Haukur Hjaltason
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Recent Articles
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Jonsdottir G, Vilhjalmsson R, Sigurdardottir V, Hjaltason H, Klinke M, Jonsdottir H
BMC Nurs
. 2025 Mar;
24(1):271.
PMID: 40069809
Background: Recognizing impending death in patients with neurological diseases presents challenges for nurses and other healthcare professionals. This study aimed to identify nursing contribution to end-of-life (EOL) care decision-making for...
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Bjornsson G, Sigurgrimsdottir H, Maggadottir S, Einarsdottir B, Sveinsson O, Hjaltason H, et al.
Front Immunol
. 2024 Aug;
15:1412668.
PMID: 39086478
Rituximab has been used to treat MS patients in Iceland for over a decade. However, long-term effect of rituximab on leukocyte populations has not yet been elucidated. By retrospective analysis...
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Jonsdottir G, Haraldsdottir E, Vilhjalmsson R, Sigurdardottir V, Hjaltason H, Klinke M, et al.
BMC Neurol
. 2024 Jul;
24(1):253.
PMID: 39039445
Background: Transitioning to end-of-life care and thereby changing the focus of treatment directives from life-sustaining treatment to comfort care is important for neurological patients in advanced stages. Late transition to...
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The strength of the patellar and Achilles tendon reflexes is not affected in uncomplicated pregnancy
Nordfjord I, Steingrimsdottir T, Valtorta A, Hilmarsson A, Hjaltason H
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand
. 2024 May;
103(7):1420-1425.
PMID: 38715277
Introduction: Research on healthy pregnant women's reflexes is almost unheard of, even if an estimation of reflexes is a conventional part of the physical examination of preeclamptic patients, and hyperreflexia...
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Kristinsson S, Busby N, Rorden C, Newman-Norlund R, den Ouden D, Magnusdottir S, et al.
Brain Commun
. 2022 Oct;
4(5):fcac252.
PMID: 36267328
The association between age and language recovery in stroke remains unclear. Here, we used neuroimaging data to estimate brain age, a measure of structural integrity, and examined the extent to...
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Gudjonsdottir B, Hjaltason H, Andresdottir G
Laeknabladid
. 2021 Mar;
107(4):179-184.
PMID: 33769308
Introduction: Fampridine is a drug for people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). It is a broad-spectrum voltage-dependent potassium channel blocker that enhances synaptic transmission. The drug has been shown to be...
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Bergthorsdottir B, Thorhallsdottir R, Steingrimsdottir T, Hjaltason H
Laeknabladid
. 2020 Nov;
106(12):581-589.
PMID: 33252050
Introduction: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system which affects young people, especially women. The aim of the study was to examine the disease...
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Saevarsdottir S, Olafsdottir T, Ivarsdottir E, Halldorsson G, Gunnarsdottir K, Sigurdsson A, et al.
Nature
. 2020 Jun;
584(7822):619-623.
PMID: 32581359
Autoimmune thyroid disease is the most common autoimmune disease and is highly heritable. Here, by using a genome-wide association study of 30,234 cases and 725,172 controls from Iceland and the...
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Hjaltason H, Sveinsson O
Laeknabladid
. 2020 May;
106(5):241-245.
PMID: 32367811
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system and among the most com-mon causes of neurological disability in young and middle-aged adults. MS...
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Kristinsson S, Thors H, Yourganov G, Magnusdottir S, Hjaltason H, Stark B, et al.
J Cogn Neurosci
. 2019 Oct;
32(2):256-271.
PMID: 31596169
Left-hemisphere brain damage commonly affects patients' abilities to produce and comprehend syntactic structures, a condition typically referred to as "agrammatism." The neural correlates of agrammatism remain disputed in the literature,...