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Subjective food hypersensitivity: assessment of enterochromaffin cell markers in blood and gut lavage fluid
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-08)Background: Food hypersensitivity is commonly suspected, but seldom verified. Patients with subjective food hypersensitivity suffer from both intestinal and extraintestinal health complaints. Abnormalities of the ... -
Subjective food hypersensitivity: Lifestyle and psychological factors
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Subjective food hypersensitivity: Studies on enterochromaffin cell secretion products and effects of seal oil therapy
(Doctoral thesis, 2013-03-08)Background: Perceived food hypersensitivity is a prevalent condition which often remains medically unexplained. The etiology of this subjective condition is not fully understood, mainly because of a lack of specific ... -
Subjective health complaints and exposure to tick-borne infections in southern Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objectives: Whether tick‐borne infections can cause chronic subjective health complaints is heavily debated. If such a causal connection exists, one would expect to find more health complaints among individuals exposed to ... -
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 ... -
Subjective health complaints predict functional outcome six months after stroke
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-02)Objectives: Cerebrovascular stroke is a main cause of lasting disability in older age, and initial stroke severity has been established as a main determinant for the degree of functional loss. In this study, we searched ... -
Subjective health complaints, functional ability, fear avoidance beliefs, and days on sickness benefits after work rehabilitation – a mediation model
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-05-23)Background: Long-term sick leave and withdrawal from working life is a concern in western countries. In Norway, comprehensive inpatient work rehabilitation may be offered to sick listed individuals at risk of long-term ... -
Subjective symptoms and clinical signs and imaging features related to temporomandibular disorders in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-09-09)Introduction: Temporomandibular disorder (TMD) is an umbrella term for orofacial muscle pain and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) conditions. Unfortunately, children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), ... -
Subjective symptoms and serum methadone concentrations: what should guide dose adjustments in methadone maintenance treatment? A naturalistic cohort study from Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: There is little evidence-based guidance on how to optimize methadone dosages among patients with opioid addiction undergoing methadone maintenance treatment (MMT). This study aims to investigate whether ... -
Submission policy, peer-review and editorial board members: interesting conflicts and conflicts of interest
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-10-26)The Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine welcomes an ever-increasing number of submissions while maintaining an acceptance level well below half of all submitted manuscripts, meaning that ... -
Subsequent ipsi- and contralateral femoral fractures after intramedullary nailing of a trochanteric or subtrochanteric fracture: a cohort study on 2012 patients
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-28)Background: The literature is inconclusive as to whether an intramedullary nail changes the distribution of a subsequent ipsi- or contralateral fracture of the femur. We have compared the incidence, localisation, and ... -
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 ... -
Substance use and symptoms of mental health disorders: a prospective cohort of patients with severe substance use disorders in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-02-27)Background:There is high co-occurrence of substance use disorders (SUD) and mental health disorders. We aimedto assess impact of substance use patterns and sociodemographic factors on mental health distress using 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 ... -
Substituted decision making and the dispositional choice account
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)There are two main ways of understanding the function of surrogate decision making in a legal context: the Best Interests Standard and the Substituted Judgment Standard. First, we will argue that the Best Interests Standard ... -
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 ... -
Subtyping of breast cancer by immunohistochemistry to investigate a relationship between subtype and short and long term survival: a collaborative analysis of data for 10,159 cases from 12 studies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-05-25)Background Immunohistochemical markers are often used to classify breast cancer into subtypes that are biologically distinct and behave differently. The aim of this study was to estimate mortality for patients with the ... -
Subtyping social anxiety in youth
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-06)Few empirical studies have examined subtypes of social anxiety disorder (SAD) in youth, and limited consensus resides on the nature of potential subtypes. Identifying subtypes, based on both fear and avoidance patterns, ... -
Succeeding with rapid response systems - a never-ending process: A systematic review of how health-care professionals perceive facilitators and barriers within the limbs of the RRS
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-11)Background: Meta-analyses show that hospital rapid response systems (RRS) are associated with reduced rates of cardiorespiratory arrest and mortality. However, many RRS fail to provide appropriate outcomes. Thus an improved ... -
Successes and challenges of the national programme for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Implementation and impact
(Doctoral thesis, 2012-01-20)Mother-to-child HIV transmission (MTCT) is the main source of HIV infection among children under the age of 15. The majority of these transmissions occur in utero and during the intra-partum period and are associated with ...