# Pentti J. Tienari

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/pentti-j-tienari/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 21,291 |
| Field | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research |
| h-index | 57 |
| i10-index | 155 |
| Last Known Institution | Helsinki University Hospital |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5073438832 |
| ORCID iD | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5686-2900 |
| Works | 254 |

## Researcher papers

- [A Hexanucleotide Repeat Expansion in C9ORF72 Is the Cause of Chromosome 9p21-Linked ALS-FTD](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-hexanucleotide-repeat-expansion-in-c9orf72-is-the-cause-of-chromosome-9p21/)
- [Identification of novel risk loci, causal insights, and heritable risk for Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies](https://scholariq.org/papers/identification-of-novel-risk-loci-causal-insights-and-heritable-risk-for/)
- [Frequency of the C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia: a cross-sectional study](https://scholariq.org/papers/frequency-of-the-c9orf72-hexanucleotide-repeat-expansion-in-patients-with/)
- [Genome sequencing analysis identifies new loci associated with Lewy body dementia and provides insights into its genetic architecture](https://scholariq.org/papers/genome-sequencing-analysis-identifies-new-loci-associated-with-lewy-body/)
- [Parkinson's disease age at onset genome‐wide association study: Defining heritability, genetic loci, and α‐synuclein mechanisms](https://scholariq.org/papers/parkinson-s-disease-age-at-onset-genome-wide-association-study-defining/)
- [Genome-wide Association Study in a High-Risk Isolate for Multiple Sclerosis Reveals Associated Variants in STAT3 Gene](https://scholariq.org/papers/genome-wide-association-study-in-a-high-risk-isolate-for-multiple-sclerosis/)
- [Network-Based Multiple Sclerosis Pathway Analysis with GWAS Data from 15,000 Cases and 30,000 Controls](https://scholariq.org/papers/network-based-multiple-sclerosis-pathway-analysis-with-gwas-data-from-15-000/)
- [Identification of genetic risk loci and prioritization of genes and pathways for myasthenia gravis: a genome-wide association study](https://scholariq.org/papers/identification-of-genetic-risk-loci-and-prioritization-of-genes-and-pathways-for/)

## Researcher topics

- [Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research](https://scholariq.org/topics/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis-research/)
- [Alzheimer's disease research and treatments](https://scholariq.org/topics/alzheimer-s-disease-research-and-treatments/)
- [Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments](https://scholariq.org/topics/parkinson-s-disease-mechanisms-and-treatments/)
- [Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies](https://scholariq.org/topics/multiple-sclerosis-research-studies/)
- [Neurological diseases and metabolism](https://scholariq.org/topics/neurological-diseases-and-metabolism/)

## Researcher university

- [Helsinki University Hospital](https://scholariq.org/institutions/helsinki-university-hospital/)

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