Publications by authors named "N Partanen"

Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is a neuropathology with unknown cause characterised by gait impairment, cognitive decline and ventriculomegaly. These patients often present comorbidity with Alzheimer's disease (AD), including AD pathological hallmarks such as amyloid plaques mainly consisting of amyloid β-peptide and neurofibrillary tangles consisting of hyperphosphorylated tau protein. Even though some of the molecular mechanisms behind AD are well described, little is known about iNPH.

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Early detection of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is beneficial, since treatment-induced regression of LVH has been unequivocally associated with a better prognosis. Our aim was to study the relation of cardiac remodelling and natriuretic peptides (NPs) in stage 1 hypertension. We studied 175 (46±7 years, 87 women and 88 men) apparently healthy middle-aged that had never been treated for hypertension.

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