JOURNAL OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES No. 2. May 2004. Volume 51. Pages 155-250 DOCTOR OF MEDICAL SCIENCE Gene transfer into human epidermis as an experimental model for somatic gene therapy Thomas Gryesten Jensen Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):155-166 Methylprednisolone treatment, immune activation, and intrathecal inflammation in multiple sclerosis Finn Sellebjerg Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):167-183 Parathyroid hormone regulation in normal and uremic rats. Reversibility of secondary hyperparathyroidism after experimental kidney transplantation Ewa Lewin Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):184-206 ORIGINAL ARTICLES Referral bias in hospital register studies of geographical and industrial differences in health Helle Soll-Johanning, Harald Hannerz & Finn Tüchsen Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):207-210 ABSTRACTS OF PhD DISSERTATIONS Fat distribution and all-cause mortality Janne Bigaard Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):211 Ocular malignant melanoma. Epidemiological and clinical aspects Peter Isager Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):212 Prenatal alcohol exposure as predictor of attention deficit and other behavioural problems in 6 to 7 year olds Gitte Leth Møller Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):213 Doppler ultrasound in the detection and quantification of inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis Lene Terslev Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):214 The immunomodulatory actions of CTB and its use as an adjuvant for antigen-specific oral tolerance induction in autoimmune diabetes Mikala Wang Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):215 Carbonic anhydrase inhibition: the effect on retinal and optic nerve oxygenation and the mechanisms of action Daniella Bach Pedersen Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):216 UVB-induced apoptosis of human epidermal cells: the role of Fas (CD95) and caspase-independent mechanisms Bo Bang Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):217 Functional differentiation of mitral valve chordae tendineae. Impact of ring annuloplasty Mads Lomholt Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):218 White coat hypertension – 10 years follow-up Pia Helene Gustavsen Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):219 The diabetic macroangiopathy considered from a vascular biological point of view. Hyaluronic acid and its receptor’s (CD44) formation and influence on the vessel wall Kirsten Schultz Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):220 General practitioners and somatising patients. Development and evaluation of a short-term training programme in assessment and treatment of functional disorders Marianne Rosendal Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):221 Ole Bang and the last Hippocratic medicine. A study of Danish medicine in the first half of the 19th century Morten A. Skydsgaard Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):222 Aspects of the natural history of childhood leukaemia Lisa Lyngsie Hjalgrim Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):223 Haemochromatosis in a population of Danish men. A study of penetrance Palle Pedersen Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):224 Molecular changes in acute myeloid leukaemia. Towards a framework for prognostication Lene Hyldahl Olesen Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):225 5-HT2 receptors and paced mating behaviour in the female rat Per Nedergaard Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):226 Cognitive performance, psychiatric symptoms, and health related quality of life in patients with Graves’ disease. Clinical and MR spectroscopic abnormalities Tina Vraamark Elberling Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):227 Molecular genetic characterisation of multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenation deficiency Rikke Katrine Jentoft Olsen Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):228 The objectives of medical education: which, how and why? Anne Mette Mørcke Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):229 Systemic lupus erythematosus. A population-based study on epidemiology and autoimmunity Helle Laustrup Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):230 Prescribing of antidepressants: a pharmacoepidemiological study of patient and physician factors in general practice Dorte Gilså Hansen Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):231 Morbidity and mortality in parents who lost a child. Follow-up studies based on national registers in Denmark Jiong Li Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):232 Learning and teaching in clerkships Gitte Wichmann-Hansen Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):233 The epidemiology of atrial fibrillation. The Copenhagen City Heart Study Jens Friberg Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):234 Musculoskeletal chest pain in patients with stable angina pectoris. Diagnosis and treatment Henrik Wulff Christensen Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):235 Clonality, regulatory properties and homing potential of cultured gut-derived T cells from patients with Crohn’s disease Jens Kelsen Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):236 Vaginal prolapse surgery. Surgical activity, postoperative treatment, hospital stay, and convalescence Marianne Ottesen Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):237 Genetic and epigenetic alterations of the blood group ABO gene in oral potentially malignant lesions and squamous cell carcinoma Shan Gao Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):238 Lung function in infants Lotte Loland Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):239 Disparities in suicide among the old and oldest old in Denmark Annette Erlangsen Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):240 Mental disorder and violence among young criminals. A clinical- and register-based study Niels Patrick Gosden Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):241 The experience of illness and treatment in intensively treated patients with acute myeloid leukaemia Lone Smidstrup Friis Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):242 Screening for functional and mental disorders in general practice. Results from a randomised clinical trial Kaj Sparle Christensen Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):243 Skin and eye lens as biological UVR dosimeters Jane Sandby-Møller Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):244 High frequency skin ultrasound and knemometry in children treated with glucocorticoids Anders Jørgen Schou Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):245 Microdialysis for the investigation of gentamicin in bone tissue. An experimental study Lars Bjørn Stolle Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):246 Cardiovascular ATP-sensitive potassium channels. Experimental and clinical studies Ulrik Markus Mortensen Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):247 Novel insights into the antineoplastic effect of amino-bisphosphonates in the treatment of multiple myeloma Morten Salomo Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):248 Muscle tissue composition and physiological responses to low-level contractions Pernille Kofoed Nielsen Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):249 Lifestyle prevention in animal diabetes (type 2). Effect of exercise and energy restriction Michele Colombo Dan Med Bul 2004;51(2):250