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Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyAbout Lina Bergman
Lina Bergman’s translational research group based at the University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University hospital is described here; https://www.gu.se/en/research/lina-bergman-group
The international research group including all projects and publications are described here: www.preeclampsiaresearch.com
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Prophylactic Aspirin Dose and
Preeclampsia
Ellen Kupka, Susanne Hesselman, Johanna Gunnarsdottir, Anna-Karin Wikstroem, Catherine Cluver, Stephen Tong, Roxanne Hastie, Lina Bergman
JAMA NETWORK OPEN - 2025 -
Circulating concentrations of pro-inflammatory cytokines in preeclampsia with varying disease
severity
Klara Palm, Catherine Cluver, Eduard Langenegger, Stephen Tong, Susan Walker, Henrik Imberg, Roxanne Hastie, Lina Bergman
Pregnancy Hypertension - 2024 -
Cerebral infarcts, edema, hypoperfusion, and vasospasm in preeclampsia and
eclampsia
Lina Bergman, Daniel Hannsberger, Sonja Schell, Henrik Imberg, Eduard Langenegger, Ashley Moodley, Richard Pitcher, Stephanie Griffith-Richards, Owen Herrock, Roxanne Hastie, Susan P. Walker, Stephen Tong, Johan Wikström, Catherine Cluver
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - 2024 -
Metformin use and preeclampsia risk in women with diabetes: a two-country cohort
analysis
Hannah Gordon, Noor Salim, Stephen Tong, Susan Walker, Manarangi De Silva, Catherine Cluver, Parinaz Mehdipour, Richard Hiscock, Lauren Sutherland, Ann Doust, Lina Bergman, Anna-Karin Wikstrom, Anthea Lindquist, Susanne Hesselman, Roxanne Hastie
BMC MEDICINE - 2024 -
Prediction of adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes associated with pre-eclampsia and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a systematic review and
meta-analysis
Valentina Bucher, Alexandra Roddy Mitchell, Pia Gudmundsson, Jessica Atkinson, Nicole Wallin, Joline Asp, Maria Sennstrom, Karin Hilden, Camilla Edvinsson, C. Joakim Ek, Roxanne Hastie, Catherine Cluver, Lina Bergman
ECLINICALMEDICINE - 2024 -
Aspirin for preeclampsia prevention in low- and middle-income countries: mind the
gaps
Ellen Kupka, James M. Roberts, Zaleha A. Mahdy, Carlos Escudero, Lina Bergman, Leandro De Oliveira
AJOG Global Reports - 2024 -
Does metformin prolong pregnancy in preterm pre-eclampsia? A study protocol for a South African, hospital-based double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled
trial
Catherine Anne Cluver, Lina Bergman, Henrik Imberg, Ben W. Mol, David Hall, Adrie Bekker, Adrienne Gordon, Fiona Brownfoot, Tu'uhevaha J. Kaitu'u-Lino, Susan P. Walker, Stephen Tong
BMJ OPEN - 2024 -
Novel Associations Between Mid-Pregnancy Cardiovascular Biomarkers and Preeclampsia: An Explorative Nested Case-Control
Study
Paliz Nordlof Callbo, Katja Junus, Katja Gabrysch, Lina Bergman, Inger Sundstrom Poromaa, Susanne Lager, Anna-Karin Wikstrom
REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES - 2024 -
Pregnancy-associated cardiovascular risks and postpartum care; an opportunity for interventions aiming at health preservation and disease
prevention.
Nicole Wallin, Lina Bergman, Graeme N Smith
Best practice & research. Clinical obstetrics & gynaecology - 2024 -
Pregnancy as an opportunity to prevent type 2 diabetes mellitus: FIGO Best Practice
Advice.
Sumaiya Adam, Harold David McIntyre, Kit Ying Tsoi, Anil Kapur, Ronald C Ma, Stephanie Dias, Pius Okong, Moshe Hod, Liona C Poon, Graeme N Smith, Lina Bergman, Esraa Algurjia, Patrick O'Brien, Virna P Medina, Cynthia V Maxwell, Lesley Regan, Mary L Rosser, Bo Jacobsson, Mark A Hanson, Sharleen L O'Reilly, Fionnuala M McAuliffe
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics - 2023 -
Using FIGO Nutrition Checklist counselling in pregnancy: A review to support healthcare
professionals.
Sarah Louise Killeen, Niamh Donnellan, Sharleen L O'Reilly, Mark A Hanson, Mary L Rosser, Virna P Medina, Chandni Maria Jacob, Hema Divakar, Moshe Hod, Liona C Poon, Lina Bergman, Patrick O'Brien, Anil Kapur, Bo Jacobsson, Cynthia V Maxwell, Harold David McIntyre, Lesley Regan, Esraa Algurjia, Ronald C Ma, Sumaiya Adam, Fionnuala M McAuliffe
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics - 2023 -
The experience of being a partner to a childbearing woman whose pregnancy is complicated by pre-eclampsia: A Swedish qualitative
study
Lilja Thorgeirsdottir, Karolina Linden, Lina Bergman, Verena Sengpiel, Viola Nyman, Helen Elden
Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare - 2023 -
Brain Vascular Dysfunction in Mothers and Their Children Exposed to
Preeclampsia.
Carlos Escudero, Ellen Kupka, Belen Ibañez, Hermes Sandoval, Felipe Troncoso, Anna-Karin Wikström, Daniela Lopez, Jesenia Acurio, Pablo Torres-Vergara, Lina Bergman
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 2023 -
Circulating Chemerin Is Elevated in Women With
Preeclampsia.
Lucy A Bartho, Manju Kandel, Susan P Walker, Catherine A Cluver, Roxanne Hastie, Lina Bergman, Natasha Pritchard, Ping Cannon, Tuong-Vi Nguyen, Georgia P Wong, Teresa M MacDonald, Emerson Keenan, Natalie J Hannan, Stephen Tong, Tu'uhevaha J Kaitu'u-Lino
Endocrinology - 2023 -
Low-dose aspirin use in pregnancy and the risk of preterm birth: a Swedish register-based cohort
study.
Ellen Kupka, Susanne Hesselman, Roxanne Hastie, Riccardo Lomartire, Anna Karin Wikström, Lina Bergman
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology - 2023 -
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and long-term cardiovascular health: FIGO Best Practice
Advice.
Liona C Poon, Long Nguyen-Hoang, Graeme N Smith, Lina Bergman, Patrick O'Brien, Moshe Hod, Pius Okong, Anil Kapur, Cynthia V Maxwell, Harold David McIntyre, Bo Jacobsson, Esraa Algurjia, Mark A Hanson, Mary L Rosser, Ronald C Ma, Sharleen L O'Reilly, Lesley Regan, Sumaiya Adam, Virna P Medina, Fionnuala M McAuliffe
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics - 2023 -
Management of obesity across women's life course: FIGO Best Practice
Advice.
Cynthia V Maxwell, Rachelle Shirley, Amy C O'Higgins, Mary L Rosser, Patrick O'Brien, Moshe Hod, Sharleen L O'Reilly, Virna P Medina, Graeme N Smith, Mark A Hanson, Sumaiya Adam, Ronald C Ma, Anil Kapur, Harold David McIntyre, Bo Jacobsson, Liona C Poon, Lina Bergman, Lesley Regan, Esraa Algurjia, Fionnuala M McAuliffe
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics - 2023 -
FIGO pregnancy passport: A useful tool for women and their healthcare providers on health risks following pregnancy
complications
Long Nguyen-Hoang, Graeme N. Smith, Lina Bergman, Fionnuala M. McAuliffe, Liona C. Poon
International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics - 2023 -
Correlation between cognitive assessment scores and circulating cerebral biomarkers in women with pre-eclampsia and
eclampsia
Emma Bokström-Rees, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Roxanne Hastie, Sonja Schell, Catherine Cluver, Lina Bergman
Pregnancy Hypertension - 2023 -
Impact of fetal growth restriction on pregnancy outcome in women undergoing expectant management for preterm
pre-eclampsia
C. A. Cluver, Lina Bergman, J. Bergkvist, Henrik Imberg, L. Geerts, D. R. Hall, B. W. Mol, S. Tong, S. P. Walker
Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology - 2023 -
Can single-cell and spatial omics unravel the pathophysiology of
pre-eclampsia?
S. Hartmann, S. M. Botha, C. M. Gray, D. S. Valdes, S. P. Tong, T. J. Kaituu-Lino, F. Herse, Lina Bergman, C. A. Cluver, R. Dechend, O. Nonn
Journal of Reproductive Immunology - 2023 -
Comparing the results from a Swedish pregnancy cohort using data from three automated placental growth factor immunoassay platforms intended for first-trimester preeclampsia
prediction
Ylva Carlsson, A. Sandstrom, Lina Bergman, P. Conner, S. Hansson, M. Kublicka, U. Gormus, P. Lindgren, G. Olerod, A. K. Wikstrom, A. Larsson
Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica - 2023 -
Partners upplevelse av
preeklampsi
Lilja Thorgeirsdottir, Karolina Linden, Lina Bergman, Verena Sengpiel, Viola Nyman, Helen Elden
Konferens Reproduktiv hälsa 2023 - 2023 -
Vision for Improving Pregnancy Health: Innovation and the Future of Pregnancy
Research
J. M. Roberts, D. Heider, Lina Bergman, K. L. Thornburg
Reproductive Sciences - 2022 -
Associations Between Soluble fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase-1 and Placental Growth Factor and Disease Severity Among Women With Preterm Eclampsia and
Preeclampsia
R. Hastie, Lina Bergman, S. P. Walker, T. Kaitu'u-Lino, N. J. Hannan, F. Brownfoot, S. Schell, A. Harper, P. Cannon, C. A. Cluver, S. Tong
Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA) - 2022 -
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in preeclampsia complicated by pulmonary edema shows myocardial edema with normal left ventricular systolic
function.
Lloyd H Joubert, Anton F Doubell, Eduard J Langenegger, Anna S Herrey, Lina Bergman, Karl Bergman, Catherine Cluver, Christelle Ackerman, Philippus G Herbst
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology - 2022 -
Alcohol exposure prior to pregnancy-does hazardous consumption affect placenta- and inflammatory-mediated pregnancy outcomes? A Swedish population-based cohort
study.
Joline Asp, Lina Bergman, Susanne Lager, Ove Axelsson, Anna-Karin Wikström, Susanne Hesselman
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica - 2022 -
Elevated mid-pregnancy plasma levels of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 in women prior to the development of
preeclampsia.
Katja Junus, Inger Björk Ragnarsdóttir, Paliz Nordlöf Callbo, Lina Bergman, Susanne Lager, Anna-Karin Wikström
Scientific reports - 2022 -
Cerebral biomarkers in neurologic complications of
preeclampsia.
Lina Bergman, Roxanne Hastie, Emma Bokström-Rees, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Sonja Schell, Henrik Imberg, Eduard Langenegger, Ashley Moodley, Susan Walker, Stephen Tong, Catherine Cluver
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology - 2022 -
Circulating concentrations of glycocalyx degradation products in
preeclampsia
Niclas Carlberg, Catherine Cluver, Camilla Hesse, Sven Egron Thörn, Robin Gandley, Tor Damén, Lina Bergman
Frontiers in Physiology - 2022 -
PSG7 and 9 (Pregnancy-Specific β-1 Glycoproteins 7 and 9): Novel Biomarkers for
Preeclampsia.
Manju Kandel, Teresa M MacDonald, Susan P Walker, Catherine Cluver, Lina Bergman, Jenny Myers, Roxanne Hastie, Emerson Keenan, Natalie J Hannan, Ping Cannon, Tuong-Vi Nguyen, Natasha Pritchard, Stephen Tong, Tu'uhevaha J Kaitu'u-Lino
Journal of the American Heart Association - 2022 -
Low-Dose Aspirin for Preventing Birth of a Small-For-Gestational Age Neonate in a Subsequent
Pregnancy.
Roxanne Hastie, Stephen Tong, Anna-Karin Wikström, Susan P Walker, Anthea Lindquist, Catherine A Cluver, Ellen Kupka, Lina Bergman, Susanne Hesselman
Obstetrics and gynecology - 2022 -
Understanding the experience of partners to women whose pregnancy is complicated by
preeclampsia
Lilja Thorgeirsdottir, Karolina Linden, Lina Bergman, Verena Sengpiel, Viola Nyman, Helen Elden
Muntlig presentation - 2022 -
Dysregulation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 phosphorylation is associated with disruption of the blood-brain barrier and brain endothelial cell apoptosis induced by plasma from women with
preeclampsia
P. Torres-Vergara, F. Troncoso, J. Acurio, E. Kupka, Lina Bergman, A. K. Wikstro, C. Escudero
Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease - 2022 -
Cerebral Biomarkers and Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity in
Preeclampsia
T. Friis, A. K. Wikström, J. Acurio, J. León, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, M. Nelander, H. Åkerud, H. Kaihola, C. Cluver, F. Troncoso, P. Torres-Vergara, C. Escudero, Lina Bergman
Cells - 2022 -
Evidence of neuroinflammation and blood–brain barrier disruption in women with preeclampsia and
eclampsia
Lina Bergman, Roxanne Hastie, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Sonja Schell, Eduard Langenegger, Ashley Moodley, Susan Walker, Stephen Tong, Catherine Cluver
Cells - 2021 -
Study protocol: establishment of a multicentre pre-eclampsia database and biobank in Sweden: GO PROVE and UP MOST, a prospective cohort
study.
Lilja Thorgeirsdottir, Malin E Andersson, Ove Karlsson, Sven Egron Thörn, Jonatan Oras, Verena Sengpiel, Teresia Svanvik, Helen Elden, Karolina Linden, Katja Junus, Susanne Lager, Ida Enskär, Teelkien van Veen, Johan Wikström, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Anna Stigsdotter Neely, Anna-Karin Wikström, Lina Bergman
BMJ open - 2021 -
Blood pressure as a risk factor for eclampsia and pulmonary oedema in
pre-eclampsia
P. Van Heerden, C. A. Cluver, Karl Bergman, Lina Bergman
Pregnancy Hypertension-an International Journal of Womens Cardiovascular Health - 2021 -
Disruption of the Blood-Brain Barrier by Extracellular Vesicles from Preeclampsia Plasma and Hypoxic Placentae: Attenuation by Magnesium
Sulfate
José León, Jesenia Acurio, Lina Bergman, Juán López, Anna Karin Wikström, Pablo Torres-Vergara, Felipe Troncoso, Fidel Ovidio Castro, Manu Vatish, Carlos Escudero
Hypertension - 2021 -
Preeclampsia and increased permeability over the blood brain barrier - a role of vascular endothelial growth receptor
2.
Lina Bergman, J Acurio, J Leon, E Gatu, T Friis, M Nelander, J Wikström, A Larsson, E Lara, C Aguayo, P Torres-Vergara, A K Wikström, C Escudero
American journal of hypertension - 2021 -
Aspirin use during pregnancy and the risk of bleeding complications: a Swedish population-based cohort
study.
Roxanne Hastie, Stephen Tong, Anna-Karin Wikström, Anna Sandström, Susanne Hesselman, Lina Bergman
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology - 2021 -
COVID-19 in Pregnancy and Early Childhood (COPE): study protocol for a prospective, multicentre biobank, survey and database cohort
study.
Ylva Carlsson, Lina Bergman, Mehreen Zaigham, Karolina Linden, Ola Andersson, Malin Veje, Anna Sandström, Anna-Karin Wikström, Hanna Östling, Helena Fadl, Magnus Domellöf, Marie Blomberg, Sophia Brismar Wendel, Ulrika Åden, Verena Sengpiel
BMJ open - 2021 -
PROVE-Pre-Eclampsia Obstetric Adverse Events: Establishment of a Biobank and Database for
Pre-Eclampsia
Lina Bergman, Karl Bergman, E. Langenegger, A. Moodley, S. Griffith-Richards, J. Wikstrom, D. Hall, L. Joubert, P. Herbst, S. Schell, T. van Veen, M. Belfort, S. Y. C. Tong, S. Walker, R. Hastie, C. Cluver
Cells - 2021 -
Cerebral perfusion pressure and autoregulation in eclampsia - a case control
study.
Lina Bergman, Catherine Cluver, Niclas Carlberg, Michael Belfort, Mary C Tolcher, Ronney B Panerai, Teelkien VAN Veen
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology - 2021 -
Cognitive impairment in preeclampsia complicated by eclampsia and pulmonary edema after
delivery
Lina Bergman, Lilja Thorgeirsdottir, Helen Elden, S. Hesselman, S. Schell, E. Ahlm, A. Aukes, C. Cluver
Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica - 2021 -
Accuracy of the combination of commercially available biomarkers and cervical length measurement to predict preterm birth in symptomatic women: A systematic
review
I. Dehaene, E. Lorthe, L. Gurney, P. Turtiainen, A. Schwickert, M. Svenvik, A. Care, Lina Bergman
European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - 2021 -
Signs of neuroaxonal injury in preeclampsia-A case control
study.
Malin E Andersson, Jonatan Oras, Sven Egron Thörn, Ove Karlsson, Peter Kälebo, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Lina Bergman
PloS one - 2021 -
Circulating growth differentiation factor 15 is increased preceding preeclampsia diagnosis: Implications as a disease
biomarker
Tess Cruickshank, Teresa M. Macdonald, Susan P. Walker, Emerson Keenan, Kirsten Dane, Anna Middleton, Valerie Kyritsis, Jenny Myers, Catherine Cluver, Roxanne Hastie, Lina Bergman, Damanpreet Garcha, Ping Cannon, Elizabeth Murray, Tuong Vi Nguyen, Richard Hiscock, Natasha Pritchard, Natalie J. Hannan, Stephen Tong, Tu’Uhevaha J. Kaitu’u-Lino
Journal of the American Heart Association - 2021 -
Duration of labor among women with thromboembolic events: A Swedish register
study
S. Hesselman, A. Wikman, R. Hastie, A. K. Wikström, Lina Bergman, A. Sandström
European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology: X - 2021 -
Study for Improving Maternal Pregnancy And Child ouTcomes (IMPACT): a study protocol for a Swedish prospective multicentre cohort
study.
Lina Bergman, Anna Sandström, Bo Jacobsson, Stefan Hansson, Peter Lindgren, Anders Larsson, Henrik Imberg, Peter Conner, Marius Kublickas, Ylva Carlsson, Anna-Karin Wikström
BMJ open - 2020 -
Multi-Fetal Pregnancy, Preeclampsia, and Long-Term Cardiovascular
Disease.
Lina Bergman, Paliz Nordlöf-Callbo, Anna Karin Wikström, Jonathan M Snowden, Susanne Hesselman, Anna Karin Edstedt Bonamy, Anna Sandström
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 2020 -
Duration of labor among women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy; A Swedish register cohort
study
R. Hastie, Lina Bergman, T. Akhter, A. Sandström, A. K. Wikström, S. Hesselman
European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology - 2020 -
The association of prenatal alcohol exposure on the cognitive abilities and behaviour profiles of 4-year-old children: a prospective cohort
study
C. A. Cluver, W. Charles, C. van der Merwe, H. Bezuidenhout, D. Nel, C. Groenewald, S. Hesselman, Lina Bergman, H. Odendaal
Bjog-an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - 2019 -
Preterm delivery: an overview on epidemiology, pathophysiology and consequences for the individual and the
society
Bo Jacobsson, Karin Pettersson, Dominika Modzelewska, Thomas Abrahamsson, Lina Bergman, Stellan Håkansson
Läkartidningen - 2019 -
Predictive Value of the Signs and Symptoms Preceding Eclampsia: A Systematic
Review.
Roxanne Hastie, Fiona C Brownfoot, Catherine A Cluver, Susan P Walker, Susanne Hesselman, Stephen Tong, Lina Bergman
Obstetrics and gynecology - 2019 -
Investigating Maternal Brain Alterations in Preeclampsia: the Need for a Multidisciplinary
Effort.
Lina Bergman, Pablo Torres-Vergara, Jeffrey Penny, Johan Wikström, Maria Nelander, Jose Leon, Mary Tolcher, James M Roberts, Anna-Karin Wikström, Carlos Escudero
Current hypertension reports - 2019 -
Proton Pump Inhibitors and Preeclampsia Risk Among 157 720
Women.
Roxanne Hastie, Lina Bergman, Catherin A Cluver, Anna Wikman, Natalie J Hannan, Susan P Walker, Anna-Karin Wikström, Stephen Tong, Susanne Hesselman
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 2019 -
Cerebral Osmolytes and Plasma Osmolality in Pregnancy and Preeclampsia: A Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Study.
Maria Nelander, Anna-Karin Wikström, Jan Weis, Lina Bergman, Anders Larsson, Inger Sundström-Poromaa, Johan Wikström
American journal of hypertension - 2018 -
Assessment of cerebral perfusion and edema in preeclampsia with intravoxel incoherent motion
MRI.
Maria Nelander, Daniel Hannsberger, Inger Sundström-Poromaa, Lina Bergman, Jan Weis, Helena Åkerud, Johan Wikström, Anna-Karin Wikström
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica - 2018 -
Risk of fistula formation and long-term health effects after a benign hysterectomy complicated by organ injury: A population-based register
study.
Susanne Hesselman, Lina Bergman, Ulf Högberg, Maria Jonsson
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica - 2018 -
Blood-based cerebral biomarkers in preeclampsia: Plasma concentrations of NfL, tau, S100B and NSE during pregnancy in women who later develop preeclampsia - A nested case control
study
Lina Bergman, Henrik Zetterberg, H. Kaihola, Henrik Hagberg, Kaj Blennow, H. Akerud
Plos One - 2018 -
Cerebral Magnesium Levels in Preeclampsia; A Phosphorus Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Study.
Maria Nelander, Jan Weis, Lina Bergman, Anders Larsson, Anna-Karin Wikström, Johan Wikström
American journal of hypertension - 2017 -
Maintaining and repeating tocolysis: A reflection on
evidence.
Isabelle Dehaene, Lina Bergman, Paula Turtiainen, Alexandra Ridout, Ben Willem Mol, Elsa Lorthe
Seminars in perinatology - 2017 -
Plasma Levels of the Cerebral Biomarker, Neuron-Specific Enolase, are Elevated During Pregnancy in Women Developing
Preeclampsia.
Lina Bergman, Helena Åkerud
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) - 2016 -
Cerebral Biomarkers in Women With Preeclampsia Are Still Elevated 1 Year
Postpartum.
Lina Bergman, Helena Åkerud, Anna Karin Wikström, Marita Larsson, Tord Naessen, Tansim Akhter
American journal of hypertension - 2016 -
Plasma levels of S100B in preeclampsia and association with possible central nervous system
effects.
Lina Bergman, Tansim Akhter, Anna-Karin Wikström, Johan Wikström, Tord Naessen, Helena Åkerud
American journal of hypertension - 2014