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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016)Studying the genetics of disease susceptibility in populations that are small or understudied will further the understanding of the aetiology of rare and/or complex diseases. Biliary atresia is a rare, usually sporadic, ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2003)Measurements of exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) are non-invasive and easily measured. Levels have been postulated as providing an indication of underlying airway inflammation. This series of studies was conducted to investigate ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016)Excess gestational weight gain increases health risks for mother and child in the short and longer term. Meta-analyses of trials designed to optimise gestational weight gain show positive fetal and maternal effects. However, ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016)This thesis provides the first description of circulating anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) in older men. AMH is a gonadal hormone, with overt function in the generation of the male phenotype during development, and a biomarker ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016)Introduction. Sleep disturbances in children can result from extrinsic learned behaviours that become poor sleep habits, or they can arise from intrinsically caused disorders that may require medical treatment. Some sleep ...
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(Thesis, Bachelor of Medical Science with Honours, 2016)Abstract Introduction: Traditionally vestibular function has been assessed using caloric irrigations; new methods have failed to reach the same level of accuracy. Vestibular nerve dysfunction occurs with ‘acoustic neuroma’ ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016)The association between smoking and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is well established. The risk of developing RA is higher among smokers. Smoking may also affect the severity of disease and reduce the efficacy of medications. ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016)Abstract The perceptual phenomenon of synaesthesia involves perception of additional, unrelated sensory experience (concurrent) when a stimulus is perceived (inducer). For grapheme-colour synaesthetes, perceptions ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016)Huntington’s disease (HD), a genetically inherited neurodegenerative disease caused by CAG trinucleotide repeat expansion, is characterised by movement disorders, cognitive impairment, and behavioural disorders. Saccadic ... -
(Thesis, Bachelor of Medical Science with Honours, 2015)Introduction: Fatigue is a common yet undertreated symptom in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Treating underlying inflammation lead to improved health outcomes and fatigue. However, fatigue can persist in ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016)Background: In many countries, children and youth are not meeting global physical activity guidelines and while schools are regarded as appropriate settings for increasing physical activity, it remains unclear what specific ...
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(Thesis, Doctorate of Medicine, 1984)The influence of intracranial pressure, systemic arterial pressure and cerebral perfusion pressure upon the development of vasogenic cerebral oedema is largely unknown. To study their relationship, an osmotic disruption ... -
(Thesis, Bachelor of Medical Science with Honours, 2016)Background Both NMSC and IBD primarily manifest in the Caucasian population. Given the predominance of Caucasians in the New Zealand population, and New Zealand’s specific latitude and ozone layer depletion, it is not ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2015)Background Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) of the cerebral cortex has been previously applied as a non-invasive therapy for neurological conditions due to its potential to modify cortical excitability ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Medicine, 2015)This collection of works examines patterns in medico-legal claims and complaints to help improve decision-making by regulatory agencies. The contribution to medical knowledge is threefold: first, we provide new evidence ... -
(Dissertation, Medical Science, 1948)The katipo spider of New Zealand has attained much notoriety in this country and elsewhere when poisonous spiders are discussed. It is, however, evident that many of the popular beliefs concerning this spider in New Zealand ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2015)Background Valvular heart disease (VHD), especially aortic stenosis (AS), is an important cause of morbidity and mortality, but no medical therapies currently exist for most forms of VHD. The only treatment available for ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Medicine, 1964)The main aim of this thesis is to study from a clinicopathological aspect the pattern of development and the nature of lesions, particularly renal ones, in NZB/BL X NZW hybrid mice. Groups of these mice were assessed ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2015)Overlooked for decades as an evolutionary vestigial organelle, the primary cilium has recently become the focus of intensive investigations into understanding of the physical structure and processes of eukaryote cell ...
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(Thesis, Bachelor of Medical Sciences with Honours, 2014)BACKGROUND: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is common world-wide and associated with obesity, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, hyperuricaemia and dyslipidaemia. These conditions are common in New Zealand, ...
