Kerstin Westman

13.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
71 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Kerstin Westman is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Genetics and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kerstin Westman has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 35 papers in Genetics and 32 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Kerstin Westman's work include Vasculitis and related conditions (58 papers), Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema (35 papers) and Otitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis (22 papers). Kerstin Westman is often cited by papers focused on Vasculitis and related conditions (58 papers), Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema (35 papers) and Otitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis (22 papers). Kerstin Westman collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Kerstin Westman's co-authors include David Jayne, Raashid Luqmani, Oliver Floßmann, Peter Höglund, Michael Walsh, Niels Rasmussen, Mårten Segelmark, Charles D. Pusey, Kirsten de Groot and Coen A. Stegeman and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Journal of Immunology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kerstin Westman

69 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Rituximab versus Cyclophosphamide in ANCA-Associated Renal Vasculitis

2010 1.1k citations Rachel Jones, Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert et al. profile →
A Randomized Trial of Maintenance Therapy for Vasculitis Associated with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibodies

2003 902 citations David Jayne, Niels Rasmussen et al. profile →
Randomized Trial of Plasma Exchange or High-Dosage Methylprednisolone as Adjunctive Therapy for Severe Renal Vasculitis

2007 706 citations David Jayne, Gill Gaskin et al. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology profile →
Long-term patient survival in ANCA-associated vasculitis

2010 641 citations Oliver Floßmann, Annelies E. Berden et al. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases profile →
EULAR recommendations for the management of primary small and medium vessel vasculitis

2008 618 citations Chetan Mukhtyar, Loı̈c Guillevin et al. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases profile →
EULAR recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis

2008 431 citations Chetan Mukhtyar, Loı̈c Guillevin et al. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kerstin Westman Sweden	33	7.0k	3.2k	2.6k	2.3k	1.8k	71	7.8k
E. Christiaan Hagen Netherlands	29	6.1k 0.9×	2.7k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	2.1k 1.2×	52	7.1k
Renato Alberto Sinico Italy	39	5.6k 0.8×	3.8k 1.2×	1.4k 0.5×	1.7k 0.8×	2.1k 1.2×	140	7.9k
Bhaskar Dasgupta United Kingdom	40	6.5k 0.9×	4.9k 1.5×	2.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	1.0k 0.6×	166	8.2k
Robert Spiera United States	41	4.7k 0.7×	2.9k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	1.0k 0.4×	668 0.4×	169	6.8k
Oliver Floßmann United Kingdom	26	4.1k 0.6×	1.8k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	890 0.5×	52	4.5k
Rachel Jones United Kingdom	27	3.4k 0.5×	1.9k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	935 0.5×	71	4.7k
Luigi Boiardi Italy	46	4.7k 0.7×	4.3k 1.3×	1.7k 0.6×	643 0.3×	493 0.3×	197	6.9k
Patrick H. Nachman United States	39	3.2k 0.5×	1.3k 0.4×	1.4k 0.5×	865 0.4×	2.2k 1.2×	91	4.9k
Chetan Mukhtyar United Kingdom	20	3.2k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	1.0k 0.4×	954 0.4×	608 0.3×	71	3.7k
Matthew D. Morgan United Kingdom	21	2.0k 0.3×	952 0.3×	761 0.3×	631 0.3×	594 0.3×	41	2.8k

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Weiner, Maria, Aladdin J Mohammad, Zdenka Hrušková, et al.. (2019). Effect of Treatment on Damage and Hospitalization in Elderly Patients with Microscopic Polyangiitis and Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis. The Journal of Rheumatology. 47(4). 580–588. 9 indexed citations

Heijl, Caroline, Kerstin Westman, Peter Höglund, & Aladdin J Mohammad. (2019). Malignancies in Patients with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-associated Vasculitis: A Population-based Cohort Study. The Journal of Rheumatology. 47(8). 1229–1237. 25 indexed citations

Floßmann, Oliver, Kerstin Westman, Peter Höglund, et al.. (2018). Renal relapse in antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-associated vasculitis: unpredictable, but predictive of renal outcome. Lara D. Veeken. 58(1). 103–109. 29 indexed citations

Weiner, Maria, Aladdin J Mohammad, Zdenka Hrušková, et al.. (2017). WS7_1 Organ Damage and Hospitalization in Elderly Patients with Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody (ANCA)-Associated Vasculitis. Lara D. Veeken. 56(suppl_3). iii32–iii33. 11 indexed citations

Kronbichler, Andreas, Johannes Leierer, Gert Mayer, et al.. (2016). Clinical associations with venous thromboembolism in anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody-associated vasculitides. Lara D. Veeken. 56(5). kew465–kew465. 25 indexed citations

Jones, Rachel, Shunsuke Furuta, Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert, et al.. (2015). Rituximab versus cyclophosphamide in ANCA-associated renal vasculitis: 2-year results of a randomised trial. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 74(6). 1178–1182. 185 indexed citations

Mohammad, Amin A., et al.. (2013). Resolution of proteinuria and hematuria in ANCA-associated nephritis. La Presse Médicale. 42(4). 713–713. 1 indexed citations

Walsh, Michael, Alina Casian, Oliver Floßmann, et al.. (2013). Long-term follow-up of patients with severe ANCA-associated vasculitis comparing plasma exchange to intravenous methylprednisolone treatment is unclear. Kidney International. 84(2). 397–402. 169 indexed citations

Jayne, David, Peter Höglund, Kerstin Westman, et al.. (2012). THE DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS OF ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS: 735 PATIENTS RECRUITED AT DIAGNOSIS TO SIX EUROPEAN VASCULITIS STUDY GROUP TRIALS. Nephrology. 17. 45–45. 4 indexed citations

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Suppiah, Ravi, Chetan Mukhtyar, Federico Alberici, et al.. (2010). MEASUREMENT OF DAMAGE IN SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS: A COMPARISON OF THE VASCULITIS DAMAGE INDEX (VDI) WITH THE COMBINED DAMAGE ASSESSMENT INDEX (CDA). Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 4 indexed citations

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Mohammad, Aladdin J, L. Jacobsson, Kerstin Westman, G Sturfelt, & Mårten Segelmark. (2009). Incidence and survival rates in Wegener's granulomatosis, microscopic polyangiitis, Churg-Strauss syndrome and polyarteritis nodosa. Lara D. Veeken. 48(12). 1560–1565. 191 indexed citations

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Häuser, Thomas, Raashid Luqmani, Chen Au Peh, et al.. (2009). Randomized trial of rituximab vs cyclophosphamide for ANCA-associated renal vasculitis: RITUXVAS. Apmis. 117. 78–78. 7 indexed citations

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Floßmann, Oliver, Annelies E. Berden, Kirsten de Groot, et al.. (2009). Long-term survival of ANCA-associated vasculitis. Apmis. 117. 139–139. 3 indexed citations

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Walsh, Michael, et al.. (2009). The association between relapses of ANCA-associated vasculitis and the composite endpoint of end-stage renal disease or death. Apmis. 117. 143–144. 1 indexed citations

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Jayne, David, Gill Gaskin, Niels Rasmussen, et al.. (2007). Randomized Trial of Plasma Exchange or High-Dosage Methylprednisolone as Adjunctive Therapy for Severe Renal Vasculitis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 18(7). 2180–2188. 706 indexed citations breakdown →

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Floßmann, Oliver, et al.. (2007). Long-term follow up of EUVAS studies. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology. 25. 1 indexed citations

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Hellmark, Thomas, et al.. (2006). Increased neutrophil membrane expression and plasma level of proteinase 3 in systemic vasculitis are not a consequence of the − 564 A/G promotor polymorphism. Clinical & Experimental Immunology. 145(1). 63–70. 19 indexed citations

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Westman, Kerstin, Per Bygren, Håkan Olsson, Jonas Ranstam, & J. Wieslander. (1998). Relapse rate, renal survival, and cancer morbidity in patients with Wegener's granulomatosis or microscopic polyangiitis with renal involvement.. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 9(5). 842–852. 252 indexed citations

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Westman, Kerstin, Ulla‐Britt Ericsson, Mimi Høier‐Madsen, et al.. (1997). Prevalence of Autoantibodies Associated with Glomerulonephritis, Unaffected after Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy for Renal Calculi, in a Three-year Follow-up. Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology. 31(5). 463–467. 5 indexed citations

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Löfberg, Helge, Hans Thysell, Kerstin Westman, et al.. (1987). DEMONSTRATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF AMYLOIDOSIS IN NEEDLE BIOPSIES OF THE KIDNEYS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO AMYLOIDOSIS OF THE AA‐TYPE. Acta Pathologica Microbiologica Scandinavica Series A Pathology. 95A(1-6). 357–363. 9 indexed citations

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