BACKGROUND The publication of a dissertation is an integral part of the four-year postgraduate degree of Master of Medicine (in clinical disciplines) within the School of Medicine at the University of Zambia. The governing research policy states that the subject matter of the dissertation is expected to cover a topic relevant to health care in the Zambian context, that it be conducted in a way ...

Academic dissertations from the Danish headache Center 1980–2016

Following decades of civil war, approximately two million internally displaced persons (IDPs) are living in and around Khartoum, the capital city of Sudan; 400,000 have settled in the four official camps, and the rest live in 30 ‘squatter areas’ scattered around the city. These communities are poor, vulnerable, and at greater risk of avoidable or preventable blinding eye disease. Our study aime...

Platelets are crucial for prevention of blood loss after vessel injury. Platelet adhesion to disrupted vessel walls is mediated by receptors such as the GPIb-IX-V complex that binds von Willebrand factor and the collagen-binding integrin α2β1. Also cross-linking of platelets, mediated by αIIbβ3 that binds to fibrinogen, results in platelet aggregation that further contributes to hemostasis. Pla...

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