Sonographic analysis of enthesopathy in the lower extremities of patients with spondylarthropathy.

A Lehtinen, M Taavitsainen… - Clinical and …, 1994 - europepmc.org
Objective Enthesopathy is one of the features characterizing patients with spondylarthropathies.
Its diagnosis is usually based on clinical symptoms such as the presence of calcanear …

[PDF][PDF] Metronidazole and ursodeoxycholic acid for primary sclerosing cholangitis: a randomized placebo‐controlled trial

…, H Nurmi, H Nuutinen, M Taavitsainen… - …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
No effective medical therapy is currently available for primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC).
Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) improves liver enzymes, but its effect on liver histology is …

Long term prognosis of reactive salmonella arthritis

…, A Lehtinen, J Kreula, M Taavitsainen… - Annals of the …, 1997 - ard.bmj.com
OBJECTIVES Reactive joint complications triggered by salmonella gastroenteritis are
increasingly reported, but the outcome and long term prognosis of the patients is incompletely …

Measurement of testicular volume: comparison of 3 different methods

S Taskinen, M Taavitsainen, S Wikstrom - The Journal of urology, 1996 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: We compared 3 commonly used clinical methods to measure testicular volume.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The volumes of 151 testes in 76 adults treated for …

Toxicity of ethanol in low concentrations: experimental evaluation in cell culture

E Tapani, M Taavitsainen, K Lindros, T Vehmas… - Acta …, 1996 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: To define the threshold ethanol concentration that is toxic to cultured cells. Methods:
Three malignant cell lines and freshly isolated normal rat hepatocytes were exposed to 0–…

Persistence of enthesopathic changes in patients with spondylarthropathy during a 6-month follow-up.

…, M Leirisalo-Repo, M Taavitsainen - Clinical and …, 1995 - europepmc.org
The persistence of enthesopathic changes was studied by ultrasound (US) in 23 patients
with spondylarthropathy during a 6-month prospective trial with sulphasalazine (Salazopyrin). …

Prolonged low-back pain in young athletes: a prospective case series study of findings and prognosis

…, P Helenius, S Orava, M Taavitsainen… - European Spine …, 1999 - Springer
We investigated the prognosis of low-back pain and the association of clinical symptoms and
anatomic findings among young athletes. Consecutive patients, aged between 12 and 18 …

Gene expression profiling of malignant mesothelioma cell lines: cDNA array study

…, T Ollikainen, M Taavitsainen… - … journal of cancer, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
To reveal genes relevant for malignant mesothelioma (MM), we carried out cDNA array
experiments on 4 MM cell lines and 2 primary mesothelial cell cultures established from pleural …

Effect of weight loss and regional fat distribution on plasma leptin concentration in obese women

…, S Mäkimattila, T Vehmas, M Taavitsainen… - International Journal of …, 1999 - nature.com
OBJECTIVES: To investigate how circulating leptin concentrations are related to regional fat
distribution and whether moderate weight loss alters these relationships. DESIGN: A 6 …

Technetium-99m hexamethyl propylene amine oxine leucocytes in the assessment of disease activity in inflammatory bowel disease

…, K Järvi, I Krekelä, T Lantto, M Taavitsainen… - European journal of …, 1992 - Springer
The inflammatory activity in 108 bowel segments of 40 patients with suspected or known
inflammatory bowel disease was assessed macroscopically by endoscopy, histology and …