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Gender, letters, relatives, and God: mediating actors in mammographic screening among Pakistani women in Norway.
(Acta Radiologica Open;Volume 8, issue 9, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-19)Background: Pakistani immigrant women in Norway have lower attendance rates in the national breast cancer screening program (BreastScreen Norway) compared to non-immigrants and immigrants from most other countries. Purpose: ... -
Gene variations in sex hormone pathways and the risk of testicular germ cell tumour: a case–parent triad study in a Norwegian–Swedish population
(Human Reproduction;27 (5), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-03-08)BACKGROUND Testicular germ cell tumour (TGCT) is the most common cancer in young men, and an imbalance between the estrogen and androgen levels in utero is hypothesized to influence TGCT risk. Thus, polymorphisms in genes ... -
The General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28) as an outcome measurement in a randomized controlled trial in a Norwegian stroke population
(BMC Psychology;7, Article number: 18 (2019), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-22)Background: Several studies have documented the variety of post-stroke psychosocial challenges, which are complex, multifaceted, and affect a patient’s rehabilitation and recovery. Due to the consequences of these challenges, ... -
Genome editing in food and feed production – implications for risk assessment. Opinion of the Steering Committee of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment
(VKM Report;2021: 18, Research report, 2021-10-29)The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM) initiated this work to examine the extent to which organisms developed by genome-editing technologies pose new challenges in terms of risk assessment. This ... -
A genomic view of experimental intra- and interspecies transformation of a rifampicin resistance allele into Neisseria meningitidis
(Microbial Genomics;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-25)The spread of antibiotic resistance within and between different bacterial populations is a major health problem on a global scale. The identification of genetic transformation in genomic data from Neisseria meningitidis, ... -
Genotyping av pasienter behandlet med selektive serotoninreopptakshemmere
(Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening;Utgave 13/2022 – Årgang 142, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-09-26)Bakgrunn: Selektive serotoninreopptakshemmere (SSRI) brukes av over 180 000 mennesker i Norge. Enzymene CYP2D6 og CYP2C19 er sentrale i metabolismen av SSRI-antidepressiver. Serotonintransportøren kodet av SLC6A4 kan ha ... -
Global dissemination patterns of common gene cassette arrays in class 1 integrons
(Microbiology;161(7), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-07-01)Integrons are genetic elements that contain a site-specific recombination system able to capture, express and exchange gene cassettes. Mobile integrons are widespread and often confer resistance to multiple antibiotics, ... -
Halved contrast medium dose in lower limb dual-energy computed tomography angiography—a randomized controlled trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Objectives To compare vascular attenuation (VA) of an experimental half iodine-load dual-layer spectral detector CT (SDCT) lower limb computed tomography angiography (CTA) with control (standard iodine-load conventional ... -
Hb Aalesund (HBA2: c.400_406delAGCACCG), an Unstable α-Globin Variant Found in a Norwegian Patient Causing Moderate Hemolytic Anemia and Falsely High Hb A1c Using Ion Exchange High Performance Liquid Chromatography.
(Hemoglobin;Volume 43, Issue 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-03)A new unstable hemoglobin (Hb) variant, named Hb Aalesund, was detected during Hb A1c measurement in a patient with a nearly compensated hemolytic anemia. Sequencing of the α-globin genes revealed a 7 bp deletion in exon ... -
Health-related quality of life in adolescents with persistent pain and the mediating role of self-efficacy: a cross-sectional study
(Health and Quality of Life Outcomes;18, Article number: 19 (2020), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-01-30)Background: Persistent pain has a high prevalence among adolescents. Pain has been shown to reduce all aspects of the adolescent’s health-related quality of life (HRQOL). In adult patients with pain, self-efficacy has ... -
Health‑related quality of life is strongly associated with self‑efficacy, self‑esteem, loneliness, and stress in 14–15‑year‑old adolescents: a cross‑sectional study
(Health and Quality of Life Outcomes;18, Article number: 352 (2020), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-02)Background: To enhance and better understand health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in adolescents, it is important to study factors associated with HRQOL. The present study aimed to assess possible associations between ... -
Hemoglobinopathy gone astray—three novel forms of α-thalassemia in Norwegian patients characterized by quantitative real-time PCR and DNA sequencing
(Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation;Volume 81, 2021 - Issue 8, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11-18)α-thalassemia is one of the most common monogenic diseases worldwide and is caused by reduced or absent synthesis of α-globin chains, most commonly due to deletions of one or more of the α-globin genes. α-thalassemia occurs ... -
How does botulinum toxin inhibit itch?
(Toxins;Volume 14 / Issue 10, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Two decades after reports of the anti-pruritic effects of botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs), there is still no approved product for the anti-itch indication of BoNTs, and most clinical case reports still focus on the off-label ... -
HPV Genotyping of Modified General Primer-Amplicons Is More Analytically Sensitive and Specific by Sequencing than by Hybridization
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Sensitive and specific genotyping of human papillomaviruses (HPVs) is important for population-based surveillance of carcinogenic HPV types and for monitoring vaccine effectiveness. Here we compare HPV genotyping by Next ... -
HPV16 and HPV18 type-specific APOBEC3 and integration profiles in different diagnostic categories of cervical samples
(Tumour Virus Research;Volume 12, December 2021, 200221, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-14)Human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 and 18 are the most predominant types in cervical cancer. Only a small fraction of HPV infections progress to cancer, indicating that additional factors and genomic events contribute to the ... -
HPV16 whole genome minority variants in persistent infections from young Dutch women
(Journal of Clinical Virology;Volume 119, October 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-09)Background: Chronic infections by one of the oncogenic human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are responsible for near 5% of the global cancer burden and HPV16 is the type most often found in cancers. HPV genomes displayunexpected ... -
Human brain organoids in migraine research: Pathogenesis and drug development
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Human Brain Organoids in the Preclinical Phase of Drug Development for Migraine
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Developing drugs for brain disorders poses significant hurdles. These challenges stem from the scarcity of optimal models for preclinical drug testing and the often observed lack of translation from preclinical to human ... -
Hva finnes på innsiden av kranarmaturer?
(Vann;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Innsiden av vannkraner kommer i kontakt med både mikrober som er til stede i drikkevann og de som finnes på hender, matrester og i luften. En hypotese er at kranbiofilmer kan være tilholdssted for sykdomsfremkallende ... -
Hvor robust er samsvaret mellom respondering på matching-to-sample tester og sorteringstester?
(Norsk tidsskrift for atferdsanalyse;Nummer 2 (VINTER 2018), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Formålet med dette eksperimentet var å undersøke om samsvaret mellom resultatene på en matching-to-sample (MTS) test og sorteringstester også er gjeldende ved bruk en Many-to-One (MTO) treningsstruktur. Vi ønsket å gjøre ...