Sacarlal, Jahit (Date of defense: 2009-07-13)
Malaria is caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium, Plasmodiidae family, transmitted to humans through the bite of infected female Anopheles.spp mosquitoes. It is one of the major global ...
Martínez Antón, Mª Asunción (Date of defense: 2008-07-17)
The overall objectives of this thesis are: one, characterize the expression of mucin at baseline human nasal mucosa in healthy and inflamed (nasal polyps), and two, to analyze the expression of mucin ...
Soria Pastor, Sara (Date of defense: 2009-09-17)
Preterm birth is frequently associated with an increased risk of neurodevelopmental difficulties and of cognitive, behavioural and emotional problems during childhood. The present thesis comprises two ...
Gómez Puerta, José Alfredo (Date of defense: 2007-10-03)
The antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an acquired prothrombotic syndrome characterized by venous or arterial thromboses and pregnancy morbidity. It can present as primary APS without any discernable ...
Sevene, Esperança Júlia Pires (Date of defense: 2009-01-20)
Research involving human subjects must be performed with standards that promote protection of their rights. Several codes were developed and all are unanimous in the following ethic principles: respect ...
Martí Martí, Sara (Date of defense: 2008-11-26)
La capacidad de <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> para causar infecciones nosocomiales se relaciona con su habilidad para desarrollar rápidamente resistencia a los antibióticos, junto con la capacidad que ...
Sánchez Castañeda, Cristina (Date of defense: 2009-11-27)
La enfermedad de Parkinson (EP), la enfermedad de Parkinson con Demencia (EPD) y la Demencia con Cuerpos de Lewy (DCL) presentan una alteración del metabolismo de la alfa-sinucleína que provoca la ...
Nadal Sanmartin, Cristina (Date of defense: 2007-07-24)
1 INTRODUCCIÓN<br/><br/>El cáncer colorrectal (CCR) es la tercera causa de diagnóstico de cáncer en todo el mundo. El 11-27% de pacientes se diagnostican en estadio avanzado o metastático. De los ...
Crispi Brillas, Fàtima (Date of defense: 2009-09-03)
BACKGROUND<br/><br/>Fetal growth restriction (FGR), with a prevalence of 5-10% in newborns, is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality in adulthood, but the pathophysiological links of this ...
Bassat Orellana, Quique (Date of defense: 2009-06-22)
Despite a renewed impetus on bringing together efforts to wipe malaria from the globe, the truth is that this ancient disease remains one of the principal threats to child survival in vast areas of the ...