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Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland

Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland

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Medicine

D-Index
79
Citations
21242
World Ranking
17638
National Ranking
340

Overview

Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and has a research focus predominantly within the field of Medicine. Their scholarly contributions span several subfields, including Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Nutrition and Dietetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics, mainly centered around birth, development, and health; growth hormone and insulin-like growth factors; obesity, physical activity, and diet; neonatal respiratory health research; infant nutrition and health; sexual differentiation and disorders; as well as body composition measurement techniques.

Albertsson-Wikland has published extensively, with frequent appearances in notable publication venues such as the Yearbook of Pediatric Endocrinology, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Frontiers in Endocrinology, Pediatric Research, and Nutrients.

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their work, with frequent coauthorship involving researchers such as Aimon Niklasson, Anton Holmgren, Andreas F. M. Nierop, Aldina Pivodic, and Lars Gelander.

Examples of recent research papers include:

  1. Safety and Efficacy of Pediatric Growth Hormone Therapy: Results From the Full KIGS Cohort (2022) published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  2. Long-term mortality after childhood growth hormone treatment: the SAGhE cohort study (2020) published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  3. Association of Childhood Growth Hormone Treatment With Long-term Cardiovascular Morbidity (2020) published in JAMA Pediatrics
  4. Prediction of Adult Height by Machine Learning Technique (2021) published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  5. A Genome-Wide Pharmacogenetic Study of Growth Hormone Responsiveness (2020) published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Best Publications

  • Growth in full-term small-for-gestational-age infants : from birth to final height

    J Karlberg;K Albertsson-Wikland

  • Child health, developmental plasticity, and epigenetic programming.

    Z. Hochberg;Robert Feil;M. Constancia;M. Fraga

  • Low IGF-I suppresses VEGF-survival signaling in retinal endothelial cells: direct correlation with clinical retinopathy of prematurity.

    Ann Hellstrom;Carole Perruzzi;Meihua Ju;Eva Engström

  • Postnatal Serum Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Deficiency Is Associated With Retinopathy of Prematurity and Other Complications of Premature Birth

    Ann Hellström;Eva Engström;Anna-Lena Hård;Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland

  • Serum levels of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and IGF binding protein 3 reflect spontaneous growth hormone secretion

    W F Blum;K Albertsson-Wikland;S Rosberg;M B Ranke

  • Diagnostic controversy: the diagnosis of childhood growth hormone deficiency revisited.

    R G Rosenfeld;K Albertsson-Wikland;F Cassorla;S D Frasier

  • Continuous growth reference from 24th week of gestation to 24 months by gender.

    Aimon Niklasson;Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland

  • Natural growth in children born small for gestational age with and without catch‐up growth

    K Albertsson-Wikland;J Karlberg

  • Incidence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance in children and adolescents receiving growth-hormone treatment.

    Wayne S Cutfield;Patrick Wilton;Helge Bennmarker;Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland

  • Derivation and Validation of a Mathematical Model for Predicting the Response to Exogenous Recombinant Human Growth Hormone (GH) in Prepubertal Children with Idiopathic GH Deficiency

    Michael B. Ranke;Anders Lindberg;Pierre Chatelain;Patrick Wilton

  • Analyses of 24-Hour Growth Hormone Profiles in Children: Relation to Growth

    Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland;Sten Rosberg

  • Circadian cortisol rhythms in healthy boys and girls: relationship with age, growth, body composition, and pubertal development.

    Urban Knutsson;Jovanna Dahlgren;Claude Marcus;Sten Rosberg

  • Body mass index reference values (mean and SD) for Swedish children

    J Karlberg;ZC Luo;K Albertsson-Wikland

  • Children Born Small-for-Gestational Age: Postnatal Growth and Hormonal Status

    Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland;Margaret Boguszewski;Johan Karlberg

  • Analysis of 24-hour growth hormone profiles in healthy boys and girls of normal stature: relation to puberty.

    K Albertsson-Wikland;S Rosberg;J Karlberg;T Groth

  • Effect of Growth Hormone (GH) Treatment on the Near-Final Height of 1258 Patients with Idiopathic GH Deficiency: Analysis of a Large International Database

    Edward O. Reiter;David A. Price;Patrick Wilton;Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland

  • Recent anthropometric trends among Swedish school children: evidence for decreasing prevalence of overweight in girls.

    Agneta Sjöberg;Lauren Lissner;Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland;Staffan Mårild

  • Long-Term Mortality and Causes of Death in Isolated GHD, ISS, and SGA Patients Treated with Recombinant Growth Hormone during Childhood in Belgium, The Netherlands, and Sweden: Preliminary Report of 3 Countries Participating in the EU SAGhE Study

    Lars Sävendahl;Marc Maes;Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland;Birgit Borgström

  • The use of bone age in clinical practice - part 1.

    David D Martin;Jan M Wit;Ze'ev Hochberg;Lars Sävendahl

  • Longitudinal follow‐up of growth in children born small for gestational age

    K Albertsson-Wikland;G Wennergren;M Wennergren;G Vilbergsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael B. Ranke
Michael B. Ranke University of Tübingen
Björn Andersson
Björn Andersson Karolinska Institute
Lena M. S. Carlsson
Lena M. S. Carlsson University of Gothenburg
Lauren Lissner
Lauren Lissner University of Gothenburg
David Price
David Price University of Aberdeen
Gudmundur Johannsson
Gudmundur Johannsson Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Leif Wide
Leif Wide Uppsala University
Peter E. Clayton
Peter E. Clayton University of Manchester
Lois E. H. Smith
Lois E. H. Smith Boston Children's Hospital
Staffan Nilsson
Staffan Nilsson University of Gothenburg

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