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| Mervi K OikonenSummaryAffiliation: University of Turku Country: Finland Publications
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Ambient air quality and occurrence of multiple sclerosis relapseM Oikonen
Aerobiology Unit, University of Turku, Finland
Neuroepidemiology 22:95-9. 2003..Inhalable airborne particulate matter concentrations were connected to relapse occurrence. Poor air quality may enhance the seasonal changes in MS relapse occurrence by an increased susceptibility to transmissible infections...
Tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases 4 (TIMP4) in a population of young adults: relations to cardiovascular risk markers and carotid artery intima-media thickness. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns StudyMervi Oikonen
Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland
Scand J Clin Lab Invest 72:540-6. 2012....
Beta-interferon protects multiple sclerosis patients against enhanced susceptibility to infections caused by poor air qualityMervi K Oikonen
Aerobiology Unit, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Neuroepidemiology 30:13-9. 2008..The monthly multiple sclerosis relapse rate was studied from January 1995 to March 2001 from hospital records in Southwestern Finland as a retrospective open-label study...
Temporal relationship between environmental influenza A and Epstein-Barr viral infections and high multiple sclerosis relapse occurrenceMervi Oikonen
Aerobiology Unit, University of Turku, Finland
Mult Scler 17:672-80. 2011..Multiple sclerosis (MS) relapses have been associated with viral and bacterial infection epidemics in MS patients who have not used interferon...
Genetic variants and blood pressure in a population-based cohort: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns studyMervi Oikonen
Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, PO Box 52, FI 20521 Turku, Finland
Hypertension 58:1079-85. 2011..5-mm Hg higher blood pressure, and this trajectory continues from childhood to adulthood...
