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Nevrologisk avdeling
Akershus universitetssykehus
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Universitetet i Oslo
Forfatterbidrag: utforming, utarbeiding, revisjon og godkjenning av innsendte manusversjon.
Trygve Holmøy er overlege og professor.
Articles by Trygve Holmøy
Vaccination of immunosuppressed patients
- Marton König,
- Trygve Holmøy,
- Gro Owren Nygaard,
- Jon Riise,
- Karsten Midtvedt,
- Guro Løvik Goll,
- Kristin Kaasen Jørgensen,
- Ludvig A. Munthe,
- Børre Fevang,
- Anders Eivind Myhre,
- Marius Trøseid
13.04.2026:
Chronically ill patients with a weak immune system are at increased risk of severe infections, often as a result of immunomodulatory therapy rather than the underlying disease. Many patients in this group exhibit reduced vaccine responses and require tailored vaccination regimens. Following the...
Revised diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis
- Einar August Høgestøl,
- Piotr Sowa,
- Trygve Holmøy,
- Lars Bø,
- Gro Owren Nygaard,
- Stig Wergeland
08.12.2025:
Biomarkers are given greater emphasis in the revised diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis. The diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) is based on clinical symptoms and findings, characteristic MRI changes of the central nervous system and cerebrospinal fluid findings. The revised McDonald...
The troll elk and epilepsy
- Trygve Holmøy,
- Karl Otto Nakken
03.11.2025:
In older works of fiction, epilepsy is often portrayed through the lens of mysticism, superstition and prejudice. Few Norwegian novels illustrate this better than Trollelgen (the troll elk) (1921) by Mikkjel Fønhus. Trollelgen (published in English in 1922 with the title The Trail of the Elk) is the...
Neurofilament light chain – a marker of neuronal injury
- Trygve Holmøy,
- Ingrid Marie Hardang,
- Tormod Fladby,
- Bjørn-Eivind Kirsebom,
- Ragnhild Røysland
06.06.2025:
Neurofilament light chain is released following neuronal injury and has been referred to as 'the neurologist's troponin'. Measuring neurofilament light chain in cerebrospinal fluid has long been possible. With single molecule array (Simoa), neurofilament light chain can now also be measured in blood...
The first victim of international cross-country skiing
- Trygve Holmøy,
- Karl O. Nakken
16.12.2024:
It gives cause for concern that in recent years Norway's national sport has been associated with eating disorders, asthma, toxic ski wax and doping. Nevertheless, we are looking forward to this winter's world championship in Trondheim. And some things were worse in the past. During the first...
'Assisting their orphaned children when in need'
- Trygve Holmøy
18.03.2024:
On the ninth of March 1872, district medical officer Jonas Collin Boye died at Frosta from scarlet fever and typhoid. He had contracted these diseases in the line of duty. On his deathbed he was nursed by his wife, who had given birth to their sixth child four days before her husband passed away...
Norwegian health service should offer stem cell therapy for multiple sclerosis
- Gro Owren Nygaard,
- Trygve Holmøy
12.02.2024:
Many Norwegian patients with multiple sclerosis choose to travel abroad for stem cell therapy at their own expense and risk. Based on the current knowledge base, selected patients should now be offered this therapy in Norway. High-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell support (HDT) is not part...
Breastfeeding and treatment for multiple sclerosis
- Øivind Torkildsen,
- Brit Ellen Rød,
- Lars Bø,
- Stig Wergeland,
- Trygve Holmøy,
- Kjell-Morten Myhr
24.10.2022:
Monoclonal antibody therapy is effective for multiple sclerosis, and only small amounts of antibodies are transferred to breast milk. Even though the approved product descriptions advise against breastfeeding during medicinal treatment, several of the most effective MS drugs are compatible with...