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Administration Methods of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Treatment of Burn Wounds
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Cellular therapies for burn wound healing, including the administration of mesenchymal stem or stromal cells (MSCs), have shown promising results. This review aims to provide an overview of the current administration methods ... -
Admission C – reactive protein after acute ischemic stroke is associated with stroke severity and mortality: The 'Bergen stroke study'
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-04-28)Background: There is growing evidence that inflammation plays an important role in atherogenesis. Previous studies show that C-reactive protein (CRP), an inflammatory marker, is associated with stroke outcomes and future ... -
Adolescent pregnancy and social norms in Zambia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-06-05)Early pregnancy occurs frequently in Zambia and is considered a public health issue. The aim of this study was to improve understanding of how gendered sexual norms make young unmarried girls vulnerable to unintended ... -
Adolescents' perceptions of masculinity and femininity in the context of sexual and reproductive health in Southern Province, Zambia
(Master thesis, 2017-06-28)Adolescence is a very critical period in which gender norms develop for young people and are carried into adulthood. The gender norms of how adolescents construe themselves as fitting the masculine ideal for boys or the ... -
ADP-ribosyltransferases, an update on function and nomenclature
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)ADP-ribosylation, a modification of proteins, nucleic acids, and metabolites, confers broad functions, including roles in stress responses elicited, for example, by DNA damage and viral infection and is involved in intra- ... -
Adrenal steroid profiling as a diagnostic tool to differentiate polycystic ovary syndrome from nonclassic congenital adrenal hyperplasia: pinpointing easy screening possibilities and normal cutoff levels using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objective To define liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)–based cutoff levels and panels of steroid hormones, to improve diagnosis of nonclassic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (NCCAH) and other partial ... -
Adult ADHD and Comorbid Somatic Disease: A Systematic Literature Review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Objective: To systematically review, synthesize, and appraise available evidence, connecting adult ADHD (aADHD) with somatic disease. Method: Embase, Psychinfo, and Medline databases were searched for studies published ... -
Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is associated with asthma
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-08-07)Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is increasingly recognized as a common disorder not only in children, but also in the adult population. Similarly, asthma also has a substantial prevalence among ... -
Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is associated with migraine headaches
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-03-11)Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is now recognized as a common disorder both in child and adult psychiatry. Adult patients with a diagnosis of ADHD (n = 572) and community controls (n = 675) responded to ... -
Adult life challenges in survivors of young age cancer. A Norwegian national cohort study focusing on reproduction, economic independence and violent deaths
(Doctoral thesis, 2017-06-09)Background: Cancer in childhood, adolescence and young adulthood now carries a survival rate of above 80%. This leads to an increasing proportion of young age cancer survivors in the adult population. These survivors are ... -
Adult pancreatic hemangioma in pregnancy – concerns and considerations of a rare case
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-10-30)Background: Pancreatic tumors in pregnancy are rare but clinically challenging. Careful diagnostic workup, including appropriate imaging examinations, should be performed to evaluate surgery indications and timing . In the ... -
Adult presentation of ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency: a possible cause of hyperammonemia after high-dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Hyperammonemia is a rare and often fatal complication following the conditioning therapy in autologous and allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients. It is characterized by anorexia, vomiting, lethargy and coma without ... -
Adult-Onset Ataxia with Neuropathy and White Matter Abnormalities Due to a Novel SAMD9L Variant
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Variants in tumor suppressor genes and in genes encoding DNA repairing proteins are associated with syndromes conferring neurologic features and increased risk for malignancy. The best example for these conditions is ... -
Adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder report high symptom levels of troubled sleep, restless legs, and cataplexy
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-09-20)Objective: To compare the occurrence of a spectrum of different self-reported sleep problems in adults with ADHD and a control group, and to study the impact of current ADHD medication use and clinical ADHD subtype. Method: ... -
Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. A brain magnetic resonance spectroscopy study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-11-23)Background: Impaired cognitive control in individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be related to a prefrontal cortical glutamatergic deficit. We assessed the glutamate level in the left and the ... -
Advance Care Planning and the staff perspective: The development, implementation, and investigation of a complex intervention in the nursing home :
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-05-07)Abstract Background Nursing home patients represent a heterogeneous, complex, and clinically challenging population. A crucial concern is that most of the patients lack the capacity to provide informed consent, as approximately ... -
Advance care planning in life-threatening pulmonary disease: a focus group study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Advance care planning (ACP) is a communication process for mapping a patient's wishes and priorities for end-of-life care. In preparation for the introduction of ACP in Norway, we wanted to explore the views of Norwegian ... -
Advanced imaging biomarkers in endometrial cancer
(Doctoral thesis, 2019-12-11)Background: Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological cancer in highdeveloped regions of the world, and the incidence has been increasing over the last half century, largely driven by a concurrent increase in ... -
Advances and challenges in the treatment of myasthenia gravis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a chronic autoimmune disease with fluctuating muscle weakness and fatigability. Standard immunomodulatory treatment may fail to achieve sufficient improvement with minimal symptom expression or ... -
Advances in Ureteroscopy: New technologies and current innovations in the era of Tailored Endourological Stone Treatment (TEST)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Ureteroscopy has undergone many advances in recent decades. As a result, it is able to treat an increasing range of patient groups including special populations such as pregnancy, anomalous kidneys and extremes of age. ...