Effectiveness of antibiotic treatment in children with Lyme neuroborreliosis - a retrospective study

Autor: Sigurdur Arnason, Barbro H. Skogman

Publikováno v: BMC Pediatrics, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2022)

Abstract Background Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) is a tick-borne infection caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex with various neurological manifestations. The recommended treatment for LNB in Swedish children has been intrav

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Cancer as a complex phenotype: pattern of cancer distribution within and beyond the nuclear family.

Autor: Laufey T Amundadottir, Sverrir Thorvaldsson, Daniel F Gudbjartsson, Patrick Sulem, Kristleifur Kristjansson, Sigurdur Arnason, Jeffrey R Gulcher, Johannes Bjornsson, Augustine Kong, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Kari Stefansson

Publikováno v: PLoS Medicine, Vol 1, Iss 3, p e65 (2004)

BackgroundThe contribution of low-penetrant susceptibility variants to cancer is not clear. With the aim of searching for genetic factors that contribute to cancer at one or more sites in the body, we have analyzed familial aggregation of cancer in e

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Peripheral facial nerve palsy in children in a Borrelia high-endemic area, a retrospective follow-up study

Autor: Åsa Laestadius, Anna Nilsson, Sigurdur Arnason, Malou Hultcrantz

Publikováno v: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)REFERENCES. 109(6)

Aim To identify the incidence, aetiology and prognosis of acute peripheral facial nerve palsy (FNP) in children in the Borrelia high-endemic region of Stockholm. Methods The present study identified children from 0 to 18 years of age who visited a pa

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31630437

Familial risk of lung carcinoma in the Icelandic population

Autor: Sigurdur Arnason, Vilmundur Gudnason, Jonas Hallgrimsson, Augustine Kong, Daniel F. Gudbjartsson, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Kristleifur Kristjansson, Steinn Jonsson, Laufey T. Amundadottir, Jeffrey R. Gulcher, Kari Stefansson, H. Jonsson, Helgi J Isaksson

Publikováno v: JAMA. 292(24)

ContextThe dominant role of tobacco smoke as a causative factor in lung carcinoma is well established; however, an inherited predisposition may also be an important factor in the susceptibility to lung carcinoma.ObjectiveTo investigate the contributi

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15613673

Breakthrough pain in malignant and non-malignant diseases: a review of prevalence, characteristics and mechanisms

Autor: Tarja Heiskanen, Kristina Bacher Svendsen, Staffan Arnér, Harald Breivik, Per Sjøgren, Eija Kalso, Sigurdur Arnason, Flemming W. Bach, Steen Andersen, Peter Strang, Troels S. Jensen, Ulf E Kongsgaard

Publikováno v: Aarhus University
Svendsen, K B, Andersen, S, Arnason, S, Arner, S, Breivik, H, Heiskanen, T, Kalso, E, Kongsgaard, UE, Sjogren, P, Strang, P, Bach, F W & Jensen, T S 2005, ' Breakthrough pain in malignant and non-malignant diseases: a review of prevalence, characteristics and mechanisms. ', Eur. J. Pain., vol. 9, pp. 195-206 .

Breakthrough pain or transient worsening of pain in patients with an ongoing steady pain is a well known feature in cancer pain patients, but it is also seen in non-malignant pain conditions with involvement of nerves, muscles, bones or viscera. Cont

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