Merja Soilu-Hänninen
MD, PhD
Turku University Hospital, Division of Clinical Neurosciences mersoi@utu.fi ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6930-0229 |
Areas of expertise
Clinical neurology; neuroimmunology; multiple sclerosis risk factors, prognostic factors and treatment
Clinical neurology; neuroimmunology; multiple sclerosis risk factors, prognostic factors and treatment
Biography
MD, University of Turku 1988
PhD, University of Turku, Department of Virology, Immunobiology of central nervous system virus infections 1996
Postdoctoral Fellow, Development and Neurobiology Group, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia 1997-1999
Specialist Degree in Neurology 2001
Adjuct Professor of Clinical Neurology 2008
Inverstigator in several clinical MS trials
Chair of the Finnish MS registry 2016-
General Neurology Section Head, Turku University Hospital, Division of Clinical Neurosciences 2017-
Research
Multiple sclerosis risk factors, prognostic factors and epidemiology.
Imaging of brain atrophy in multiple sclerosis.
Teaching
Course of medical pedagogics 2011-2012
Supervisor of several PhD student
Publications 
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- Admission sodium level and prognosis in adult Guillain-Barré syndrome (2017)
- International Journal of Neuroscience
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Epidemiology of Guillain-Barré syndrome in Finland 2004–2014 (2017)
- Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - MS-taudin lääkehoito on uudessa murroksessa (2017)
- Sic! : lääketietoa Fimeasta
(E1 Popularised article) - National Finnish Treatment Register for MS patients - first results (2017)
- Multiple Sclerosis
(Other publication) - Risk of osteoporotic fractures in multiple sclerosis patients in southwest Finland (2017)
- Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Comorbid epilepsy in Finnish patients with adult-onset Huntington's disease (2016)
- BMC Neurology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and risk of multiple sclerosis among women in the Finnish Maternity Cohort (2016)
- Multiple Sclerosis
(Other publication) - Vitamin D Status During Pregnancy and Risk of Multiple Sclerosis in Offspring of Women in the Finnish Maternity Cohort (2016)
- JAMA Neurology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Aivojen magneettikuvaus MS-taudin immunologisen hoidon seurannassa (2015)
- Duodecim
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - The incidence and triggers of adult-onset Guillain-Barré syndrome in southwestern Finland 2004-2013. (2015)
- European Journal of Neurology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Vagusstimulaattorin aiheuttama unenaikainen hengityshäiriö (2015)
- Duodecim
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Vitamin D3 administration to MS patients leads to increased serum levels of latency activated peptide (LAP) of TGF-beta (2015)
- Journal of Neuroimmunology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Aivonokardioosi kouristuskohtauksen yllättävänä aiheuttajana (2014)
- Duodecim
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Aivonokardoosi kouristuskohtauksen yllättävänä aiheuttajana (2014)
- Duodecim
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Progressiivinen multifokaalinen leukoenkefalopatia natalitsumabihoidon komplikaationa (2013)
- Duodecim
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with vitamin D3 as an add on treatment to interferon B-1b in patients with multiple sclerosis (2012)
- Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial with Vitamin D3 in MS: Subgroup Analysis of Patients with Baseline Disease Activity Despite Interferon Treatment (2012) Åivo Julia, Lindström BM, Soilu-Hänninen M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A randomised trial of high-dose vitamin D2 in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (2012)
- Neurology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - C-reactive protein and seizures in focal epilepsy: A video-electroencephalographic study (2012)
- Epilepsia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Multippeliskleroosi (luku 23) (2012) Patologia Matias Röyttä, Merja Soilu-Hänninen
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