Publications
| Bibliographic details | Year | Branch |
|---|---|---|
| Narayan G, Oura P. Prevalence of epilepsy and seizure history in Finnish neuropathologically examined medico-legal autopsy cases with acute head injuries. BMC Res Notes, in press. doi: 10.1186/s13104-026-07894-4. | 2026 | FINNE |
| Hakanen E, Oura P, Vauhkonen PK. Neuropathologic findings and age-related differences in Finnish pediatric medico-legal autopsies. J Forensic Sci. 2026;71(3):1246-1254. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.70307. | 2026 | FINNE |
| Keinänen X, Vauhkonen PK, Oura P. Identifying patterns of neuropathological diagnoses in medico-legal autopsies – A latent class analysis of 1270 neuropathologically examined cases from Finland. Forensic Sci Med Pathol, in press. doi: 10.1007/s12024-026-01195-9. | 2026 | FINNE |
| Vauhkonen PK, Kiiskilä JM, Hytönen S, Koskela R, Mäyränpää MI, Lindroos KM. Microscopic cardiac pathology in forensic autopsies: a comparative study of anabolic androgenic steroid users and non-users. Int J Legal Med. 2026;140(2):795-806. doi: 10.1007/s00414-025-03630-y. | 2026 | AAS |
| Myllykangas L, Oura P, Sajantila A, Kaasinen V. Kuolemanjälkeiset neuropatologiset tutkimukset Suomessa. Duodecim. 2026;142(4):335-42. (in Finnish) Available from https://www.duodecimlehti.fi/duo19281. | 2026 | FINNE |
| Laakko E, Oura P. Identifying latent subgroups of primary head injury: an explorative latent class analysis on neuropathologically examined medico-legal autopsy cases. Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2025;21(2):674-681. doi: 10.1007/s12024-024-00913-5. | 2025 | FINNE |
| Oura P, Viitasalo V, Mäkinen H, Hakkarainen AJ. Breakdown and significance of neuropathology consultations in medico-legal autopsies in Southern Finland between 2016 and 2022. Forensic Sci Int. 2025;370:112466. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2025.112466. | 2025 | FINNE |
| Laakko E, Oura P. Neurodegenerative disease findings in Finnish neuropathologically examined medico-legal autopsy cases with acute head injuries. J Forensic Leg Med. 2025;112:102866. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2025.102866. | 2025 | FINNE |
| Narayan G, Oura P. Comparison of background characteristics and neuropathology findings between medico-legal autopsy cases with traumatic axonal injury, vascular axonal injury, or absence of axonal injury in β-amyloid precursor protein stain. Int J Legal Med. 2025;139(3):1335-1342. doi: 10.1007/s00414-025-03415-3. | 2025 | FINNE |
| Vauhkonen PK, Haukka J, Vauhkonen I, Lindroos KM, Mäyränpää MI. Predicting Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Doping among Specialized Health Care Patients with Elastic Net Regression Reveals Potential Laboratory Variables for “Patient Biological Passport”. Sports Med Open. 2025;1;11(1):46. doi: 10.1186/s40798-025-00854-5. | 2025 | AAS |
| Vauhkonen PK. Studies on doping use recognition in clinical and forensic medicine. Doctoral dissertation, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; 2025. 89 pp. Available from http://hdl.handle.net/10138/593906. | 2025 | AAS |
| Oura P, Mäkinen H, Ruotsalainen R, Ruokomäki M, Virtanen A, Hakkarainen AJ. First year of in-house forensic neuropathology consultations in Helsinki, Finland. Int J Legal Med. 2025;139(2):805-815. doi: 10.1007/s00414-024-03399-6. | 2025 | FINNE |
| Kokki J, Oura P. Background characteristics and neuropathological findings of medico-legal autopsy cases with chronic alcohol use and acute head injury. J Forensic Leg Med. 2025;109:102796. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2024.102796. | 2025 | FINNE |
| Silver T, Oura P. Location and accumulation of primary head injuries, and prevalence of secondary injuries among neuropathologically examined medico-legal autopsy cases – A comparative study of falls and assaults. Forensic Sci Int. 2024;365:112294. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2024.112294. | 2024 | FINNE |
| Laaksonen J, Mäkinen H, Oura P. Prevalence of secondary brain injuries and association with trauma circumstances in neuropathologically examined medico-legal autopsy cases with primary head trauma. Leg Med (Tokyo). 2024;71:102502. doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2024.102502. | 2024 | FINNE |
| Viitasalo V, Laakko E, Hakkarainen AJ, Oura P. Background characteristics and neuropathology findings of medico-legal autopsy cases with and without β-amyloid precursor protein positive diffuse traumatic axonal injury. Leg Med (Tokyo). 2024;70:102495. doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2024.102495. | 2024 | FINNE |
| Vauhkonen P, Holopainen E. Naisten doping. Duodecim. 2024;140(17):1393–401. (in Finnish) Available from https://www.duodecimlehti.fi/duo18400 | 2024 | AAS |
| Oura P, Hakkarainen A, Sajantila A. Forensic neuropathology in the past decade: a scoping literature review. Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2024;20(2):724-735. doi: 10.1007/s12024-023-00672-9. | 2024 | FINNE |
| Vauhkonen P, Oura P, Kriikku P, Lindroos K, Mäyränpää MI. Prediction model for anabolic androgenic steroid positivity in forensic autopsy cases – a new tool to the autopsy room. Int J Legal Med. 2024;138(5):1791-1800. doi: 10.1007/s00414-024-03227-x. | 2024 | AAS |
| Vauhkonen P, Oura P, Kriikku P, Mäyränpää MI, Lindroos K. Association of anabolic androgenic steroid use with perimortem polypharmacy, antemortem prescription drug use, and utilization of health care services – a Finnish triple register study of forensic autopsy cases. Forensic Sci Int. 2024;356:111947. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2024.111947. | 2024 | AAS |
| Oura P, Eklin A, Sajantila A. Neuropathology consultation rates in medico-legal autopsies show substantial within-country variation-a nationwide Finnish study. Forensic Sci Res. 2023;8(3):198-201. doi: 10.1093/fsr/owad027. | 2023 | FINNE |
| Vauhkonen PK, Laajala TD, Lindroos KM, Mäyränpää MI. Female doping: observations from a data lake study in the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa, Finland. BMC Womens Health. 2023;9;23(1):242. doi: 10.1186/s12905-023-02399-9. | 2023 | AAS |