Recent successes in identifying the underlying genetic mechanisms for neurological diseases, particularly for their Mendelian forms, have had profound implications for their diagnostics, treatment and classification. However, there has never been an attempt to compare familial risks in a systematic way among and between the main neurological diseases. Familial risks were here defined for siblings

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Previous studies of familial risks have often combined ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke even though it seems unlikely that these 2 very different pathological conditions are under the same genetic influence. This study is the first to investigate the concordant (same subtype) and disconcordant (different subtype) association between ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.METHODS: D

Diseases of the myoneural junction and muscle are disabling and some are life-threatening. Recent successes in the identification of the underlying genetic mechanisms have had profound implication for their diagnostics, treatment and classification. We define familial risks for siblings who were hospitalized for or deceased from diseases of the myoneural junction and muscle. A nationwide database

BACKGROUND: Few studies have investigated the possible differential transmission of maternal and/or paternal coronary heart disease (CHD) to offspring, after accounting for sociodemographic characteristics.METHODS: The Multigeneration Register was linked to hospital data in this study of all Swedish individuals born since 1932 and their parents. Registered cases of CHD between January 1, 1987, and

OBJECTIVE: To analyse whether hospitalization for affective or psychotic disorders predicts coronary heart disease (CHD) after accounting for occupation, region and alcohol-related disorders.METHOD: National registers were used to identify all individuals in Sweden aged 25-64 years at first hospitalization for affective or psychotic disorders and aged 25-79 years at first hospitalization for CHD b

OBJECTIVES: To analyse whether there is an association between country of birth in first-generation immigrants and first hospitalization for or death from coronary heart disease (CHD) and to analyse whether this association remains in second-generation immigrants.DESIGN: In this follow-up study, the MigMed database at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, was used to identify all hospital diagnoses

PURPOSE: Aortic aneurysms have a high fatality rate that could be reduced with control of risk factors and use of available screening methods for detection of early changes in aortic walls. The available data on familial risks, a potential indication for screening, are mainly limited to abdominal aortic aneurysms.METHODS: A nationwide Swedish cohort was constructed by linking the Multigeneration R

BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that patients with depression have higher rates of coronary heart disease (CHD) than people in the general population. However, large-scale population-based data on incidence rates of CHD in people with depression are needed. This study analyzed whether hospitalization for depression predicts CHD in men and women after accounting for socioeconomic status and geograph

Migraine and other headaches are common disabling conditions, reducing the quality of life in the affected individuals. The unambiguous definition of familial risk for subtypes of migraine and other headaches will advance the search for the heritable causes of these conditions and their underlying mechanisms. We aim at defining familial risks for siblings to be hospitalized because of migraine or

Little is known about the association between neighborhood social disorganization and coronary heart disease (CHD). This study used the theoretical frameworks of the Chicago school and the Stirling County group in order to analyze the impact of neighborhood violent crime and neighborhood unemployment on CHD in an urban setting, the capital of Sweden. The entire population of Stockholm County aged

Kerstin Bergman följer traditionen från 1800-talets och det tidiga 1900-talets äventyrliga detektivberättelser, via den svenska pusseldeckarens guldålder efter andra världskriget och polisromanens stora genombrott i mitten av 1960-talet, fram till den svenska deckarens andra guldålder och trenderna i de senaste decenniernas enorma deckarboom.

Det ord som finns på grekiska för krig, polemos, har i senare europeiska språk avsatt polemik. Svenskans krig, tyskans Krieg, engelskans war, franskans guerre, italienskans guerra – inget av dessa ord stammar från polemos. Det är ett intressant faktum. Hur ska vi tolka det? Är det moderna europeiska kriget ett fenomen som till skillnad från så mycket annat inte går att härleda från grekerna? Och om