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Nivelreuman patofysiologiasta, oireista ja hoidosta on runsaasti tietoa. Kuitenkin varsin vähän tiedetään siitä, miten potilaat itse kokevat sairautensa ja sen oireet. Potilaille aiheutuu sairaudesta henkistä ja fyysistä ...

Lumbosacral fusion surgery is indicated in symptomatic degenerative lumbosacral disorder, when the origin of pain is demonstrated to lie within the restricted number of functional spinal units and when the pain is refractory ...

Every fifth pregnant woman is diagnosed with gestational diabetes in Finland. It predisposes both the mother and the child to several adverse short- and long-term consequences. The presence of obesity is one of the strongest ...

Insulin, secreted by pancreatic β-cells, has a preeminent role in regulating metabolism in virtually all tissues. Highly conserved through evolution, intracellular insulin signaling pathways are tightly regulated, but have ...

Speech and touch are fundamental ways of communicating emotions in infancy and early childhood. However, little is known about emotional processing in children. The aim of this dissertation was to examine emotional speech ...

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) followed by interval debulking surgery (IDS) is an alternative treatment approach to primary surgery for primarily inoperable advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) patients with a poor ...

The health benefits of exercise have been known as early as the 5th century. Since then many studies have corroborated these benefits involving both animal and human subjects. But still, the scientific community is uncertain ...

Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS); it is the most common cause of neurological disability in young adults. The cause of MS is unknown but it is believed ...

The cornerstone of the treatment of early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is intensive, clinical remission targeted treatment with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). The aim of the present study was to elucidate ...

Thyroid dysfunctions, especially subclinical forms, are common and could be related to an elevated cardiovascular risk. Previous data on the associations of thyroid function with cardiovascular disease entities and their ...