Finland

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography after one cycle of chemotherapy in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: results of a Nordic/US intergroup study. 
  • A Low-Frequency Inactivating AKT2 Variant Enriched in the Finnish Population Is Associated With Fasting Insulin Levels and Type 2 Diabetes Risk. 
  • A large sample of finnish diabetic sib-pairs reveals no evidence for a non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus susceptibility locus at 2qter. 
  • A large set of Finnish affected sibling pair families with type 2 diabetes suggests susceptibility loci on chromosomes 6, 11, and 14. 
  • A novel test for recessive contributions to complex diseases implicates Bardet-Biedl syndrome gene BBS10 in idiopathic type 2 diabetes and obesity. 
  • Asbestos, asbestosis, and cancer: the Helsinki criteria for diagnosis and attribution. 
  • Comparison of the epidemiology and cost of Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in five western countries. 
  • Country, sex, and parent occupational status: moderators of the continuity of aggression from childhood to adulthood. 
  • Distribution and medical impact of loss-of-function variants in the Finnish founder population. 
  • Emotional health of Canadian and Finnish students with disabilities or chronic conditions. 
  • Enzyme immunoassay for detection of human immunodeficiency virus-specific immunoglobulin A antibodies. 
  • Estimation of apolipoprotein E genotype-specific relative mortality risks from the distribution of genotypes in centenarians and middle-aged men: apolipoprotein E gene is a "frailty gene," not a "longevity gene". 
  • Exome sequence analysis of Finnish patients with clozapine-induced agranulocytosis. 
  • Exome sequencing followed by large-scale genotyping suggests a limited role for moderately rare risk factors of strong effect in schizophrenia. 
  • Familiality of quantitative metabolic traits in Finnish families with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Finland-United States Investigation of NIDDM Genetics (FUSION) Study investigators. 
  • GWAS Identifies New Loci for Painful Temporomandibular Disorder: Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. 
  • Genetic variation in human NPY expression affects stress response and emotion. 
  • How heritable is individual susceptibility to death? The results of an analysis of survival data on Danish, Swedish and Finnish twins. 
  • How tracking radiologic procedures and dose helps: experience from Finland. 
  • Invited commentary: socioeconomic status, hostility, and health behaviors--does it matter which comes first? 
  • Joint analysis of stochastic processes with application to smoking patterns and insomnia. 
  • Long-term home monitoring of intraocular pressure in pediatric glaucoma. 
  • Longevity studies in GenomEUtwin. 
  • Mapping genes for NIDDM. Design of the Finland-United States Investigation of NIDDM Genetics (FUSION) Study. 
  • Membranomyces species are common ectomycorrhizal symbionts in Northern Hemisphere forests. 
  • Mutations affecting the cytoplasmic functions of the co-chaperone DNAJB6 cause limb-girdle muscular dystrophy. 
  • Narrowing in on the causative defect of an intriguing X-linked myopathy with excessive autophagy. 
  • Nivolumab for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: Results of a Randomized Phase II Trial. 
  • No increased mortality in later life for cohorts born during famine. 
  • Polymorphisms of the HDL receptor gene associated with HDL cholesterol levels in diabetic kindred from three populations. 
  • Potential Impact of the 2016 Consensus Definitions of Sepsis and Septic Shock on Future Sepsis Research. 
  • Predictors of blood pressure response to intensified and fixed combination treatment of hypertension: the ACCOMPLISH study. 
  • Risk factor dynamics, mortality and life expectancy differences between eastern and western Finland: the Finnish Cohorts of the Seven Countries Study. 
  • Socioeconomic position, John Henryism, and incidence of acute myocardial infarction in Finnish men. 
  • The Finland-United States investigation of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus genetics (FUSION) study. I. An autosomal genome scan for genes that predispose to type 2 diabetes. 
  • The Finland-United States investigation of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus genetics (FUSION) study. II. An autosomal genome scan for diabetes-related quantitative-trait loci. 
  • The W64R variant of the beta3-adrenergic receptor is not associated with type II diabetes or obesity in a large Finnish sample. 
  • The distribution of linkage disequilibrium over anonymous genome regions. 
  • Type 2 diabetes: evidence for linkage on chromosome 20 in 716 Finnish affected sib pairs. 
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  • Clements III, Dennis Alfred, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, School of Nursing
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