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Overview

Rolf Fimmers is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on surgery, neurology, genetics, molecular biology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their research interests encompass several main topics, including:

  • Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
  • Forensic and genetic research
  • Periodontal regeneration and treatments
  • Molecular biology techniques and applications
  • Liver disease diagnosis and treatment
  • Infective endocarditis diagnosis and management
  • Nutrition and health in aging

Fimmers has published numerous papers, with recent notable works including:

  • Prior therapies as prognostic factors of overall survival in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patients treated with [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-617. A WARMTH multicenter study (the 617 trial), 2020, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
  • Myocardial Fibrosis and Inflammation in Liver Cirrhosis: MRI Study of the Liver-Heart Axis, 2020, Radiology
  • Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility trends of periodontal pathogens in the subgingival microbiota of German periodontitis patients: A retrospective surveillance study, 2021, Journal Of Clinical Periodontology
  • Safety and Efficacy of Protamine Administration for Prevention of Bleeding Complications in Patients Undergoing TAVR, 2020, JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
  • The effect of timing of orthodontic therapy on the outcomes of regenerative periodontal surgery in patients with stage IV periodontitis: A multicenter randomized trial, 2021, Journal Of Clinical Periodontology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Fimmers include:

  • Peter Stehle
  • Katja Anslinger
  • Julian A. Luetkens
  • Birgit Stoffel-Wagner
  • Martin Eckert

Key venues where Fimmers has published frequently are:

  • Rechtsmedizin
  • Journal Of Clinical Periodontology
  • Radiology
  • Journal of Nutrition
  • Trials

Best Publications

  • Mammography, Breast Ultrasound, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Surveillance of Women at High Familial Risk for Breast Cancer

    Christiane K. Kuhl;Simone Schrading;Claudia C. Leutner;Nuschin Morakkabati-Spitz

  • Lomustine-temozolomide combination therapy versus standard temozolomide therapy in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma with methylated MGMT promoter (CeTeG/NOA-09): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial

    Ulrich Herrlinger;Theophilos Tzaridis;Frederic Mack;Joachim Peter Steinbach

  • The Spectrum of Long-term Epilepsy-associated Tumors : Long-term Seizure and Tumor Outcome and Neurosurgical Aspects

    Cordelia Luyken;Ingmar Blümcke;Rolf Fimmers;Horst Urbach

  • Silent and apparent cerebral embolism after retrograde catheterisation of the aortic valve in valvular stenosis: a prospective, randomised study

    Heyder Omran;Harald Schmidt;Matthias Hackenbroch;Stefan Illien

  • Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: Results of a Pilot and Phase II Study of Systemic and Intraventricular Chemotherapy With Deferred Radiotherapy

    Hendrik Pels;Ingo G.H. Schmidt-Wolf;Axel Glasmacher;Holger Schulz

  • Prognostic factors and outcome after different types of resection for temporal lobe epilepsy.

    Hans Clusmann;Johannes Schramm;Thomas Kral;Christoph Helmstaedter

  • Systemic Complement Activation in Age-Related Macular Degeneration

    Hendrik P N Scholl;Peter Charbel Issa;Maja Walier;Stefanie Janzer

  • Randomized Phase III Trial Comparing Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection With One Course of Bleomycin and Etoposide Plus Cisplatin Chemotherapy in the Adjuvant Treatment of Clinical Stage I Nonseminomatous Testicular Germ Cell Tumors: AUO Trial AH 01/94 by the German Testicular Cancer Study Group

    Peter Albers;Roswitha Siener;Susanne Krege;Hans-Uwe Schmelz

  • Risk and Fate of Cerebral Embolism After Transfemoral Aortic Valve Implantation: A Prospective Pilot Study With Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Alexander Ghanem;Andreas Müller;Claas P. Nähle;Justine Kocurek

  • Risk Factors for Relapse in Clinical Stage I Nonseminomatous Testicular Germ Cell Tumors: Results of the German Testicular Cancer Study Group Trial

    Peter Albers;Roswitha Siener;Sabine Kliesch;Lothar Weissbach

  • Supratentorial gangliogliomas: Histopathologic grading and tumor recurrence in 184 patients with a median follow-up of 8 years

    Cordelia Luyken;Ingmar Blümcke;Rolf Fimmers;Horst Urbach

  • Characterization of different courses of atopic dermatitis in adolescent and adult patients

    D. Garmhausen;T. Hagemann;T. Bieber;I. Dimitriou

  • Differential regulation of interleukin-10 production by genetic and environmental factors--a twin study.

    E Reuss;R Fimmers;A Kruger;C Becker

  • Wolbachia endobacteria depletion by doxycycline as antifilarial therapy has macrofilaricidal activity in onchocerciasis: a randomized placebo-controlled study

    Achim Hoerauf;Sabine Specht;Marcelle Büttner;Kenneth Pfarr

  • Endometrial receptivity in an in vitro fertilization program as assessed by spiral artery blood flow, endometrial thickness, endometrial volume, and uterine artery blood flow.

    Ralf L Schild;Christine Knobloch;Christoph Dorn;Rolf Fimmers

  • Impact of Genotype and Morphology on the Prognosis of Glioblastoma

    Matthias C. Schmidt;Sven Antweiler;Nina Urban;Wolf Mueller

  • Therapeutic response and side effects of repeated radioligand therapy with 177Lu-PSMA-DKFZ-617 of castrate-resistant metastatic prostate cancer.

    Hojjat Ahmadzadehfar;Elisabeth Eppard;Stefan Kürpig;Rolf Fimmers

  • Prognostic Significance of Molecular Markers and Extent of Resection in Primary Glioblastoma Patients

    Jörg Felsberg;Marion Rapp;Simon Loeser;Rolf Fimmers

  • Long-term Tumor Control of Benign Intracranial Meningiomas After Radiosurgery in a Series of 4565 Patients

    Antonio Santacroce;Maja Walier;Jean Régis;Roman Liščák

  • Parametric and nonparametric multipoint linkage analysis with imprinting and two-locus-trait models: application to mite sensitization.

    Konstantin Strauch;Rolf Fimmers;Thorsten Kurz;Klaus A. Deichmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus M. Nöthen
Markus M. Nöthen University Hospital Bonn
Frank G. Holz
Frank G. Holz University of Bonn
Hans H. Schild
Hans H. Schild University of Bonn
Thomas F. Wienker
Thomas F. Wienker Max Planck Society
Marcella Rietschel
Marcella Rietschel Heidelberg University
Peter Propping
Peter Propping University of Bonn
Johannes Schramm
Johannes Schramm University of Bonn
Sven Cichon
Sven Cichon University of Basel
Peter M. Schneider
Peter M. Schneider University of Cologne
Margot Albus
Margot Albus Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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