Opin vísindi: Recent submissions

  • Peters, Tessa M.A.; Lammerts van Bueren, Irma; Geurtz, Ben P.B.H.; Coene, Karlien L.M.; de Leeuw, Nicole; Brunner, Han G.; Jónsson, Jón Jóhannes; Willemsen, Michèl A.A.P.; Wevers, Ron A.; Verbeek, Marcel M. (2020-12-28)
    Monoamine oxidase A (MAO‐A) deficiency is a rare inborn error of metabolism with impaired degradation of biogenic amines including 5‐hydroxytryptamine (5‐HT), resulting in borderline intellectual disability and behavioral abnormalities. Genetic variants ...
  • Murray, David L.; Puig, Noemi; Kristinsson, Sigurður Yngvi; Usmani, Saad Z.; Dispenzieri, Angela; Bianchi, Giada; Kumar, Shaji; Chng, Wee Joo; Hajek, Roman; Paiva, Bruno; Waage, Anders; Rajkumar, S. Vincent; Durie, Brian (2021-02-01)
    Plasma cell disorders (PCDs) are identified in the clinical lab by detecting the monoclonal immunoglobulin (M-protein) which they produce. Traditionally, serum protein electrophoresis methods have been utilized to detect and isotype M-proteins. Increasing ...
  • Nicoletti, Paola; Devarbhavi, Harshad; Goel, Ashish; Venkatesan, Radha; Eapen, Chundamannil E.; Grove, Jane I.; Zafer, Samreen; Björnsson, Einar Stefán; Lucena, M. Isabel; Andrade, Raul J.; Pirmohamed, Munir; Wadelius, Mia; Larrey, Dominique; Maitland-van der Zee, Anke Hilse; Ibanez, Luisa; Watkins, Paul B.; Daly, Ann K.; Aithal, Guruprasad P. (2021-04)
    Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a complication of treatment with antituberculosis (TB) drugs, especially in isoniazid (INH)-containing regimens. To investigate genetic risk factors, we performed a genomewide association study (GWAS) involving anti-TB ...
  • Niu, Hao; Sanabria-Cabrera, Judith; Alvarez-Alvarez, Ismael; Robles-Diaz, Mercedes; Stankevičiūtė, Simona; Aithal, Guruprasad P.; Björnsson, Einar Stefán; Andrade, Raul J.; Lucena, M. Isabel (2021-02)
    Conducting randomised clinical trials (RCTs) in idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is challenging. This systematic review aims to summarise the design and findings of RCTs in the prevention and management of idiosyncratic DILI. A systematic ...
  • Pétursdóttir, Sigrún Guðný; Kristjánsson, Jón Magnús; Björnsson, Hjalti Már (2021-05)
    INNGANGUR Rafskútur eru orðnar vinsæll samgöngumáti á höfuðborgarsvæðinu. Erlendis hefur notkun þeirra fylgt nokkur slysatíðni en ekki er vitað um tíðni slíkra slysa á Íslandi. Markmið rannsóknarinnar var að meta orsakir, eðli og afleiðingar rafskútuslysa ...
  • Stewart, Jenell; Stadeli, Kathryn M.; Ásbjörnsdóttir, Kristjana Hrönn; Green, Margaret L.; Davidson, Giana H.; Weiner, Bryan J.; Dhanireddy, Shireesha (2021-03-25)
    This cohort study evaluates the association between use of a community center primary care clinic and subsequent nonemergent emergency department (ED) visits by unhoused women who exchange sex and inject drugs.
  • Rossettini, Giacomo; Turolla, Andrea; Guðjónsdóttir, Þjóðbjörg; Kapreli, Eleni; Salchinger, Beate; Verheyden, Geert; Palese, Alvisa; Dell’Isola, Andrea; de Caro, John Xerri (2021-12)
    Currently, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severely influences physiotherapy education which is based mostly on face-to-face teaching. Thus, educators have been compelled to adapt their pedagogical approaches moving to digital education. In ...
  • Ásgeirsson, Hilmir; Blöndal, Kai; Blöndal, Þorsteinn; Gottfreðsson, Magnús (2009)
    Inngangur: Fjölónæmir berklar eru vaxandi vandamál í heiminum. Árangur meðferðar er verri, sjúkrahúslegur lengri og kostnaður hærri en við lyfnæma berkla. Hér er lýst þremur tilfellum fjölónæmra berkla sem greinst hafa á Íslandi síðastliðin sex ár, ...
  • Gottfreðsson, Magnús (2011)
  • Blondal, B S; Geirsdottir, O G; Halldorsson, T I; Beck, A M; Jónsson, Pálmi V; Ramel, A (2022-04-01)
    Background and aims: Malnutrition is common among older adults and is related to quality of life, cognitive function, and depression. To what extent nutrition interventions can improve these outcomes remains unclear. The aim of this study was to ...
  • Wong, Fiona; Hung, Hayley; Dryfhout-Clark, Helena; Aas, Wenche; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Breivik, Knut; Mastromonaco, Michelle Nerentorp; Lundén, Eva Brorström; Ólafsdóttir, Kristín; Sigurðsson, Árni; Vorkamp, Katrin; Bossi, Rossana; Skov, Henrik; Hakola, Hannele; Barresi, Enzo; Sverko, Ed; Fellin, Phil; Li, Henrik; Vlasenko, Alexander; Zapevalov, Mikhail; Samsonov, Dmitry; Wilson, Simon (2021-06-25)
    The long-term time trends of atmospheric pollutants at eight Arctic monitoring stations are reported. The work was conducted under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) of the Arctic Council. The monitoring stations were: Alert, Canada; ...
  • Witek-McManus, Stefan; Simwanza, James; Chisambi, Alvin B.; Kepha, Stella; Kamwendo, Zachariah; Mbwinja, Alfred; Samikwa, Lyson; Oswald, William E.; Kennedy, David S.; Timothy, Joseph W.S.; Legge, Hugo; Galagan, Sean R.; Emmanuel-Fabula, Mira; Schaer, Fabian; Ásbjörnsdóttir, Kristjana Hrönn; Halliday, Katherine E.; Walson, Judd L.; Juziwelo, Lazarus; Bailey, Robin L.; Kalua, Khumbo; Pullan, Rachel L. (2021-05-12)
    Malawi has successfully leveraged multiple delivery platforms to scale-up and sustain the implementation of preventive chemotherapy (PCT) for the control of morbidity caused by soil-transmitted helminths (STH). Sentinel monitoring demonstrates this ...
  • Skuladottir, Astros Th; Bjornsdottir, Gyda; Nawaz, Muhammad Sulaman; Petersen, Hannes; Rognvaldsson, Solvi; Moore, Kristjan Helgi Swerford; Olafsson, Pall I.; Magnusson, Sigurður H.; Bjornsdottir, Anna; Sveinsson, Olafur A.; Sigurdardottir, Gudrun R.; Sævarsdóttir, Sædís; Ivarsdottir, Erna V.; Stefánsdóttir, Lilja; Gunnarsson, Bjarni; Muhlestein, Joseph B.; Knowlton, Kirk U.; Jones, David A.; Nadauld, Lincoln D.; Hartmann, Annette M.; Rujescu, Dan; Strupp, Michael; Walters, Guðmundur Bragi; Thorgeirsson, Thorgeir E.; Jónsdóttir, Ingileif; Holm, Hilma; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Sulem, Patrick; Stefansson, Hreinn; Stefansson, Kari (2021-10-07)
    Vertigo is the leading symptom of vestibular disorders and a major risk factor for falls. In a genome-wide association study of vertigo (Ncases = 48,072, Ncontrols = 894,541), we uncovered an association with six common sequence variants in individuals ...
  • Vehmeijer, Wouter B.; Jonkman, Kelly; Harðarson, Sveinn Hákon; Aarts, Leon; Stefánsson, Einar; Dahan, Albert; Schalij-Delfos, Nicoline E. (2021-03-01)
    Purpose: Retinal oximetry measures oxygen saturation in retinal vessels. With the introduction of a mobile handheld prototype oximeter, this technique will become available for a broader patient population including bedridden patients and newborn babies. ...
  • Ólafsdóttir, Sólveig (University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of History and Philosophy, 2022)
    Í rannsókninni, sem ritgerð þessi byggir á, er grafist fyrir um lífsþræði alþýðufólks sem myndi flokkast sem fatlað fólk í okkar samtíma. Það var gert með því að rýna í alls kyns opinberar heimildir, sem varðveittar eru á skjalasöfnum á Íslandi. ...
  • Majcen Rosker, Ziva; Vodicar, Miha; Kristjánsson, Eyþór B (2022-03-23)
    Subjective visual complaints are commonly reported in patients with neck pain, but their relation to objectively measured oculomotor functions during smooth pursuit neck torsion tests (SPNTs) has not yet been investigated. The aim of the study was to ...
  • the European Influenza Surveillance Network (2021-03-18)
    Between weeks40 2020 and 8 2021, the World Health Organization European Region experienced a 99.8% reduction in sentinel influenza virus positive detec-tions (33/25,606 tested; 0.1%) relative to an average of 14,966/39,407 (38.0%; p<0.001) over the ...
  • Zhang, Li; Pilarowski, Genay; Pich, Emilio Merlo; Nakatani, Atsushi; Dunlop, John; Baba, Rina; Matsuda, Satoru; Daini, Masaki; Hattori, Yasushi; Matsumoto, Shigemitsu; Ito, Mitsuhiro; Kimura, Haruhide; Björnsson, Hans Tómas (2021-03-12)
    Kabuki syndrome (KS) is a rare cause of intellectual disability primarily caused by loss-of-function mutations in lysine-specific methyltransferase 2D ( KMT2D), which normally adds methyl marks to lysine 4 on histone 3. Previous studies have shown that ...
  • iPOP Study Team; Einarsdóttir, Kristjana (2021)
    Preterm birth is the leading cause of infant death worldwide, but the causes of preterm birth are largely unknown. During the early COVID-19 lockdowns, dramatic reductions in preterm birth were reported; however, these trends may be offset by increases ...
  • EU-PNAFLD Investigators; GOLD Consortium (2021-01)
    Background & Aims: A common genetic variant near MBOAT7 (rs641738C>T) has been previously associated with hepatic fat and advanced histology in NAFLD; however, these findings have not been consistently replicated in the literature. We aimed to establish ...