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LOC689986, a unique gene showing specific expression in restricted areas of the rodent neocortex
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-07-11)Background: The neocortex is a highly specialised and complex brain structure, involved in numerous tasks, ranging from processing and interpretation of somatosensory information, to control of motor functions. The normal ... -
Local spatial clustering of stunting and wasting among children under the age of 5 years: implications for intervention strategies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-06)Objective: The present study aimed to evaluate the clustering of undernutrition indicators of children under the age of 5 years in relation to different scales. Design: A community-based cross-sectional study design was ... -
Local Treatment of Recurrent Renal Cell Carcinoma May Have a Significant Survival Effect Across All Risk-of-recurrence Groups
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Retrospective comparative studies suggest a survival benefit after complete local treatment of recurrence (LTR) in renal cell carcinoma (RCC), which may be largely due to an indication bias. Objective To ... -
A local-ingredients-based supplement is an alternative to corn-soy blends plus for treating moderate acute malnutrition among children aged 6 to 59 months: A randomized controlled non-inferiority trial in Wolaita, Southern Ethiopia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Globally, moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) affects approximately 5% of children below five years of age. MAM is a persistent public health problem in Ethiopia. The current approach in Ethiopia for managing MAM ... -
The Localization and Characterization of Ischemic Scars in relation to the Infarct Related Coronary Artery Assessed by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance and a Novel Automatic Postprocessing Method
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Aims. The correspondence between the localization and morphology of ischemic scars and the infarct related artery (IRA) by use of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and a novel automatic postprocessing method. Methods and ... -
Localization of CDR2L and CDR2 in paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objective: Identify the subcellular location and potential binding partners of two cerebellar degeneration‐related proteins, CDR2L and CDR2, associated with anti‐Yo‐mediated paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration. Methods: ... -
LOCATOR: feature extraction and spatial analysis of the cancer tissue microenvironment using mass cytometry imaging technologies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Motivation Recent advances in highly multiplexed imaging have provided unprecedented insights into the complex cellular organization of tissues, with many applications in translational medicine. However, downstream ... -
Lockdown and non-COVID-19 deaths: cause-specific mortality during the first wave of the 2020 pandemic in Norway: a population-based register study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objective To explore the potential impact of the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic on all cause and cause-specific mortality in Norway. Design Population-based register study. Setting The Norwegian cause of Death ... -
Loneliness Among Cognitively Intact Residents of Nursing Homes With and Without Cancer: A 6-Year Longitudinal Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Limited information exists regarding the natural development of loneliness and its determinants among cognitively intact nursing home residents. We aimed to examine loneliness among nursing home residents by following up ... -
Loneliness, loss, and social support among cognitively intact older people with cancer, living in nursing homes - a mixed-methods study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-09-25)Background: Loneliness is a significant psychosocial effect following a cancer diagnosis and may prevent people from engaging in social activities, thus creating difficulties in interpersonal relationships. This study ... -
Long COVID in a prospective cohort of home-isolated patients
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Long-term complications after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are common in hospitalized patients, but the spectrum of symptoms in milder cases needs further investigation. We conducted a long-term follow-up in a ... -
Long Term Association between Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Mortality in a Cohort of 4379 Men
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-03-17)Objective A number of observational studies have shown an inverse association between circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D and total mortality, but a reverse J-shaped association has also been reported. In a large nested ... -
Long term clinical disease progression in patients with Parkinson’s disease after STN Deep Brain Stimulation
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-02-12)Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder with severe longterm impact on patients, their caregivers and on the society in general [1]. The treatment of PD is symptomatic. Surgical ... -
Long term outcomes and causal modelling of compulsory inpatient and outpatient mental health care using Norwegian registry data : protocol for a controversies in psychiatry research project
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Objectives: Compulsory mental health care includes compulsory hospitalisation and outpatient commitment with medication treatment without consent. Uncertain evidence of the effects of compulsory care contributes to large ... -
Long term trends in prevalence of neural tube defects in Europe: population based study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-11-24)Study question. What are the long term trends in the total (live births, fetal deaths, and terminations of pregnancy for fetal anomaly) and live birth prevalence of neural tube defects (NTD) in Europe, where many countries ... -
Long Waiting Times for Elective Hospital Care – Breaking the Vicious Circle by Abandoning Prioritisation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: Policies assigning low-priority patients treatment delays for care, in order to make room for patients of higher priority arriving later, are common in secondary healthcare services today. Alternatively, each ... -
Long-lasting insecticidal nets and indoor residual spraying may not be sufficient to eliminate malaria in a low malaria incidence area: Results from a cluster randomized controlled trial in Ethiopia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-04-18)Background Conflicting results exist on the added benefit of combining long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) with indoor residual spraying (IRS) to control malaria infection. The main study objective was to evaluate whether ... -
Long-range evolutionary constraints reveal cis-regulatory interactions on the human X chromosome
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-04-24)Enhancers can regulate the transcription of genes over long genomic distances. This is thought to lead to selection against genomic rearrangements within such regions that may disrupt this functional linkage. Here we test ... -
Long-read sequencing for reliably calling the mompS allele in Legionella pneumophila sequence-based typing
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Sequence-based typing (SBT) of Legionella pneumophila is a valuable tool in epidemiological studies and outbreak investigations of Legionnaires’ disease. In the L. pneumophila SBT scheme, mompS2 is one of seven genes that ... -
Long-term blood pressure trajectories and incident atrial fibrillation in women and men: the Tromsø Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Aims: To explore sex-specific associations between long-term individual blood pressure (BP) patterns and risk of incident atrial fibrillation (AF) in the general population. Methods and results: Blood pressure was measured ...