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Þorvarður Jón Löve - Professor
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School of Health Sciences
Þorvarður Jón Löve
Íslenska
Professor
Location
Sturlugata 8
Email
thl [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Medicine
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2680-6120
Research portal – Þorvarður Jón Löve
Courses 2024 - 2025
LÆK620F - Information technology in health sciences
LYF106F - Integrated Pharmacology
LÆK0AMF - General research methods, course for M.Sc. and Ph.D. students - Part 3
LÆK202F - Internal Medicine, theoretical
LÆK203F - Internal Medicine, Clinical
Published works
2024
Comparing DAPSA, DAPSA28, and DAS28-CRP in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis Initiating a First Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Across Nine European Countries
Arthritis Care and Research
Prescription of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for patients with inflammatory arthritis decreases with the initiation of tumour necrosis factor inhibitor therapy
Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
Development of a Multivariable Model to Predict the Need for Bone Marrow Sampling in Persons With Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance
Annals of Internal Medicine
Enthesitis in a European registry-based cohort of patients with psoriatic arthritis treated with tumour necrosis factor inhibitors
Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
Drug effectiveness of 2nd and 3rd TNF inhibitors in psoriatic arthritis – relationship with the reason for withdrawal from the previous treatment
Joint Bone Spine
Prior cancer and risk of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance
Haematologica
Predictors of treatment outcomes for Hepatitis C infection in a nationwide elimination program in Iceland
International Journal of Drug Policy
Patient-reported outcomes and PRO remission rates in 12,262 biologic-naïve patients with psoriatic arthritis treated with TNF-inhibitors in routine care
The Journal of rheumatology
Deciphering the genetics and mechanisms of predisposition to multiple myeloma
Nature Communications
Population-based screening cohort study reveals no association between monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS), smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM), multiple myeloma (MM), and alopecia
Archives of dermatological research
2023
Predictors of DAPSA28 remission in patients with psoriatic arthritis initiating a first TNF-inhibitor
Rheumatology (Oxford, England)
Commonalities and differences in set-up and data collection across European spondyloarthritis registries — results from the EuroSpA collaboration
Arthritis Research and Therapy
Uptake and effectiveness of newer biologic and targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in psoriatic arthritis
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Comment on
Rheumatology (United Kingdom)
Trends of perceived disruption in healthcare services during the pandemic: findings from the COVID-19 National Resilience Cohort in Iceland
European Journal of Public Health
Trends of perceived disruption in healthcare services during the pandemic
European Journal of Public Health
Strong site-specific association of pharyngeal cultures with the onset of psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis, regardless of pathogen
Rheumatology (Oxford, England)
Correction
Blood Cancer Journal
Author Correction: Prevalence of smoldering multiple myeloma based on nationwide screening
Nature Medicine
Determining hemodilution in diagnostic bone marrow aspirated samples in plasma cell disorders by next-generation flow cytometry
Blood Cancer Journal
Management of Nail Disease in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis
The Journal of rheumatology
Sex differences in the effectiveness of first-line tumor necrosis factor inhibitors in psoriatic arthritis; results from the EuroSpA Research Collaboration Network
Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.)
Disease associations with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance can only be evaluated using screened cohorts
Haematologica
Prevalence of smoldering multiple myeloma based on nationwide screening
Nature Medicine
Physical and cognitive impact following SARS-CoV-2 infection in a large population-based case-control study
Communications medicine
Immunophenotypic assessment of clonal plasma cells and B-cells in bone marrow and blood in the diagnostic classification of early stage monoclonal gammopathies
Blood Cancer Journal
Long COVID in Icelandic Children
The Pediatric infectious disease journal
2022
Symptoms, physical measures and cognitive tests after SARS-CoV-2 infection in a large population-based case-control study
High Rate of Hepatitis C Virus Reinfection Among Recently Injecting Drug Users:
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Risk Factors for Diagnosis of Psoriatic Arthritis, Psoriasis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Ankylosing Spondylitis
Journal of Rheumatology
SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Icelandic Children
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Real-World Six- and Twelve-Month Drug Retention, Remission, and Response Rates of Secukinumab in 2,017 Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis in Thirteen European Countries
Arthritis Care and Research
Does biologic therapy impact the development of PsA among patients with psoriasis?
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Autoimmunity, Infections, and the Risk of Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance
Frontiers in Immunology
Proceedings of the 2021 GRAPPA-Collaborative Research Network (CRN) Meeting
The Journal of rheumatology
Haematological malignancies in patients with psoriatic arthritis overall and treated with TNF inhibitors
RMD Open
A patients’ perspective towards the injection devices for Humira® and Imraldi® in a Nationwide witching program
Frontiers in Medicine
The first wave of COVID-19 and concurrent social restrictions were not associated with a negative impact on mental health and psychiatric well-being
Journal of Internal Medicine
Defining new reference intervals for serum free light chains in individuals with chronic kidney disease
Blood Cancer Journal
Body surface area affected by psoriasis and the risk for psoriatic arthritis
Rheumatology (United Kingdom)
A Patients' Perspective Towards the Injection Devices for Humira® and Imraldi® in a Nationwide Switching Program
Frontiers in Medicine
Strong site-specific association of pharyngeal cultures with the onset of psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis, regardless of pathogen
Rheumatology
2021
Prevalence, admission rates and hypoxia due to COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic disorders treated with targeted synthetic or biologic disease modifying antirheumatic drugs or methotrexate
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Iceland screens, treats, or prevents multiple myeloma (iStopMM)
Blood Cancer Journal
Comparison of treatment retention and response to secukinumab versus tumour necrosis factor inhibitors in psoriatic arthritis
Rheumatology (Oxford, England)
Autoimmune disease is associated with a lower risk of progression in monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance
European Journal of Haematology
Outpatient Use of Antimicrobials in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Before and After Treatment With Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study
ACR Open Rheumatology
Cascade of care during the first 36 months of the treatment as prevention for hepatitis C (TraP HepC) programme in Iceland
The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology
No One Will be Safe until Our Children are Safe
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Risk of solid cancers overall and by subtypes in patients with psoriatic arthritis treated with TNF inhibitors - a Nordic cohort study
Rheumatology (Oxford, England)
Inflammatory hallmarks of lesser prominence in psoriatic arthritis patients starting biologics
Rheumatology (United Kingdom)
Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance and COVID-19
Blood Cancer Journal
Proceedings of the 2020 GRAPPA Collaborative Research Network (CRN) Meeting
The Journal of rheumatology. Supplement
Cascade of care in the Treatment as Prevention for Hepatitis C programme in Iceland
Illness severity and risk of mental morbidities among patients recovering from COVID-19
BMJ Open
Validity of chronic disease diagnoses in Icelandic healthcare registries
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Effectiveness and treatment retention of TNF inhibitors when used as monotherapy versus comedication with csDMARDs in 15 332 patients with psoriatic arthritis. Data from the EuroSpA collaboration
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
2020
Impact of discordance between patient's and evaluator's global assessment on treatment outcomes in 14 868 patients with spondyloarthritis
Rheumatology (United Kingdom)
FLT3 stop mutation increases FLT3 ligand level and risk of autoimmune thyroid disease
Nature
Retention and response rates in 14 261 PsA patients starting TNF inhibitor treatment - Results from 12 countries in EuroSpA
Rheumatology (United Kingdom)
2019
Patients with psoriatic arthritis who are not eligible for randomised controlled trials for TNF inhibitors have treatment response and drug survival similar to those who are eligible
RMD Open
2018
Infections and the risk of psoriatic arthritis among psoriasis patients
Rheumatology International
„Það er fróðlegt og krefjandi að vinna í teymi“ Þverfræðilegt nám á heilbrigðisvísindas við iHáskóla Íslands: þriggja ára þróunarverkefni
Tímarit hjúkrunarfræðinga
Treatment as Prevention for Hepatitis C (TraP Hep C) – a nationwide elimination programme in Iceland using direct-acting antiviral agents
Journal of Internal Medicine
Risk of venous thromboembolism in patients with psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis
European Heart Journal
Golimumab in the treatment of psoriatic arthritis
Expert Review of Clinical Immunology
The majority of patients with psoriatic arthritis are not eligible for randomised clinical trials
Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
Treatment as Prevention for Hepatitis C (TraP Hep C) – a nationwide elimination programme in Iceland using direct-acting antiviral agents
Journal of Internal Medicine
2017
The risk of fracture among patients with psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Physical trauma recorded in primary care is associated with the onset of psoriatic arthritis among patients with psoriasis
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Cause-specific mortality in patients with psoriatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology (United Kingdom)
2016
Bloodstream infections in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Annals of Hematology
Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis 2015 Treatment Recommendations for Psoriatic Arthritis
Arthritis and Rheumatology
The influence of obesity on response to tumour necrosis factor-α inhibitors in psoriatic arthritis
Rheumatology (United Kingdom)
2015
Er þörf á sérstakri heilbrigðismóttöku fyrir háskólanemendur?
Tímarit hjúkrunarfræðinga
Risk of major cardiovascular events in patients with psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
2014
Risk of mortality in patients with psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Validity of psoriatic arthritis and capture of disease modifying antirheumatic drugs in the health improvement network
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
Diabetes incidence in psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology (United Kingdom)
Treatments for nail psoriasis
Journal of Rheumatology
Vísindastarf á Landspítala – samanburður við Norðurlönd og sóknarfæri
Læknablaðið
Risk for cardiovascular disease early and late after a diagnosis of giant-cell arteritis
Annals of Internal Medicine
2013
Prevalence and treatment patterns of psoriatic arthritis in the UK
Rheumatology (United Kingdom)
2012
Borrelia and subsequent risk of solid tumors and hematologic malignancies in Sweden
International Journal of Cancer
Obesity and the risk of psoriatic arthritis
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Psoriatic arthritis and onycholysis - Results from the cross-sectional reykjavik psoriatic arthritis study
Journal of Rheumatology
Re
International Journal of Cancer
2011
Validation of Psoriatic Arthritis Diagnoses in Electronic Medical Records Using Natural Language Processing
Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in psoriasis
Archives of Dermatology
2010
Risk of diabetes among patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Laboratory tests in autoimmune disease.
Small joint involvement in psoriatic arthritis is associated with onycholysis
Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
Update on Abatacept Therapy of RA.
2009
A 'pilot' study on air-travel and venous thromboembolism
British Journal of Haematology
A strong heritability of psoriatic arthritis over four generations--the Reykjavik Psoriatic Arthritis Study.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England)
Promotion and Regulation of Autoimmune Inflammation by B Cells.
2008
The relationship between cancer and rheumatoid arthritis
Arthritis Research and Therapy
2007
Psoriatic arthritis in Reykjavik, Iceland
Journal of Rheumatology
2004
Peripheral blood T cell responses to keratin peptides that share sequences with streptococcal M proteins are largely restricted to skin-homing CD8
+
T cells
Clinical and Experimental Immunology
Keywords for Specialisation:
Psoriatic arthritis
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