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Einar Bjornsson

Einar Bjornsson

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Medicine

D-Index
86
Citations
25986
World Ranking
14178
National Ranking
7

Overview

Einar Bjornsson is affiliated with the University of Iceland in Iceland and has a significant publication record in the fields of Medicine, Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmaceutics. Their research spans multiple subfields including Pharmacology, Epidemiology, Hepatology, Surgery, and Oncology.

Their main focus areas encompass Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Liver Diseases and Immunity, Liver Disease and Transplantation, Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism, Poisoning and Overdose Treatments, and Hepatitis C Virus Research.

Frequent co-authors in Einar Bjornsson's work include:

  • Jóhann P. Hreinsson
  • Arnar B. Ingason
  • Arnar S Ágústsson
  • Sigrún H. Lund
  • Raúl J. Andrade

Major venues where Einar's work appears often feature Gastroenterology, Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, Journal of Hepatology, Liver International, and Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Recent publications include:

  • Multiomics study of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Nomenclature, diagnosis and management of drug-induced autoimmune-like hepatitis (DI-ALH): An expert opinion meeting report, 2023, Journal of Hepatology
  • Ashwagandha-induced liver injury: A case series from Iceland and the US Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network, 2020, Liver International
  • Genetic variability in the absorption of dietary sterols affects the risk of coronary artery disease, 2020, European Heart Journal
  • Rivaroxaban Is Associated With Higher Rates of Gastrointestinal Bleeding Than Other Direct Oral Anticoagulants, 2021, Annals of Internal Medicine

Best Publications

  • Food-related gastrointestinal symptoms in the irritable bowel syndrome.

    Magnus Simrén;Agneta Månsson;Anna Maria Langkilde;Jan Svedlund

  • Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.

    Iris Posserud;Per-Ove Stotzer;Einar S Björnsson;Hasse Abrahamsson

  • Quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease in remission: the impact of IBS-like symptoms and associated psychological factors.

    Magnus Simrén;Jenny Axelsson;Rolf Gillberg;Hasse Abrahamsson

  • Drug‐induced autoimmune hepatitis: Clinical characteristics and prognosis

    Einar Björnsson;Jayant Talwalkar;Sombat Treeprasertsuk;Patrick S. Kamath

  • Drug-induced liver injury

    Raul J Andrade;Naga Chalasani;Einar S Björnsson;Ayako Suzuki;Ayako Suzuki

  • Drug-Induced Liver Injury - Types and Phenotypes.

    Jay H Hoofnagle;Einar S Björnsson

  • Liver injury from herbal and dietary supplements

    Victor J. Navarro;Ikhlas Khan;Einar Björnsson;Leonard B. Seeff

  • Risk Factors for Idiosyncratic Drug-Induced Liver Injury

    Naga Chalasani;Einar Björnsson

  • Altered visceral perceptual and neuroendocrine response in patients with irritable bowel syndrome during mental stress

    I Posserud;P Agerforz;R Ekman;E S Björnsson

  • The AST/ALT ratio as an indicator of cirrhosis in patients with PBC

    Helena Nyblom;Einar Björnsson;Magnus Simrén;Frank Aldenborg

  • Immunoglobulin G4 associated cholangitis: Description of an emerging clinical entity based on review of the literature

    Einar Björnsson;Suresh T. Chari;Thomas C. Smyrk;Keith Lindor

  • Genome-wide association analysis in primary sclerosing cholangitis identifies two non-HLA susceptibility loci

    Espen Melum;Andre Franke;Christoph Schramm;Tobias J Weismüller

  • Categorization of drugs implicated in causing liver injury: Critical assessment based on published case reports

    Einar S. Björnsson;Jay H. Hoofnagle

  • Extended analysis of a genome-wide association study in primary sclerosing cholangitis detects multiple novel risk loci

    Trine Folseraas;Trine Folseraas;Espen Melum;Espen Melum;Philipp Rausch;Brian D. Juran

  • Small intestinal motility disturbances and bacterial overgrowth in patients with liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension

    Steingerdur Anna Gunnarsdottir;Riadh Sadik;Steven Shev;Magnus Simrén

  • Association of Liver Injury From Specific Drugs, or Groups of Drugs, With Polymorphisms in HLA and Other Genes in a Genome-Wide Association Study.

    Paola Nicoletti;Guruprasad P. Aithal;Einar S. Bjornsson;Raul J. A Andrade

  • Lower gastrointestinal bleeding: incidence, etiology, and outcomes in a population-based setting.

    Jóhann P Hreinsson;Sveinn Gumundsson;Evangelos Kalaitzakis;Einar S Björnsson

  • Dyspeptic Symptom Development After Discontinuation of a Proton Pump Inhibitor: A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial

    Anna Niklasson;Lina Lindström;Magnus Simrén;Greger Lindberg

  • Discontinuation of proton pump inhibitors in patients on long-term therapy: a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

    Björnsson E;Abrahamsson H;Simrén M;Mattsson N

  • Quality of life in patients with irritable bowel syndrome seen in referral centers versus primary care: the impact of gender and predominant bowel pattern.

    M Simrén;H Abrahamsson;J Svedlund;E S Björnsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Magnus Simren
Magnus Simren University of Gothenburg
Jon G. Jonasson
Jon G. Jonasson University of Iceland
Helgi Björnsson
Helgi Björnsson University of Iceland
Guruprasad P. Aithal
Guruprasad P. Aithal University of Nottingham
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Naga Chalasani
Naga Chalasani Indiana University
Paul B. Watkins
Paul B. Watkins University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Keith D. Lindor
Keith D. Lindor Arizona State University
Ann K. Daly
Ann K. Daly Newcastle University
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir deCODE Genetics (Iceland)

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