• Assessing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis prevalence in Norway from 2009 to 2015 from compulsory nationwide health registers 

      Nakken, Ola; Lindstrøm, Jonas Christoffer; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Holmøy, Trygve (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Objective: In Norway, diagnoses from specialist health care visits, drug prescriptions, and causes of deaths are registered in compulsory health registers. We aimed to determine amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) prevalence ...
    • Genetic epidemiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Norway - a 2-year population based study 

      Olsen, Cathrine Goberg; Busk, Øyvind Løvold; Aanjesen, Tori Navestad; Alstadhaug, Karl Bjørnar; Bjørnå, Ingrid Kristine; Braathen, Geir Julius; Breivik, Kristin Lif; Demic, Natasha; Flemmen, Heidi Øyen; Hallerstig, Erika; HogenEsch, Ineke; Holla, Øystein Lunde; Jøntvedt, Anne Berit; Kampman, Margitta T.; Kleveland, Grethe; Kvernmo, Helene Ballo; Ljøstad, Unn; Maniaol, Angelina; Morsund, Åse Hagen; Nakken, Ola; Novy, Camilla; Rekand, Tiina; Schlüter, Katrin Ruth; Schuler, Stephan; Tveten, Kristian; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Holmøy, Trygve; Høyer, Helle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease that affects motor neurons. In Europe, disease-causing genetic variants have been identified in 40-70% of familial ALS patients and approximately ...
    • Mortality trends of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Norway 1951–2014: an age–period–cohort study 

      Nakken, Ola; Lindstrøm, Jonas Christoffer; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Holmøy, Trygve (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-12)
      Recent studies suggest that the incidence and mortality of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are increasing. Changing environmental factors could influence disease risk differently throughout life span, and also between ...
    • Strong tuberculin response after BCG vaccination is associated with low multiple sclerosis risk: a population-based cohort study 

      Nakken, Ola; Holmøy, Trygve; Stigum, Hein; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Dahl, Jesper; Heldal, Einar; Meyer, Haakon Eduard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized by inflammatory lesions in the central nervous system involving pro-inflammatory T-cells. Immune dysregulation is well described in prevalent disease, but it is not known ...