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Tatu A. Miettinen

Tatu A. Miettinen

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Medicine

D-Index
98
Citations
56138
World Ranking
8746
National Ranking
103

Overview

Tatu A. Miettinen was affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research primarily focused on medicine, with a significant emphasis on hematology and oncology. Other subfields in which they contributed include pathology and forensic medicine, molecular biology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their scientific work extensively covered topics related to multiple myeloma research and treatments. Additional major topics included peptidase inhibition and analysis, lymphoma diagnosis and treatment, amyloidosis diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes, lung cancer treatments and mutations, viral-associated cancers and disorders, and cancer treatment and pharmacology.

Tatu A. Miettinen authored several papers, including the following notable recent publications:

  • Comorbidity characteristics of multiple myeloma patients diagnosed in Finland 2005-2016, 2022, Annals of Hematology
  • Characteristics and survival trends in Finnish multiple myeloma patients-a nationwide real-world evidence study, 2021, Annals of Hematology
  • Comorbidities and survival of multiple myeloma patients diagnosed in Finland between 2000 and 2021, 2024, Annals of Hematology
  • Multiple Myeloma Treatments, Outcomes, and Costs of Health Care Resource Utilisation During 2009-2016, Based on Multiple Data Sources from a Hospital District in Finland, 2021, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medical Sciences
  • Characteristics, treatment and outcomes of myelodysplastic syndrome in two Finnish hospital districts, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent coauthors who collaborated with Miettinen included:

  • Iiro Toppila
  • Anna Anttalainen
  • Anu Partanen
  • Mariann I. Lassenius
  • Kai Kysenius

Most of Miettinen's publications appeared in the following venues:

  • Annals of Hematology
  • International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medical Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Blood Cancer Journal
  • European Journal of Public Health

Best Publications

  • Randomised trial of cholesterol lowering in 4444 patients with coronary heart disease: the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S)

    A.G. Olsson;J McMurray;G Thorgeirsson;C Spaulding

  • Efficacy and Safety of Plant Stanols and Sterols in the Management of Blood Cholesterol Levels

    Martijn B. Katan;Scott M. Grundy;Peter Jones;Malcolm Law

  • Quantitative isolation and gas–liquid chromatographic analysis of total fecal bile acids

    Scott M. Grundy;E.H. Ahrens;Tatu A. Miettinen

  • QUANTITATIVE ISOLATION AND GAS--LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF TOTAL DIETARY AND FECAL NEUTRAL STEROIDS.

    Tatu A. Miettinen;E.H. Ahrens;Scott M. Grundy

  • Reduction of serum cholesterol with sitostanol-ester margarine in a mildly hypercholesterolemic population

    Tatu A. Miettinen;Pekka Puska;Helena Gylling;Hannu Vanhanen

  • Use of Butyl Acetate in Determination of Sialic Acid.

    T. Miettinen;I.-T. Takki-Luukkainen;I. Smith-Kielland;R. Sömme

  • SERUM PLANT STEROLS AND CHOLESTEROL PRECURSORS REFLECT CHOLESTEROL ABSORPTION AND SYNTHESIS IN VOLUNTEERS OF A RANDOMLY SELECTED MALE POPULATION

    T A Miettinen;R S Tilvis;Y A Kesäniemi

  • Lipoprotein Changes and Reduction in the Incidence of Major Coronary Heart Disease Events in the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S)

    Terje R. Pedersen;Anders G. Olsson;Ole Færgeman;John Kjekshus

  • Cholesterol-Lowering Therapy in Women and Elderly Patients With Myocardial Infarction or Angina Pectoris Findings From the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S)

    Tatu A. Miettinen;Kalevi Pyörälä;Anders G. Olsson;Thomas A. Musliner

  • Intestinal cholesterol absorption efficiency in man is related to apoprotein E phenotype.

    Y A Kesäniemi;C Ehnholm;T A Miettinen

  • Serum plant sterols and their relation to cholesterol absorption.

    R S Tilvis;T A Miettinen

  • Randomised trial of cholesterol lowering in 4444 patients with coronary heart disease: the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S)

    Terje R Pedersen

  • Safety and tolerability of cholesterol lowering with simvastatin during 5 years in the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study.

    Terje R. Pedersen;Káre Berg;Thomas J. Cook;Ole Færgeman

  • Follow-up study of patients randomized in the scandinavian simvastatin survival study (4S) of cholesterol lowering

    Terje R. Pedersen;Lars Wilhelmsen;Ole Færgeman;Timo E. Strandberg

  • Baseline serum cholestanol as predictor of recurrent coronary events in subgroup of Scandinavian simvastatin survival study

    Tatu A Miettinen;Helena Gylling;Timo Strandberg;Seppo Sarna

  • Cholesterol Production in Obesity

    Tatu A. Miettinen

  • Fatty-acid composition of serum lipids predicts myocardial infarction.

    T A Miettinen;V Naukkarinen;J K Huttunen;S Mattila

  • Reduction of Serum Cholesterol in Postmenopausal Women With Previous Myocardial Infarction and Cholesterol Malabsorption Induced by Dietary Sitostanol Ester Margarine Women and Dietary Sitostanol

    Helena Gylling;Rajaratnam Radhakrishnan;Tatu A. Miettinen

  • Phytosterolaemia, xanthomatosis and premature atherosclerotic arterial disease: a case with high plant sterol absorption, impaired sterol elimination and low cholesterol synthesis

    Tatu A. Miettinen

  • Stimulation of fecal steroid excretion after infusion of recombinant proapolipoprotein A-I. Potential reverse cholesterol transport in humans.

    Mats Eriksson;Lars A. Carlson;Tatu A. Miettinen;Bo Angelin

Frequent Co-Authors

Helena Gylling
Helena Gylling University of Helsinki
Reijo S. Tilvis
Reijo S. Tilvis University of Helsinki
Timo E. Strandberg
Timo E. Strandberg University of Helsinki
Martti Färkkilä
Martti Färkkilä University of Helsinki
Kimmo Kontula
Kimmo Kontula University of Helsinki
Kaisu H. Pitkälä
Kaisu H. Pitkälä University of Helsinki
Veikko Salomaa
Veikko Salomaa Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Kalevi Pyörälä
Kalevi Pyörälä University of Eastern Finland
Anders G. Olsson
Anders G. Olsson Karolinska Institute
Terje R. Pedersen
Terje R. Pedersen Oslo University Hospital

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