Survival in patients diagnosed with melanoma in situ compared to the general population. A Swedish population-based matched cohort studyResearch in context [PDF]
EClinicalMedicine, 2023 Summary: Background: The incidence of melanoma in situ (MIS) is increasing even more rapidly than the incidence of cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM).
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C-reactive protein influences the doctor’s degree of suspicion of pneumonia in primary care: a prospective observational study [PDF]
European Journal of General Practice, 2020 Background In primary care, the diagnosis of pneumonia is often based on history and clinical examination alone. However, a previous study showed that the general practitioner’s degree of suspicion correlates well with findings on chest X-ray, when the C-
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”Ett långt golv att gå sig trött på”
Tidskrift för Litteraturvetenskap, 2017 ”A Tiresome Walk on an Endless Street”. Prostitution and the Prostitutes in Ivar Lo-Johansson’s Kungsgatan Ivar Lo-Johansson’s novel Kungsgatan (1935) is set in Stockholm in the late 1920s, a period when the migration from the Swedish countryside to ...
Maria Wahlström
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The cost-effectiveness of person-centred care provided to patients with chronic heart failure and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]
Health Policy Open, 2020 Background: Efforts have been made to implement a more person-centred healthcare approach in several countries. The cost-effectiveness of person-centred care is to a large extent unknown, even though it has been demonstrated to decrease total healthcare ...
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PvDBPII elicits multiple antibody-mediated mechanisms that reduce growth in a Plasmodium vivax challenge trial [PDF]
npj VaccinesThe receptor-binding domain, region II, of the Plasmodium vivax Duffy binding protein (PvDBPII) binds the Duffy antigen on the reticulocyte surface to mediate invasion.
Francisco J. Martinez +17 more
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The validity and reliability study of the first-time fathers questionnaire in Turkish [PDF]
HeliyonThe father's participation in the birth contributes significantly to the mother's birth experiences as well as to the fatherhood process. Since fathers have traditionally not been allowed to attend childbirth in Turkish public hospitals, which now is ...
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Development of an improved blood-stage malaria vaccine targeting the essential RH5-CyRPA-RIPR invasion complex [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsReticulocyte-binding protein homologue 5 (RH5), a leading blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum malaria vaccine target, interacts with cysteine-rich protective antigen (CyRPA) and RH5-interacting protein (RIPR) to form an essential heterotrimeric “RCR ...
Barnabas G. Williams +33 more
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Healthcare use in patients with cardiovascular disease and depressive symptoms – The impact of a nurse-led internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy program. A secondary analysis of a RCT [PDF]
Internet InterventionsBackground: Depressive symptoms in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) can lead to increased healthcare use. In a randomized controlled trial (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02778074), we reported that a 9-week internet-delivered cognitive behavioural ...
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Cast Iron: A Historical and Green Material Worthy of Continuous Research
International Journal of Technology, 2021 Throughout history, cast iron has been unique amongst metallic materials. No other metal can boast such a long history, together with such a wide diversity of variants, properties, and applications.
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Somatization in women and men with non-cardiac chest pain compared to the general Swedish population
Psychiatry Research Communications, 2022 We compare the prevalence of somatization in women and men with NCCP in relation to the general Swedish population, analyze the overlap between somatization, cardiac anxiety, and depressive symptoms, and explore variables associated with somatization.
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