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    • Vaccine implementation reduces inequity.
      Haraldsson, Asgeir; 1 ] Univ Iceland, Fac Med, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland Show more [ 2 ] Landspitali Univ Hosp, Childrens Hosp, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland (Elsevier Science, 2018-12-01)

    • Following the genetic clues towards treatment of hand OA.
      Jonsson, Helgi; Landspitali University Hospital, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. helgi@hi.is. (Nature Pub. Group, 2018-09-01)

    • Promoting cardiac arrhythmia care in Africa: a big challenge that begins with data.
      Arnar, David O; Raatikainen, M J Pekka; 1 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland, Hringbraut, 101, Reykjavik, Iceland. 2 School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Vatnsmyrarvegur, Reykjavik, Iceland. 3 Department of Cardiology, Heart and Lung Center, Helsinki University Central Hospital, HUS Helsinki, Finland. (Oxford University Press, 2018-09-01)

    • Why does vitreoretinal traction create macular oedema?
      Jonsdottir, Katrin Dilja; Einarsdottir, Anna Bryndis; Stefánsson, Einar; Univ Iceland, Landspitali, Univ Hosp, Reykjavik, Iceland; Landspitali; University Hospital; University of Iceland; Reykjavik Iceland; Landspitali; University Hospital; University of Iceland; Reykjavik Iceland; Landspitali; University Hospital; University of Iceland; Reykjavik Iceland (Wiley, 2018-06)

    • Rheology and the Eye: blood, tears and other humours.
      Stefánsson, E; Snead, M P; [ 1 ] Univ Iceland, Natl Univ Hosp, Reykjavik, Iceland Show more [ 2 ] Addenbrookes Hosp, Cambridge Univ NHS Fdn Trust, Vitreoretinal Serv, Hills Rd, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, England (Nature Publishing Group, 2018-02)

    • Evidence, Not Evangelism, for Dietary Recommendations.
      O'Keefe, James H; DiNicolantonio, James J; Sigurdsson, Axel F; Ros, Emilio; 1 ] St Lukes Hosp, Mid Amer Heart Inst, Kansas City, MO 64111 USA Show more [ 2 ] Landspitali Univ Hosp, Dept Cardiol, Reykjavik, Iceland Show more [ 3 ] Hosp Clin Barcelona, Inst Invest Biomed August Pi Sunyer, Endocrinol & Nutr Serv, Lipid Clin, Barcelona, Spain [ 4 ] Inst Salud Carlos III ISCIII, CIBER Fisiopatol Obesidad & Nutr CIBEROBN, Madrid, Spain (Elsevier Science, 2018-02)

    • International Forum on GMP-grade human platelet lysate for cell propagation: summary
      Strunk, D.; Lozano, M.; Marks, D.C.; Loh, Y. S.; Gstraunthaler, G.; Schennach, H.; Rohde, E.; Laner-Plamberger, S.; Öller, M.; Nystedt, J.; Lotfi, R.; Rojewski, M.; Schrezenmeier, H.; Bieback, K.; Schäfer, R.; Bakchoul, T.; Waidmann, M.; Jonsdottir-Buch, S.M.; Montazeri, H.; Sigurjonsson, O.E.; Iudicone, P.; Fioravanti, D.; Pierelli, L.; Introna, M.; Capelli, C.; Falanga, A.; Takanashi, M.; Lόpez-Villar, O.; Burnouf, T.; Reems, J. A.; Pierce, J.; Preslar, A.M.; Schallmoser, K.; 1 ] Paracelsus Med Univ, Inst Expt & Clin Cell Therapy, Salzburg, Austria Show more [ 2 ] Univ Barcelona, Hosp Clin, Dept Hemotherapy & Hemostasis, Barcelona, Spain [ 3 ] Paracelsus Med Univ Hosp Salzburg, Dept Blood Grp Serol & Transfus Med, Salzburg, Austria; Institute of Experimental and Clinical Cell Therapy; Paracelsus Medical University; Salzburg Austria; Hospital Clinic; Department of Hemotherapy and Hemostasis; Hospital Clínic University of Barcelona ; Barcelona Spain; Department of Blood Group Serology and Transfusion Medicine; Paracelsus Medical University Hospital Salzburg; Salzburg Austria (Wiley, 2018-01)

    • Scientific presentations at the 2017 annual meeting of the Scandinavian Association for the Study of Pain (SASP)
      Zoëga, Sigridur; [ 1 ] Univ Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland [ 2 ] Landspitali, Reykjavik, Iceland (Walter De Gruyter, 2017-12-29)

    • Mortality associated with drug-induced liver injury (DILI)
      Björnsson, Einar S.; Björnsson, Helgi K.; [ 1 ] Landspitali Natl Univ Hosp Iceland, Dept Internal Med, Div Gastroenterol & Hepatol, Reykjavik, Iceland Show more [ 2 ] Univ Iceland, Fac Med, Reykjavik, Iceland [ 3 ] Landspitali Natl Univ Hosp Iceland, Dept Internal Med, Reykjavik, Iceland (AME PUBL CO, 2017-12-19)

    • Changing diagnosis codes for lower respiratory tract infections can confound longitudinal studies.
      Kristjánsson, Sigurdur; ] Landspitali Univ Hosp, Childrens Hosp Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland (Wiley, 2017-11)

    • Predictors of the Clinical Course of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis.
      Kalaitzakis, Evangelos; Björnsson, Einar S; Digestive Disease Center, Copenhagen University Hospital/Herlev, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. 2 Department of Gastroenterology, Landspitali University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. Electronic address: einarsb@landspitali.is. (W B Saunders, 2017-06)

    • Idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury associated with bile duct loss and vanishing bile duct syndrome: Rare but has severe consequences.
      Björnsson, Einar S; Jonasson, Jon Gunnlaugur; 1 Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Reykjavik, Iceland. 2 Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. 3 Department of Pathology Landspitali, the National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. (Wiley, 2017-04)

    • Foreign citizen mortality in Iceland January 2006 - December 2016.
      Kunz, Sebastian Niko; Bingert, Rebecca; 1 ] Landspitali Univ Hosp Reykjavik, Forens Med Dept, Reykjavik, Iceland Show more [ 2 ] Carl Gustav Carus Tech Univ Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Elsevier Science Ltd., 2017)
      The research at hand shows the significant influence of tourism on Forensic Medicine and provides an update on deaths of overseas travellers. Furthermore this study points out variable risks of travel-related injuries and deaths in Iceland.

    • Trichomonas vaginalis is Rare Among Women in Iceland
      Hilmarsdottir, I; Sigmundsdottir, E; Eiriksdottir, A; Golparian, D; Unemo, M; [ 1 ] Landspitali Univ Hosp, Dept Microbiol, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland Show more [ 2 ] Landspitali Univ Hosp, Dept Sexually Transmitted Dis, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland Show more [ 3 ] Univ Iceland, Fac Med, Reykjavik, Iceland [ 4 ] Iceland Canc Soc, Reykjavik, Iceland Show more [ 5 ] Orebro Univ, Fac Med & Hlth, Dept Lab Med, WHO Collaborating Ctr Gonorrhoea & Other Sexually, Orebro, Sweden (Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2017)

    • The SENATOR project: developing and trialling a novel software engine to optimize medications and nonpharmacological therapy in older people with multimorbidity and polypharmacy
      Soiza, Roy L.; Subbarayan, Selvarani; Antonio, Cherubini; Cruz-Jentoft, Alfonso J.; Petrovic, Mirko; Gudmundsson, Adalsteinn; O’Mahony, Denis; [ 1 ] Aberdeen Royal Infirm, Dept Med Elderly, NHS Grampian, Wards 303-4,Foresterhill Rd, Aberdeen AB25 2ZN, Scotland Show more [ 2 ] Univ Aberdeen, AGEING Res Grp, Aberdeen, Scotland Show more [ 3 ] IRCCS, INRCA, Ancona, Italy Show more [ 4 ] Hosp Univ Ramon & Cajal, Serv Geriatria, Madrid, Spain Show more [ 5 ] Ghent Univ Hosp, Ghent, Belgium Show more [ 6 ] Landspitali Univ Hosp, Reykjavik, Iceland Show more [ 7 ] Univ Coll Cork, Cork, Ireland; Department of Medicine for the Elderly, NHS Grampian, Wards 303/4, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill Road, Aberdeen AB25 2ZN, UK; AGEING Research Group, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK; Italian National Research Centre on Aging, (IRCCS-INRCA), Ancona, Italy; Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain; Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium; Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland; University College Cork, Ireland (SAGE Publications, 2016-11-02)

    • Validation of self-reported figural drawing scales against anthropometric measurements in adults.
      Dratva, Julia; Bertelsen, Randi; Janson, Christer; Johannessen, Ane; Benediktsdóttir, Bryndis; Bråbäck, Lennart; Dharmage, Shyamali C; Forsberg, Bertil; Gislason, Thorarinn; Jarvis, Debbie; Jogi, Rain; Lindberg, Eva; Norback, Dan; Omenaas, Ernst; Skorge, Trude D; Sigsgaard, Torben; Toren, Kjell; Waatevik, Marie; Wieslander, Gundula; Schlünssen, Vivi; Svanes, Cecilie; Real, Francisco Gomez; 11Department of Epidemiology and Public Health,Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute,Socinstrasse 57,PO Box 4002,Basel,Switzerland. 23Department of Occupational Medicine,Haukeland University Hospital,Bergen,Norway. 34Department of Medical Sciences,Uppsala University,Uppsala,Sweden. 46Department of Allergy,Respiratory Medicine and Sleep,Landspitali University Hospital,Reykjavik,Iceland. 57Occupational and Environmental Medicine,Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine,Umeå University,Umeå,Sweden. 68Allergy and Lung Health Unit,Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics,Melbourne School of Population and Global Health,University of Melbourne,Melbourne,Australia. 79Faculty of Medicine,National Heart & Lung Institute,Imperial College,London,UK. 810Lung Clinic,Foundation Tartu University Clinics,Tartu,Estonia. 95Department of Clinical Sciences,University of Bergen,Bergen,Norway. 1012Department of Public Health,Aarhus University,Aarhus,Denmark. 1113Occupational and Environmental Medicine,Sahlgrenska Academy,University of Gothenburg,Gothenburg,Sweden. (Cambridge University Press, 2016-08)
      Figural drawing scales explained a large part of the anthropometric variance in this population and showed a high predictive ability for identifying overweight/obese subjects. These figural scales can be used with confidence as proxies of BMI and waist circumference in settings where objective measures are not feasible.

    • Incidence and natural history of hen's egg allergy in the first 2 years of life-the EuroPrevall birth cohort study.
      Xepapadaki, P; Fiocchi, A; Grabenhenrich, L; Roberts, G; Grimshaw, K E C; Fiandor, A; Larco, J I; Sigurdardottir, S; Clausen, M; Papadopoulos, N G; Dahdah, L; Mackie, A; Sprikkelman, A B; Schoemaker, A A; Dubakiene, R; Butiene, I; Kowalski, M L; Zeman, K; Gavrili, S; Keil, T; Beyer, K; [ 1 ] Univ Athens, Pediat Clin 2, Allergy Unit, Athens 11527, Greece [ 2 ] Pediat Hosp Bambino Gesu, Div Allergy, Rome, Italy [ 3 ] Charite, Inst Social Med Epidemiol & Hlth Econ, D-13353 Berlin, Germany [ 4 ] Univ Southampton, Clin Sci Acad Unit, Fac Med, Southampton, Hants, England [ 5 ] Univ Southampton, Expt Sci Acad Unit, Fac Med, Southampton, Hants, England [ 6 ] Hosp La Paz, Inst Hlth Res, Dept Allergy, Madrid, Spain [ 7 ] Landspitali, Dept Immunol, Reykjavik, Iceland [ 8 ] Landspitali, Childrens Hosp, Reykjavik, Iceland [ 9 ] Univ Manchester, Inst Human Dev, Ctr Paediat & Child Hlth, Manchester, Lancs, England [ 10 ] Inst Food Res, Norwich Res Pk, Norwich NR4 7UA, Norfolk, England [ 11 ] Univ Amsterdam, Acad Med Ctr, Emma Childrens Hosp, Dept Pediat Resp Med & Allergy, Meibergdreef 9, NL-1105 AZ Amsterdam, Netherlands [ 12 ] Vilnius Univ, Fac Med, Vilnius, Lithuania [ 13 ] Klaipeda Univ, Fac Hlth Sci, Klaipeda, Lithuania [ 14 ] Med Univ Lodz, Dept Immunol Rheumatol & Allergy, Lodz, Poland [ 15 ] Res Inst Lodz, Polish Mothers Hlth Ctr, Dept Pediat Immunol & Nephrol, Lodz, Poland [ 16 ] Alexandra Univ Hosp, Neonatal Intens Care Unit, Athens, Greece [ 17 ] Univ Wurzburg, Inst Clin Epidemiol & Biometry, D-97070 Wurzburg, Germany [ 18 ] Charite, Dept Paediat Pneumonol & Immunol, D-13353 Berlin, Germany (Wiley-Blackwell, 2016-03)
      The largest multinational European birth cohort study on food allergy with gold-standard diagnostic methods showed that the mean adjusted incidence of HEA was considerably lower than previously documented, although differences in incidence rates among countries were noted. Half of the children with documented HEA gained tolerance within 1 year postdiagnosis.

    • Proposal for standardized ultrasound descriptors of abnormally invasive placenta (AIP).
      Collins, S L; Ashcroft, A; Braun, T; Calda, P; Langhoff-Roos, J; Morel, O; Stefanovic, V; Tutschek, B; Chantraine, F; [ 1 ] Univ Oxford, Nuffield Dept Obstet & Gynaecol, Oxford, England Show the Organization-Enhanced name(s) [ 2 ] John Radcliffe Hosp, Fetal Med Unit, Oxford OX3 9DU, England Show the Organization-Enhanced name(s) [ 3 ] Study Grp Perinatal Programming, Dept Obstet, Charite Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany Show the Organization-Enhanced name(s) [ 4 ] Study Grp Perinatal Programming, Div Expt Obstet, Charite Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany Show the Organization-Enhanced name(s) [ 5 ] Charles Univ Prague, Gen Fac Hosp, Dept Obstet & Gynecol, Prague, Czech Republic Show the Organization-Enhanced name(s) [ 6 ] Univ Copenhagen, Rigshosp, Dept Obstet, Copenhagen, Denmark Show the Organization-Enhanced name(s) [ 7 ] Univ Lorraine, Ctr Hosp Reg Univ Nancy, Nancy, France Show the Organization-Enhanced name(s) [ 8 ] Helsinki Univ Hosp, Fetomaternal Med Ctr, Dept Obstet & Gynecol, Helsinki, Finland Show the Organization-Enhanced name(s) [ 9 ] Univ Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland [ 10 ] Prenatal Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Show the Organization-Enhanced name(s) [ 11 ] Univ Dusseldorf, Fac Med, Dusseldorf, Germany Show the Organization-Enhanced name(s) [ 12 ] Univ Liege, CHR Citadelle, Liege, Belgium (Wiley-Blackwell, 2016-03)

    • Hepatitis E masquerading as drug-induced liver injury.
      Chen, Emerson Y; Baum, Karl; Collins, William; Löve, Arthur; Merz, Michael; Olafsson, Sigurdur; Björnsson, Einar S; Lee, William M; Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390, USA. (2012-12)
      The patient presented below gives us the opportunity to discuss challenges in the diagnosis of drug-induced liver injury in an era of increasing awareness of hepatitis E.

    • Introduction to person-centred medicine: from concepts to practice [editorial]
      Mezzich, Juan E; Snaedal, Jon; van Weel, Chris; Botbol, Michel; Salloum, Ihsan; President, International Network for Person-centered Medicine, President 2005-2008, World Psychiatric Association and Professor of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York University, New York, USA President 2007-2008, World Medical Association and Board Member, International Network for Person-centered Medicine, Department of Geriatrics, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland President 2007-2010, World Organization of Family Doctors, Board Member, International Network for Person-centered Medicine and Professor of General Practice, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Board Member, International Network for Person-centered Medicine and Associate Professor, School of Psychology, Catholic University, Paris, France Board Member, International Network for Person-centered Medicine and Professor of Psychiatry, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA. (Blackwell Science, 2011-04)
      No abstract is available for this article