lyme borreliosis. This study aims to assess whether general function, physical fitness and subjective health complaints ... -
A subset of patients with acute myeloid leukemia has leukemia cells characterized by chemokine responsiveness and altered expression of transcriptional as well as angiogenic regulators
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-05-25)Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive and heterogeneous bone marrow malignancy, the only curative treatment being intensive chemotherapy eventually in combination with allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Both the ... -
Substantial changes in inflammatory and cardiovascular biomarkers in patients with autonomous cortisol secretion
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Objective To map inflammatory biomarkers in patients with autonomous cortisol secretion (ACS) and overt Cushing syndrome (CS). Method Observational study including serum from prospectively included patients with ACS ... -
Subtype-specific surface proteins on adipose tissue macrophages and their association to obesity-induced insulin resistance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)A chronic low-grade inflammation, originating in the adipose tissue, is considered a driver of obesity-associated insulin resistance. Macrophage composition in white adipose tissue is believed to contribute to the pathogenesis ... -
Supporting safe medicines transition for residents entering care homes
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Suppression of bile acid synthesis as a tipping point in the disease course of primary sclerosing cholangitis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background & Aims: Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) agonists and fibroblast growth factor 19 (FGF19) analogues suppress bile acid synthesis and are being investigated for their potential therapeutic efficacy in cholestatic liver ... -
Surgical Treatment of Severe Bowel Obstruction as a Rare Complication Following Allogenic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
(Journal article, 2020)Gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease are common complications occurring after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT), and contribute to a high degree ... -
A survey of surgical team members' perceptions of near misses and attitudes towards Time Out protocols
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-10-09)Background: Medical errors are inherently of concern in modern health care. Although surgical errors as incorrect surgery (e.g., wrong patient, wrong site, or wrong procedure) are infrequent, they are devastating events ... -
A survey of total IgE reference intervals reported by Scandinavian and British medical laboratories – a need for harmonisation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Objectives There appears to be marked discrepancies between total IgE reference intervals (RIs) in use by many laboratories and those recommended by published studies. The aim of this study was therefore to review total ... -
Survival According to Primary Tumor Location, Stage, and Treatment Patterns in Locoregional Gastroenteropancreatic High-grade Neuroendocrine Carcinomas
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: Although the gastrointestinal tract (including the pancreas, gastroenteropancreatic (GEP) is the most common site for extrapulmonary neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC), the current treatment patterns of locoregional ... -
Survival after aortic root replacement with a stentless xenograft is determined by patient characteristics
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objectives Our objective was to examine intermediate-term survival and reinterventions in unselected patients, stratified according to indication, who received a Freestyle (Medtronic Inc, Minneapolis, Minn) bioprosthesis ... -
Survival and costs of colorectal cancer treatment and effects of changing treatment strategies: a model approach
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)New and emerging advances in colorectal cancer (CRC) treatment combined with limited healthcare resources highlight the need for detailed decision-analytic models to evaluate costs, survival and quality-adjusted life years. ... -
Survival and death causes of patients with giant cell arteritis in Western Norway 1972-2012: a retrospective cohort study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-06-25)Background: Our objective was to determine the survival and causes of death in a large and well-characterized cohort of patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA). Methods: This is a hospital-based, retrospective, observational ... -
Susceptibility to chronic mucus hypersecretion, a genome wide association study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-08)Background: Chronic mucus hypersecretion (CMH) is associated with an increased frequency of respiratory infections, excess lung function decline, and increased hospitalisation and mortality rates in the general population. ... -
Susceptibility to hormone-mediated cancer is reflected by different tick rates of the epithelial and general epigenetic clock
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background A variety of epigenetic clocks utilizing DNA methylation changes have been developed; these clocks are either tissue-independent or designed to predict chronological age based on blood or saliva samples. Whether ... -
Switch from stress response to homeobox transcription factors in Adipose tissue after profound fat loss
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-06-09)Background In obesity, impaired adipose tissue function may promote secondary disease through ectopic lipid accumulation and excess release of adipokines, resulting in systemic low-grade inflammation, insulin resistance ... -
Switch in FOXA1 status associates with endometrial cancer progression
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-05-21)Background: The transcription factor Forkhead box A1 (FOXA1) is suggested to be important in hormone dependent cancers, although with little data for endometrial cancer. We investigated expression levels of FOXA1 in primary ... -
Symptom burden and immune dynamics 6 to 18 months following mild SARS-CoV-2 infection -a case-control study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background The burden and duration of persistent symptoms after nonsevere coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains uncertain. This study aimed to assess postinfection symptom trajectories in home-isolated COVID-19 cases ... -
Symptomatic and asymptomatic secondary transmission of Cryptosporidium parvum following two related outbreaks in schoolchildren
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-06)Two related outbreaks (in 2009 and 2012) of cryptosporidiosis in Norwegian schoolchildren during a stay at a remote holiday farm provided us with a natural experiment to investigate possible secondary transmission of ... -
Symptomer etter inntak av karbohydrater. En sammenligning av laktulose og glukose hos pasienter med selvrapportert matoverfølsomhet
(Master thesis, 2009-09-16)Bakgrunn: Unormale reaksjoner på inntak av mat rapporteres hos opptil 25 % av befolkningen, men kun et fåtall av disse har ekte matvareallergi. IBS (irritabel tarm) er en kronisk og plagsom, men i seg selv ufarlig lidelse, ...