Low back pain in relation to lumbar disc degeneration

K Luoma, H Riihimäki, R Luukkonen, R Raininko… - Spine, 2000 - journals.lww.com
… Luoma K, Raininko R, Nummi P, Luukkonen R. Is the signal intensity of cerebrospinal
fluid constant? Intensity measurements with high and low field magnetic resonance imagers. …

White matter hyperintensities on MRI in the neurologically nondiseased elderly: analysis of cohorts of consecutive subjects aged 55 to 85 years living at home

…, T Erkinjuntti, R Raininko, S Sarna, R Sulkava, R Tilvis - Stroke, 1995 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose We undertook this study to evaluate the frequency and risk factors
of white matter hyperintensities seen on T 2 -weighted MR imaging. We examined cohorts …

White matter changes in healthy elderly persons correlate with attention and speed of mental processing

…, T Erkinjuntti, R Sulkava, R Raininko, R Tilvis - Archives of …, 1993 - jamanetwork.com
• Objective. —To evaluate the association between white matter changes (leukoaraiosis [LA])
seen on magnetic resonance imaging and cognitive functions. Design. —Survey of cohorts …

Lumbosacral transitional vertebra: relation to disc degeneration and low back pain

K Luoma, T Vehmas, R Raininko, R Luukkonen… - Spine, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Cross-sectional magnetic-resonance imaging (MRI) study. Objective. To
investigate the relation of the lumbosacral transitional vertebra to signs of disc degeneration in …

Abundant expression of HIV Nef and Rev proteins in brain astrocytes in vivo is associated with dementia

…, M Nyberg, V Ovod, M Haltia, I Elovaara, R Raininko… - Aids, 1995 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To relate the expression of HIV regulatory proteins and HIV-specific mRNA in the
brain cells of infected individuals with clinical neurological disease. Design: Formalin-fixed …

CNS manifestations of Nasu–Hakola disease: a frontal dementia with bone cysts

J Paloneva Bm, T Autti, R Raininko, J Partanen… - Neurology, 2001 - AAN Enterprises
Background: Nasu-Hakola disease or polycystic lipomembranous osteodysplasia with
sclerosing leukoencephalopathy (PLOSL) is a genetically heterogeneous disease characterized …

Interleukin 1 polymorphisms and intervertebral disc degeneration

…, P Leino-Arjas, L Ala-Kokko, K Luoma, R Raininko… - …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Background: Enzymatic breakdown of the extracellular matrix, and possibly local inflammation,
contributes to intervertebral disc degeneration. We investigated whether polymorphisms …

Disc height and signal intensity of the nucleus pulposus on magnetic resonance imaging as indicators of lumbar disc degeneration

K Luoma, T Vehmas, H Riihimäki, R Raininko - Spine, 2001 - journals.lww.com
… The distance between these two values is the interquartile range, rr. The lower adjacent
value is the smallest observed value that is greater than or equal to the lower quartile minus 1.5 r

Intervertebral disc degeneration in relation to the COL9A3 and the IL-1ß gene polymorphisms

…, J Lohiniva, P Leino-Arjas, R Raininko… - European Spine …, 2006 - Springer
Disc degeneration is a complex condition in which environmental factors and multiple
genes are expected to act together to determine the degenerative phenotype. Recently …

Childhood epilepsy, familial hemiplegic migraine, cerebellar ataxia, and a new CACNA1A mutation

…, E Kumlien, J Haan, R Raininko, R Flink… - Neurology, 2004 - AAN Enterprises
Ophoff RA, Terwindt GM, Vergouwe MN, et al. Familial hemiplegic migraine and episodic
ataxia type-2 are caused by mutations in the Ca 2+ channel gene CACNL1A4. Cell. 1996; …