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| J PaavonenSummaryAffiliation: Helsinki University Central Hospital Country: Finland Publications
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Chlamydia trachomatis: impact on human reproductionJ Paavonen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki, Finland
Hum Reprod Update 5:433-47. 1999..Thus, the case for screening is clearly made, but much detail remains to be worked out...- The effect of hysterectomy or levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system on sexual functioning among women with menorrhagia: a 5-year randomised controlled trialK Halmesmäki
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
BJOG 114:563-8. 2007..To compare among women with menorrhagia the effect of hysterectomy or levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) on sexual functioning... - Vaginal clindamycin in preventing preterm birth and peripartal infections in asymptomatic women with bacterial vaginosis: a randomized, controlled trialM Kekki
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Obstet Gynecol 97:643-8. 2001..To determine whether treatment of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in early pregnancy decreases the risk of preterm delivery and peripartum infectious morbidity... - Psychosocial and other characteristics of women complaining of menorrhagia, with and without actual increased menstrual blood lossR Hurskainen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Helsinki, Finland
BJOG 108:281-5. 2001..Better understanding of the factors, which explain complaints of menorrhagia in women with normal bleeding could improve both medical outcomes and reduce the cost of treatment for menorrhagia... - Pelvic inflammatory disease. From diagnosis to preventionJ Paavonen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki, Finland
Dermatol Clin 16:747-56, xii. 1998..Emerging evidence from randomized controlled trials provides strong evidence that intervention with selective screening for chlamydial infection effectively reduces the incidence of PID... - Poor antibody response against human papillomavirus in adult-onset laryngeal papillomatosisL M Aaltonen
Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland
J Med Microbiol 50:468-71. 2001..The high prevalence of abnormal Pap smears indicates that gynaecological examination of female adult-onset laryngeal papilloma patients is warranted... - Serotypes of Chlamydia trachomatis and risk for development of cervical squamous cell carcinomaT Anttila
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 2, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
JAMA 285:47-51. 2001..Increasing numbers of exposures to different C trachomatis serotypes also increases risk. Our results strengthen the evidence that there is a link between past C trachomatis infection and cervical SCC... 
Comparison of performances of two commercially available tests, a PCR assay and a ligase chain reaction test, in detection of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis infectionM Puolakkainen
Haartman Institute, Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Finland
J Clin Microbiol 36:1489-93. 1998..trachomatis infection. In conclusion, both tests can be recommended for use in the clinical laboratory and for the screening of asymptomatic C. trachomatis infections...- Chlamydial pelvic inflammatory diseaseJ Paavonen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki, Finland
Hum Reprod Update 2:519-29. 1996..The development and implementation of new and effective intervention programmes for prevention and control of PID is one of the major challenges for the year 2000 and beyond... - Prerequisites for human papillomavirus vaccine trial: results of feasibility studiesJ Paavonen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 2, 00290, Helsinki, Finland
J Clin Virol 19:25-30. 2000..First generation preventive vaccines against HPVs are entering clinical trials. Therefore, it is time to consider prerequisites of field trials in Finland... - Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1 in cervical secretion as a predictor of preterm deliveryM Kekki
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, and Medix Biochemica, Kauniainen, Finland
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 80:546-51. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: Pregnant women who are in preterm labor with intact fetal membranes and who have a positive phIGFBP-1 test result in cervical secretion have an increased risk of preterm delivery... - Repeated human papillomavirus DNA findings among female university studentsE Auvinen
Department of Virology, HUSLAB Clinical Microbiology and Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Int J STD AIDS 18:839-41. 2007..hrHPV DNA was repeatedly found twice as often as lrHPV DNA. HPV DNA prevalence was higher among oral contraceptive users than among patients using other contraception... - Efficacy of preventive human papillomavirus vaccinationM Lehtinen
National Public Health Institute and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Int J STD AIDS 12:771-6. 2001..The present review attempts to answer one fundamental question: which of the vaccine candidates is likely to be most successful... - Human papillomavirus infection and primary fallopian tube carcinoma: a seroepidemiological studyA Riska
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
BJOG 114:425-9. 2007..To evaluate the role of human papillomavirus (HPV) types 6, 11, 16, 18, 31 or 33 infection in primary fallopian tube carcinoma (PFTC)... - Heat shock protein 60 specific T-cell response in chlamydial infectionsA Kinnunen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki and National Public Health Institute, Oulu, Finland
Scand J Immunol 54:76-81. 2001..Our review highlights the available knowledge between immune responses to chlamydial HSP60 and chronic chlamydial infections in human... - A population-based study on the risk of cervical cancer and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia among grand multiparous women in FinlandM Hinkula
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Oulu, PL 24, FIN 90029 OYS, Finland
Br J Cancer 90:1025-9. 2004..2 and 1.4 should be interpreted to represent increased risk attributable to grand multiparity. The increased incidence of CC and CIN3 among young GM women suggests causal association to HPV 16 and Chlamydia trachomatis infections... 
Efficacy of human papillomavirus (HPV)-16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine against cervical infection and precancer caused by oncogenic HPV types (PATRICIA): final analysis of a double-blind, randomised study in young womenJ Paavonen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Lancet 374:301-14. 2009..We now assess the vaccine efficacy in the final event-driven analysis...- Vaginal clindamycin and oral metronidazole for bacterial vaginosis: a randomized trialJ Paavonen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Obstet Gynecol 96:256-60. 2000..To compare the efficacy and safety of clindamycin vaginal ovules with oral metronidazole for treatment of bacterial vaginosis... - Wound complications in patients with carcinoma of the vulva. Comparison between radical and modified vulvectomiesA Leminen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 93:193-7. 2000..To evaluate complications after different vulvectomies performed because of vulvar cancer... - Enhanced tenascin expression in cervical and vulvar koilocytotic lesionsO Tiitta
Department of Anatomy, University of Helsinki, Finland
Am J Pathol 141:907-13. 1992..Enhancement was most consistently strong and extensive in in situ carcinomas, suggesting a correlation with active phases of epithelial growth and stromal remodeling... - Portfolios as a learning tool in obstetrics and gynaecology undergraduate trainingK Lonka
Development and Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
Med Educ 35:1125-30. 2001..The main objective was to support the learning process of the students. We also wanted feedback information to enhance teaching... - Cost-benefit analysis of first-void urine Chlamydia trachomatis screening programJ Paavonen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Obstet Gynecol 92:292-8. 1998..To perform a cost-benefit analysis of a Chlamydia trachomatis screening program based on first-void urine testing of asymptomatic women using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test... - Evaluation of the Oricult-N dipslide for laboratory diagnosis of vaginal candidiasisP Carlson
Division of Bacteriology, HUCH Diagnostics, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
J Clin Microbiol 38:1063-5. 2000..The Oricult-N method was technically simple and could be applied in primary health care. Further studies are required, however, before Oricult-N can be recommended as a routine diagnostic tool... - Chlamydia trachomatis heat shock protein-60 induced interferon-gamma and interleukin-10 production in infertile womenA Kinnunen
National Public Health Institute, Oulu, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki, Finland
Clin Exp Immunol 131:299-303. 2003.... - Baseline demographic characteristics of subjects enrolled in international quadrivalent HPV (types 6/11/16/18) vaccine clinical trialsJorma Paavonen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Curr Med Res Opin 24:1623-34. 2008..However, the makeup and extent of catch-up vaccination programs among young women is unclear, because a proportion of this population will likely already have been exposed to one or more vaccine-HPV-types... - Sexually transmitted diseases. Lower genital tract infections in womenJ Paavonen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Infect Dis Clin North Am 1:179-98. 1987..Recent studies have considerably improved our understanding of the etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of these infections... - A randomized controlled trial of hysterectomy or levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system in the treatment of menorrhagia-effect on FSH levels and menopausal symptomsK Halmesmäki
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Central Hospital of Päijät Häme, Keskussairaalankatu 7, 15850 Lahti, Finland
Hum Reprod 19:378-82. 2004..The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of hysterectomy and a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) on serum FSH levels and menopausal symptoms... - Transvaginal power Doppler findings in laparoscopically proven acute pelvic inflammatory diseaseP Molander
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 17:233-8. 2001..Specific sonographic landmark findings and power Doppler findings augment the clinical diagnosis of PID and allow simple classification of the severity of the disease... - Effectiveness of preventive human papillomavirus vaccinationM Lehtinen
National Public Health Institute and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Int J STD AIDS 14:787-92. 2003.... - Transvaginal sonography in the diagnosis of acute appendicitisP Molander
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 20:496-501. 2002..To evaluate transvaginal sonography with power Doppler capacity in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis and in discriminating appendicitis from pelvic inflammatory disease...