The Finnish HPV Family Study is a prospective cohort study assessing the dynamics of human papillomavirus (HPV) transmission between parents and infant. Serial genital and oral scrapings from 76… (More)
Herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (HSV tk) gene therapy combined with ganciclovir (GCV) medication is a potential new method for the treatment of malignant glioma. We have used both… (More)
To date, more than 100 types of human papillomavirus (HPV) have been identified. In the past 20 years, there has been an increasing interest in HPVs because of their potential role in the… (More)
BACKGROUND
The natural history of genital human papillomavirus infection is well known, but nearly nothing is known about the outcome of oral HPV-infection.
OBJECTIVES AND STUDY DESIGN
To study… (More)
BACKGROUND
Nasu-Hakola disease or polycystic lipomembranous osteodysplasia with sclerosing leukoencephalopathy (PLOSL) is a genetically heterogeneous disease characterized by a combination of… (More)
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to determine the potential for human papillomavirus to be transmitted vertically.
STUDY DESIGN
We started a systematic study of children 0.3 to 11.6 years… (More)
Early hydrocephalus is a risk factor of shunt-dependent late hydrocephalus (SDHC). In the CT era 1980–1990 we had 835 consecutive patients operated on because of aneurysm and subarachnoid haemorrhage… (More)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
The purpose of the present study was to calculate the prevalence and relative risk of unruptured incidental intracranial aneurysms (IAs) among families with IA case(s) compared… (More)
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to determine the potential of exposure of an infant to cervical human papillomavirus infection of the mother.
STUDY DESIGN
Cervical scrapes of the mothers… (More)
Multiple intracranial aneurysms (MIA) have been detected in up to one-third of patients with cerebral aneurysms. Three main external factors influence these figures as follows: the quality of… (More)