P. Vähäsalo

Publications81
h-index28
Citations3,301
Highly Influential Citations97
Claim Author Page
Author pages are created from data sourced from our academic publisher partnerships and public sources.

Recommended Authors

  • M. Knip
  • 789 Publications, 36,105 Citations
  • J. Ilonen
  • 675 Publications, 25,718 Citations
  • R. Veijola
  • 231 Publications, 9,426 Citations
  • J. Toppari
  • 558 Publications, 24,805 Citations
  • Publications
  • Influence
Aggressive Combination Drug Therapy in Very Early Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (ACUTE–JIA): a multicentre randomised open-label clinical trial
Objectives In juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), the efficacy of very early disease-modifying drug therapy, synthetic or biological, is not well known. Three alternative strategies were compared… Expand
  • 151
  • 10
Prediction of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in siblings of children with diabetes. A population-based study. The Childhood Diabetes in Finland Study Group.
An unselected population of 755 siblings of children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) was studied to evaluate the predictive characteristics of islet cell antibodies (ICA), antibodies… Expand
  • 284
  • 9
  • PDF
Diabetes-associated autoantibodies in relation to clinical characteristics and natural course in children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes. The Childhood Diabetes In Finland Study Group.
We analyzed 747 children, younger than 15 yr of age, with newly diagnosed diabetes, for antibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GADA), the IA-2 protein (IA-2A), insulin (IAA), and islet cells, to… Expand
  • 147
  • 9
A prospective study of the role of coxsackie B and other enterovirus infections in the pathogenesis of IDDM. Childhood Diabetes in Finland (DiMe) Study Group.
Coxsackievirus B infections have been associated with clinical manifestation of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) in several studies, but their initiating role in the slowly progressing… Expand
  • 299
  • 8
Genetic, autoimmune, and clinical characteristics of childhood- and adult-onset type 1 diabetes.
OBJECTIVE To assess whether there are any differences in genetic, autoimmune, or clinical features between type 1 diabetes presenting in childhood and that diagnosed later. RESEARCH DESIGN AND… Expand
  • 214
  • 8
  • PDF
Faecal microbiome in new-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Alterations in the intestinal microbial flora have been linked with autoimmune diseases. Our objective was to analyse the composition of the faecal microbiome of children with new-onset juvenile… Expand
  • 43
  • 6
Autoantibodies associated with Type I diabetes mellitus persist after diagnosis in children
Summary To study the persistence of Type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus associated autoantibodies and their relation to genetic risk markers and clinical characteristics of the disease after… Expand
  • 156
  • 4
Enterovirus infections are associated with the induction of β‐cell autoimmunity in a prospective birth cohort study
Enterovirus infections have been associated with the manifestation of clinical type 1 diabetes in a number of reports, and recent prospective studies have suggested that enterovirus infections may… Expand
  • 153
  • 4
Drug survival of the first and second course of anti-tumour necrosis factor agents in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Objectives: To evaluate drug survival (continuation rates on drug) of anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) agents in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and predictors for treatment discontinuation.… Expand
  • 66
  • 4
Infliximab or etanercept in the treatment of children with refractory juvenile idiopathic arthritis: an open label study
Objective: To study infliximab and etanercept in the treatment of refractory juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Methods: In a non-randomised, prospective, open label study, 24 patients (mean age… Expand
  • 170
  • 3
  • PDF