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Ann Hellström
Professor/ Chief Physician
Department of Clinical Neuroscience-
Evaluation of timed dexamethasone eye drops to prevent proliferative retinopathy of prematurity: a study protocol for a randomized intervention, multi-centre, double-blinded trial
(DROPROP)
Ann Hellström, Mariya Petrishka-Lozenska, Aldina Pivodic, Anders K. Nilsson, Ulrika Sjöbom, Ingrid Hansen Pupp, David Ley, Lotta Gränse, Hanna Maria Öhnell, Gunnar Jakobsson, Karin Sävman, Lois E.H. Smith, Pia Lundgren, Liv Vallin, Ylva Friberg-Riad, Karin Hochhard Sandgren, Sofie Eriksson, Stefan Löfgren, Evangelos Tsigkoulis, Jenny Wallander, Despina Tsamadou, Pierfrancesco Mirabelli, Fredrik Ingemansson, Nikica Tomašić, Afsaneh Alibakhsh, Erik Normann, Eva Albinsson, Uwe Ewald, Kristina Teär Fahnehjelm, Magnus Domellöf
BMC Pediatrics - 2025 -
Living in a bubble with profound difficulties-parents' experiences of extremely preterm
survivors
Malin Hansson, Aldina Pivodic, Chatarina Löfqvist, Karin Sävman, Boubou Hallberg, David Ley, Eva Morsing, Pia Lundgren, Jenny Gyllén, Carola Pfeiffer Mosesson, Ann Hellström
ACTA PAEDIATRICA - 2025 -
Predicting the risk of treatment-requiring retinopathy of prematurity in preterm infants in Greece. External validation of DIGIROP prognostic
models
Stella Moutzouri, Aldina Pivodic, Anna-Bettina Haidich, Aikaterini K. Seliniotaki, Maria Lithoxopoulou, Christos Tsakalidis, Ann Hellström, Nikolaos Ziakas, Asimina Mataftsi
ACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA - 2025 -
Visual acuity outcomes up to 12 years and risk factors for visual impairment in a national cohort of extremely preterm born children - The Extremely Preterm Infants in Sweden Study
(EXPRESS)
Despoina Tsamadou, Karin Kallen, Abbas Al-Hawasi, Ann Hellström, Gerd Holmstrom, Fatima Pedrosa-Domellof, Kristina Tornqvist, Ulrika Kjellstrom, Lisa B. Thorell, Lena Hellstrom-Westas, Andreas Ohlin, Ulrika Aden, Kerstin Hellgren
ACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA - 2025 -
Fetal haemoglobin and oxygen requirement in preterm infants: an observational
study
Tommy Ulinder, William Hellström, Christian Gadsboll, Linda Nilsson, Margareta Gebka, Gustav Robertz, Matteo Bruschettini, Ann Hellström, David Ley
ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD-FETAL AND NEONATAL EDITION - 2025 -
Association between Early Postnatal Hydrocortisone and Retinopathy of Prematurity in Extremely Preterm
Infants
Mariya Petrishka-Lozenska, Aldina Pivodic, Anders Flisberg, Ingrid Hansen-Pupp, Lois E. H. Smith, Pia Lundgren, Ann Hellström
NEONATOLOGY - 2025 -
Ethical Biobanking in Extremely Preterm Infants: Lessons From the EPITOP
Study
Ulrika Sjöbom, Jenny Isaksson, Ruth Wickelgren, Liv Vallin, Anders K. Nilsson, Ann Hellström, Karin Sävman, Chatarina Löfqvist
ACTA PAEDIATRICA - 2025 -
Enteral supplementation with arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acid and pulmonary outcome in extremely preterm
infants.
Dirk Wackernagel, Anders K. Nilsson, Ulrika Sjöbom, Ann Hellström, Susanna Klevebro, Ingrid Hansen-Pupp
Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids - 2024 -
Postnatal Dysregulation of Androgens in Extremely Preterm Male
Infants
Anders K. Nilsson, Ulrika Sjöbom, Andreas Landin, Mats X. Andersson, Henrik Ryberg, Aldina Pivodic, Chatarina Löfqvist, Karin Sävman, Matti Poutanen, Claes Ohlsson, Ann Hellström
Journal of the Endocrine Society (JES) - 2024 -
Arachidonic acid and docosahexaenoic acid levels correlate with the inflammation proteome in extremely preterm
infants.
Susanna Klevebro, Simon Kebede Merid, Ulrika Sjöbom, Wen Zhong, Hanna Danielsson, Dirk Wackernagel, Ingrid Hansen-Pupp, David Ley, Karin Sävman, Mathias Uhlén, Lois E H Smith, Ann Hellström, Anders K. Nilsson
Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 2024 -
Neurofilament light chain associates with IVH and ROP in extremely preterm
infants
Ulrika Sjöbom, Annika Öhrfelt, Aldina Pivodic, Anders K. Nilsson, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, William Hellström, Hanna Danielsson, Lotta Granse, Karin Sävman, Dirk Wackernagel, Ingrid Hansen-Pupp, David Ley, Ann Hellström, Chatarina Löfqvist
PEDIATRIC RESEARCH - 2024 -
Timed topical dexamethasone eye drops improve mitochondrial function to prevent severe retinopathy of
prematurity
Hitomi Yagi, Myriam Boeck, Mariya Petrishka-Lozenska, Pia Lundgren, Taku Kasai, Gael Cagnone, Katherine Neilsen, Chaomei Wang, Jeff Lee, Yohei Tomita, Sasha A. Singh, Jean-Sebastien Joyal, Masanori Aikawa, Kazuno Negishi, Zhongjie Fu, Ann Hellström, Lois E. H. Smith
ANGIOGENESIS - 2024 -
Nutritional interventions to prevent retinopathy of
prematurity
Ann Hellström, Elsa Kermorvant-Duchemin, Mark Johnson, Miguel Sáenz de Pipaón, Lois E. Smith, Anna-Lena Hård, Christoph Fusch, Silvia Iacobelli, Mark J. Johnson, Alexandre Lapillonne, Sissel J. Moltu, Miguel Sáenz de Pipaón, Gitte Zachariassen
Pediatric Research - 2024 -
Mitochondrial control of hypoxia-induced pathological retinal
angiogenesis
Hitomi Yagi, Myriam Boeck, Shen Nian, Katherine Neilsen, Chaomei Wang, Jeff Lee, Yan Zeng, Matthew Grumbine, Ian R. Sweet, Taku Kasai, Kazuno Negishi, Sasha A. Singh, Masanori Aikawa, Ann Hellström, Lois E. H. Smith, Zhongjie Fu
ANGIOGENESIS - 2024 -
Challenges of parenting children born before 24 weeks of
gestation
Aldina Pivodic, Malin Hansson, Chatarina Löfqvist, Karin Sävman, Anders Elfvin, Lena Jacobson, Lisa Dinkler, Boubou Hallberg, David Ley, Eva Morsing, Pia Lundgren, Jenny Gyllén, Carola Pfeiffer Mosesson, Ann Hellström
Acta Paediatrica - 2024 -
Cytokine and growth factor correlation networks associated with morbidities in extremely preterm
infants
Veronika Golubinskaya, Holger Nilsson, Halfdan Rydbeck, William Hellström, Gunnel Hellgren, Ann Hellström, Karin Sävman, Carina Mallard
BMC PEDIATRICS - 2024 -
ROP: 80 Years after Its Detection - Where Do We Stand and How Long Will We Continue to
Laser?
Ann Hellström, Lois E.H. Smith, Anna-Lena Hård
Neonatology - 2024 -
Bacterial species in cord blood and their significance in the context of clinical
use
Helena Barreto Henriksson, Ann Hellström, Anders K. Nilsson, Ulrika Sjöbom, Bodil Jonsson, Sofia Frändberg
TRANSFUSION AND APHERESIS SCIENCE - 2024 -
Therapeutic Effects of Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Oxidant Nutritional Supplementation in Retinal Ischemic
Diseases
Deokho Lee, Zhongjie Fu, Ann Hellström, Lois E. H. Smith
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES - 2024 -
Circulating VEGF-A Levels in Relation to Retinopathy of Prematurity and Treatment Effects: A Systematic Review and
Meta-Analysis
Ulrika Sjöbom, Tove Hellqvist, Jhangir Humayun, Anders K. Nilsson, Hanna Gyllensten, Ann Hellström, Chatarina Löfqvist
OPHTHALMOLOGY SCIENCE - 2024 -
Treatment for retinopathy of prematurity in Sweden 2008-2021: Reduced gestational age of treated infants and remaining differences in treatment type and recurrence rates between
hospitals
Gerd Holmstrom, Ann Hellström, Kristina Teer Fahnehjelm, Lotta Granse, Karin Sandgren Hochhard, Birgitta Sunnqvist, Kristina Tornqvist, Despoina Tsamadou, Agneta Wallin, Eva Larsson
ACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA - 2024 -
Ophthalmological outcome of 6.5 years children treated for retinopathy of prematurity: a Swedish register
study
E. Larsson, Ann Hellström, K. Tornqvist, A. Wallin, B. Sunnqvist, K. S. Hochhard, Pia Lundgren, A. Al-Hawasi, K. T. Fahnehjelm, L. Granse, G. Holmstrom
British Journal of Ophthalmology - 2024 -
FGF21 via mitochondrial lipid oxidation promotes physiological vascularization in a mouse model of Phase I
ROP
Zhongjie Fu, Pia Lundgren, Aldina Pivodic, Hitomi Yagi, Jarrod C. Harman, Jay Yang, Minji Ko, Katherine Neilsen, Saswata Talukdar, Ann Hellström, Lois E.H. Smith
Angiogenesis - 2023 -
Prognostic Value of Parenteral Nutrition Duration on Risk of Retinopathy of Prematurity Development and Validation of the Revised DIGIROP Clinical Decision Support
Tool
Aldina Pivodic, Gerd Holmstrom, Lois E. H. Smith, Anna-Lena Hård, Chatarina Löfqvist, Abbas Al-Hawasi, Eva Larsson, Pia Lundgren, Lotta Granse, Kristina Tornqvist, Agneta Wallin, Helena Johansson, Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland, Staffan Nilsson, Ann Hellström
JAMA OPHTHALMOLOGY - 2023 -
Postnatal hyperglycemia alters amino acid in retinas (model of Phase I
ROP)
J. C. Harman, Aldina Pivodic, Anders K. Nilsson, M. Boeck, H. Yagi, K. Neilsen, M. J. Ko, J. Y. Yang, M. Kinter, Ann Hellström, Z. J. Fu
Iscience - 2023 -
Proteomics identifies lipocalin-2 in neonatal inflammation associated with cerebrovascular alteration in mice and preterm
infants
Giacomo Gravina, Maryam Ardalan, Tetyana Chumak, Anders K. Nilsson, C. Joakim Ek, H. Danielsson, Pernilla Svedin, Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna, Karin Sävman, Ann Hellström, Carina Mallard
iScience - 2023 -
Is thrombocytopenia and postnatal weight gain associated with treatment-requiring retinopathy of prematurity? A matched case-control
study.
Aikaterini K Seliniotaki, Maria Lithoxopoulou, Stella Moutzouri, Emmanouil Bouras, Elisavet Diamanti, Nikolaos Ziakas, Pia Lundgren, Ann Hellström, Anna-Bettina Haidich, Asimina Mataftsi
Acta ophthalmologica - 2023 -
Evaluation of recombinant human IGF-1/IGFBP-3 on intraventricular hemorrhage prevention and survival in the preterm rabbit pup
model
Claes Ekström, Niklas Ortenlöf, Amanda Kristiansson, Bo Holmqvist, Åsa Jungner, Suvi Vallius, Xiaoyang Wang, Ann Hellström, Norman Barton, Galen Carey, David Ley, Magnus Gram
Scientific Reports - 2023 -
Visual outcome at 2.5 years of age in ω-3 and ω-6 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplemented preterm infants: a follow-up of a randomized controlled
trial
Pia Lundgren, Lena Jacobson, L. Granse, Anna-Lena Hård, Karin Sävman, I. Hansen-Pupp, D. Ley, Anders K. Nilsson, Aldina Pivodic, L. E. Smith, Ann Hellström
Lancet Regional Health-Europe - 2023 -
Modification of serum fatty acids in preterm infants by parenteral lipids and enteral docosahexaenoic acid/arachidonic acid: A secondary analysis of the Mega Donna Mega
trial
Ulrika Sjöbom, Mats X. Andersson, Aldina Pivodic, A. M. Lund, M. Vanpee, I. Hansen-Pupp, D. Ley, D. Wackernagel, Karin Sävman, L. E. H. Smith, Chatarina Löfqvist, Ann Hellström, Anders K. Nilsson
Clinical Nutrition - 2023 -
Postnatal serum IGF-1 levels associate with brain volumes at term in extremely preterm
infants
William Hellström, L. M. Hortensius, Chatarina Löfqvist, Gunnel Hellgren, M. L. Tataranno, D. Ley, Mjnl Benders, Ann Hellström, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Rolf A. Heckemann, Karin Sävman
Pediatric Research - 2023 -
The development of blood protein profiles in extremely preterm infants follows a stereotypic evolution
pattern
W. Zhong, H. Danielsson, N. Brusselaers, D. Wackernagel, Ulrika Sjöbom, Karin Sävman, I. H. Pupp, D. Ley, Anders K. Nilsson, L. Fagerberg, M. Uhlen, Ann Hellström
Communications Medicine - 2023 -
Preterm infant circulating sex steroid levels are not altered by transfusion with adult male plasma: a retrospective multicentre cohort
study
Anders K. Nilsson, Gunnel Hellgren, Ulrika Sjöbom, Andreas Landin, Henrik Ryberg, D. Wackernagel, D. Ley, I. H. Pupp, Matti Poutanen, Claes Ohlsson, Ann Hellström
Archives of Disease in Childhood-Fetal and Neonatal Edition - 2022 -
National cohort of infants born before 24 gestational weeks showed increased survival rates but no improvement in neonatal
morbidity
Pia Lundgren, E. Morsing, Anna-Lena Hård, A. Rakow, L. Hellstrom-Westas, Lena Jacobson, Mats Johnson, G. Holmstrom, Staffan Nilsson, L. E. Smith, Karin Sävman, Ann Hellström
Acta Paediatrica - 2022 -
Evaluation of the Retinopathy of Prematurity Activity Scale (ROP-ActS) in a randomised controlled trial aiming for prevention of severe ROP: a substudy of the Mega Donna Mega
trial
Aldina Pivodic, H. Johansson, L. E. H. Smith, Chatarina Löfqvist, Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland, Staffan Nilsson, Ann Hellström
Bmj Open Ophthalmology - 2022 -
Costs associated with retinopathy of prematurity: a systematic review and
meta-analysis.
Hanna Gyllensten, Jhangir Humayun, Ulrika Sjöbom, Ann Hellström, Chatarina Löfqvist
BMJ open - 2022 -
Association of platelet deficiency with severe retinopathy of prematurity: a
review
A. K. Seliniotaki, A. B. Haidich, S. Moutzouri, M. Lithoxopoulou, N. Ziakas, Pia Lundgren, Ann Hellström, A. Mataftsi
Acta Paediatrica - 2022 -
Longitudinal Serum Metabolomics in Extremely Premature Infants: Relationships With Gestational Age, Nutrition, and
Morbidities
Anders K. Nilsson, A. Tebani, Daniel Malmodin, Anders Pedersen, Gunnel Hellgren, Chatarina Löfqvist, I. Hansen-Pupp, M. Uhlen, Ann Hellström
Frontiers in Neuroscience - 2022 -
Cytochrome P450 oxidase 2J inhibition suppresses choroidal neovascularization in
mice
Y. Gong, Y. Tomita, M. L. Edin, A. Ren, M. Ko, J. Yang, E. Bull, D. C. Zeldin, Ann Hellström, Z. Fu, L. E. H. Smith
Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental - 2022 -
Morphology and biological data in cord blood eryhtrocyte units resembles adult units after processing and storage – Meets current quality
recommendations
Helena Barreto Henriksson, Ann Hellström, Camilla Hesse, Ann-Katrin Nilsson, M. Dagerås, M. Falk, E. Ingvarsson, Massimo Micaroni, Anna-Lena Hård, Sofia Frändberg
Transfusion and Apheresis Science - 2022 -
Neurodevelopmental disorders and somatic diagnoses in a national cohort of children born before 24 weeks of
gestation
Eva Morsing, Pia Lundgren, Anna-Lena Hård, Alexander Rakow, Lena Hellström-Westas, Lena Jacobson, Mats Johnson, Staffan Nilsson, Lois E.H. Smith, Karin Sävman, Ann Hellström
Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics - 2022 -
Mother's Own Milk and Its Relationship to Growth and Morbidity in a Population-based Cohort of Extremely Preterm
Infants
A. M. Lund, M. Domellöf, Aldina Pivodic, Ann Hellström, E. Stoltz Sjöström, I. Hansen-Pupp
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition - 2022 -
Low fraction of fetal haemoglobin is associated with retinopathy of prematurity in the very preterm
infant
William Hellström, T. Martinsson, E. Morsing, L. Gränse, D. Ley, Ann Hellström
British Journal of Ophthalmology - 2022 -
Development and validation of a new clinical decision support tool to optimize screening for retinopathy of
prematurity
Aldina Pivodic, Helena Johansson, L. E. H. Smith, Anna-Lena Hård, Chatarina Löfqvist, B. A. Yoder, M. E. Hartnett, C. Wu, M. C. Bründer, W. A. Lagrèze, A. Stahl, A. Al-Hawasi, E. Larsson, Pia Lundgren, L. Gränse, B. Sunnqvist, K. Tornqvist, A. Wallin, G. Holmström, Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland, Staffan Nilsson, Ann Hellström
British Journal of Ophthalmology - 2022 -
Retinopathy of prematurity: Metabolic risk
factors
Z. J. Fu, Anders K. Nilsson, Ann Hellström, L. E. Smith
eLife - 2022 -
Retrospective evaluation of ophthalmological and neurological outcomes for infants born before 24 weeks gestational age in a Swedish
cohort
Ann Hellström, L. Jacobson, A. Al-Hawasi, L. Hellstrom-Westas, A. Rakow, Mats Johnson, Karin Sävman, G. Holmstrom, E. Larsson, L. Granse, M. Saric, B. Sunnqvist, L. Smith, Anna-Lena Hård, E. Morsing, Pia Lundgren
Bmj Open - 2022 -
A systematic review and meta-analysis of preanalytical factors and methodological differences influencing the measurement of circulating vascular endothelial growth
factor
Ulrika Sjöbom, Anders K. Nilsson, Hanna Gyllensten, Ann Hellström, Chatarina Löfqvist
Plos One - 2022 -
The proteome signature of cord blood plasma with high hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell
count
Anders K. Nilsson, Halfdan Rydbeck, Annika Thorsell, Sofia Frändberg, Helena Barreto Henriksson, Camilla Hesse, Gunnel Hellgren, Pia Lundgren, Ann Hellström
Stem Cell Research - 2022 -
Blood protein profiles related to preterm birth and retinopathy of
prematurity
H. Danielsson, A. Tebani, W. Zhong, L. Fagerberg, N. Brusselaers, Anna-Lena Hård, M. Uhlen, Ann Hellström
Pediatric Research - 2022 -
Omega-3/Omega-6 Long-Chain Fatty Acid Imbalance in Phase I Retinopathy of
Prematurity
Z. J. Fu, W. J. Yan, C. T. Chen, Anders K. Nilsson, E. Bull, W. Allen, J. Yang, M. J. Ko, J. P. SanGiovanni, J. D. Akula, S. Talukdar, Ann Hellström, L. E. H. Smith
Nutrients - 2022
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