Department of Clinical Medicine
2018 - Deputy chair, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus
2013 - 18 : Honorary Professor, University of Aalborg
2009-2010: Visiting professor, Perinatology Reseach Branch, Wayne State University, 3990 John R, Detroit, Michigan 48201
2004 - : Professor, Dept Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aarhus Univeristy Hospital, Skejby
1993 - : Consultant, Dept Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aarhus Univeristy Hospital, Skejby
1989: DMSc, University of aarhus
1980-1982: Research fellow, Insitutute of Medical Biochemisty, University of Lund, Sweden
1980: M.D. University of Aarhus
Antimicrobial factors in the cervical mucus plug.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology Jul, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12114901
S-relaxin as a predictor of preterm delivery in women with symptoms of preterm labour.
BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Sep, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12269692
Dynamics of Streptococcus agalactiae colonization in women during and after pregnancy and in their infants.
Journal of clinical microbiology Jan, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 14715736
The influence of amphotericin B and neomycin on the effect of human relaxin-2 on foetal membranes and isolated myometrium.
Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology Mar, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15025631
Preterm delivery predicted by soluble CD163 and CRP in women with symptoms of preterm delivery.
BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Jun, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15924529
Immunoglobulin levels and phagocytes in the cervical mucus plug at term of pregnancy.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Aug, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16026397
Elective caesarean section and respiratory morbidity in the term and near-term neonate.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica , 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17486457
Risk of respiratory morbidity in term infants delivered by elective caesarean section: cohort study.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) Jan, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18077440
Improved performance of first-trimester combined screening for trisomy 21 with the double test taken before a gestational age of 10 weeks.
Prenatal diagnosis Sep, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18677711
Performance of first-trimester combined screening for trisomy 13 and 18 with the double test taken at a gestational age of 8 + 0 to 13 + 6.
Prenatal diagnosis Jun, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19288457
The cervical mucus plug: structured review of the literature.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica , 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19330570
Circulating relaxin and cervical length in midpregnancy are independently associated with spontaneous preterm birth.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology Aug, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19481729
Risk of selected postpartum infections after cesarean section compared with vaginal birth: a five-year cohort study of 32,468 women.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Sep, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19642043
Repeated spontaneous pregnancies in 45,X Turner syndrome.
Obstetrics and gynecology Feb, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20093875
High-resolution ex vivo magnetic resonance angiography: a feasibility study on biological and medical tissues.
BMC physiology Mar, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20226038
Collagen concentration and biomechanical properties of samples from the lower uterine cervix in relation to age and parity in non-pregnant women.
Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E Jul, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20604933
Cervical collagen and biomechanical strength in non-pregnant women with a history of cervical insufficiency.
Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E Jul, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20673361
PAPP-A, free β-hCG, and early fetal growth identify two pathways leading to preterm delivery.
Prenatal diagnosis Oct, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20721873
Biology of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A in relation to prenatal diagnostics: an overview.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Sep, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20804336
Matrix metalloproteinases in the cervical mucus plug in relation to gestational age, plug compartment, and preterm labor.
Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E Sep, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20868473
Color Doppler myocardial imaging demonstrates reduced diastolic tissue velocity in growth retarded fetuses with flow redistribution.
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology Apr, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21256662
PAPP-A and free β-hCG measured prior to 10 weeks is associated with preterm delivery and small-for-gestational-age infants.
Prenatal diagnosis Feb, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21268036
Low serum interleukin-17 is associated with preterm delivery.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Jan, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21275921
Obesity, diabetes, and the risk of infections diagnosed in hospital and post-discharge infections after cesarean section: a prospective cohort study.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica May, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21306347
Protein profiling underscores immunological functions of uterine cervical mucus plug in human pregnancy.
Journal of proteomics May, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21362502
PAPP-A and free β-hCG in relation to admission to neonatal intensive care unit and neonatal disease.
Prenatal diagnosis Dec, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 22021032
Cervical collagen concentration within 15 months after delivery.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology Jul, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 22088899
Feasibility and clinical effects of laparoscopic abdominal cerclage: an observational study.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Nov, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22974182
Effect of self-hypnosis on duration of labor and maternal and neonatal outcomes: a randomized controlled trial.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Jul, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23550694
Caesarean section: in good surgical skills we trust.
Lancet (London, England) Jul, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23721755
Electrohysterography of labor contractions: propagation velocity and direction.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Sep, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23730731
Trial of labor compared to repeat cesarean section in women with no other risk factors than a prior cesarean delivery.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Nov, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23962339
Quantitative sonoelastography of the uterine cervix by interposition of a synthetic reference material.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Nov, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24032689
The cervical mucus plug inhibits, but does not block, the passage of ascending bacteria from the vagina during pregnancy.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Jan, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24266587
Antenatal hypnosis training and childbirth experience: a randomized controlled trial.
Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) Dec, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24344708
Randomised trial of planned caesarean section prior to versus after 39 weeks: unscheduled deliveries and facility logistics--a secondary analysis.
PloS one , 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24376842
Data resource profile: the Aarhus birth cohort biobank (ABC biobank).
International journal of epidemiology Dec, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24415608
Velocity and directionality of the electrohysterographic signal propagation.
PloS one , 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24466235
The cell-free fetal DNA fraction in maternal blood decreases after physical activity.
Prenatal diagnosis Apr, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24496666
Quantitative elastography of the uterine cervix requires a reference material-Reply.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica May, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24576040
Cervical stiffness evaluated in vivo by endoflip in pregnant women.
PloS one , 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24603859
Quantitative sonoelastography of the uterine cervix prior to induction of labor as a predictor of cervical dilation time.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Jul, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24702544
Seasonal variation of dystocia in a large Danish cohort.
PloS one , 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24736600
Sex bias in ultrasound measures of gestational age: assessment by sex ratio in post-term births.
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) Jul, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24807697
MR angiography demonstrates a positive correlation between placental blood vessel volume and fetal size.
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics Dec, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25033715
Identification of biomechanical properties in vivo in human uterine cervix.
Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials Nov, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25084120
Copeptin is not a useful biomarker for small-for-gestational-age: a case control study.
Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation Nov, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25120188
Ten years of experience with first-trimester screening for fetal aneuploidy employing biochemistry from gestational weeks 6+0 to 13+6.
Fetal diagnosis and therapy , 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25138113
Fetal gender and several cytokines are associated with the number of fetal cells in maternal blood--an observational study.
PloS one , 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25188498
[Induction of labor for post-term pregnancy saves lives].
Ugeskrift for laeger Jan, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25557445
The Danish Fetal Medicine Database: establishment, organization and quality assessment of the first trimester screening program for trisomy 21 in Denmark 2008-2012.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Jun, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25597330
Elective cesarean delivery at 38 and 39 weeks: neonatal and maternal risks.
Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology Apr, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25689238
Oxytocin-augmented labor and risk for autism in males.
Behavioural brain research May, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25707712
First trimester screening for other trisomies than trisomy 21, 18, and 13.
Prenatal diagnosis Jun, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25708180
Polymorphisms in Genes Coding for Cytokines, Mannose-Binding Lectin, Collagen Metabolism and Thrombophilia in Women with Cervical Insufficiency.
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation , 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26088544
Only a minority of sex chromosome abnormalities are detected by a national prenatal screening program for Down syndrome.
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) Oct, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26251461
Serum perfluoroalkyl acids and time to pregnancy in nulliparous women.
Environmental research Oct, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26282225
[Caesarean section on maternal request].
Ugeskrift for laeger 08, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26324288
Placental oxygen transport estimated by the hyperoxic placental BOLD MRI response.
Physiological reports Oct, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26471757
The Number of Endovascular Trophoblasts in Maternal Blood Increases Overnight and after Physical Activity: An Experimental Study.
Fetal diagnosis and therapy , 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26485124
Prenatal diagnosis of Nager syndrome in a 12-week-old fetus with a whole gene deletion of SF3B4 by chromosomal microarray.
European journal of medical genetics Jan, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26679067
Distensibility and pain of the uterine cervix evaluated by novel techniques.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica 07, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26946059
Reduced placental oxygenation during subclinical uterine contractions as assessed by BOLD MRI.
Placenta Mar, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26992669
Response to letter to the editor regarding "Serum perfluoroalkyl acids and time to pregnancy in nulliparous women".
Environmental research May, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27040411
Concentrations of Adalimumab and Infliximab in Mothers and Newborns, and Effects on Infection.
Gastroenterology 07, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27063728
[Pregnant women can also get cancer].
Ugeskrift for laeger 04, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27094630
Human Papillomavirus Infection as a Possible Cause of Spontaneous Abortion and Spontaneous Preterm Delivery.
Infectious diseases in obstetrics and gynecology , 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27110088
Treatment of bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy in order to reduce the risk of spontaneous preterm delivery - a clinical recommendation.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Aug, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27258798
Repeatability of Junctional Zone Measurements Using 3-Dimensional Transvaginal Sonography in Healthy Fertile Women.
Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Jul, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27269003
Targeted, homology-driven gene insertion in stem cells by ZFN-loaded 'all-in-one' lentiviral vectors.
eLife 06, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27278774
Two maternal duplications involving the CDKN1C gene are associated with contrasting growth phenotypes.
Clinical epigenetics , 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27313795
Trefoil factor peptide 3 is positively correlated with the viscoelastic properties of the cervical mucus plug.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Jan, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 27731893
Genome-wide copy number analysis on DNA from fetal cells isolated from the blood of pregnant women.
Prenatal diagnosis Dec, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27761919
Megalin Is Predominantly Observed in Vesicular Structures in First and Third Trimester Cytotrophoblasts of the Human Placenta.
The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society 12, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27798286
Short- and long-term perinatal outcome in twin pregnancies affected by weight discordance.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Feb, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 27861703
Appreciable uncertainty regarding benefits and risks in the treatment of bacterial vaginosis to prevent preterm birth.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica 02, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 27935630
Prediction of low birth weight: Comparison of placental T2* estimated by MRI and uterine artery pulsatility index.
Placenta 01, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28012454
Neonatal morbidity after spontaneous labor onset prior to intended cesarean delivery at term: a cohort study.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Apr, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28100003
Topical application of recombinant activated factor VII during cesarean delivery for placenta previa.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 06, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28219621
Cervical collagen is reduced in non-pregnant women with a history of cervical insufficiency and a short cervix.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Aug, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28374904
Temporal trends of lipophilic persistent organic pollutants in serum from Danish nulliparous pregnant women 2011-2013.
Environmental science and pollution research international Jul, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28432626
The chinchilla as a novel animal model of pregnancy.
Royal Society open science Apr, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28484627
Erratum to: Temporal trends of lipophilic persistent organic pollutants in serum from Danish nulliparous pregnant women 2011-2013.
Environmental science and pollution research international 07, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28616735
Fetal cells in maternal blood for prenatal diagnosis: a love story rekindled.
Biomarkers in medicine 09, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28617034
Risk-based screening combined with a PCR-based test for group B streptococci diminishes the use of antibiotics in laboring women.
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology Aug, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28645088
Intrapartum PCR assay versus antepartum culture for assessment of vaginal carriage of group B streptococci in a Danish cohort at birth.
PloS one , 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28678829
Human papillomavirus infects placental trophoblast and Hofbauer cells, but appears not to play a causal role in miscarriage and preterm labor.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Oct, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28699189
Effects of context-aware patient guidance on blood pressure self-measurement adherence levels.
Health informatics journal 06, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 28701078
On the road to replacing invasive testing with cell-based NIPT: Five clinical cases with aneuploidies, microduplication, unbalanced structural rearrangement, or mosaicism.
Prenatal diagnosis Nov, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28881392
Cerebral Oxygenation Measurements by Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Fetuses With and Without Heart Defects.
Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging Nov, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 29141840
Pregnant women's choice of birthing hospital: A qualitative study on individuals' preferences.
Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives Dec, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29198502
Placental baseline conditions modulate the hyperoxic BOLD-MRI response.
Placenta 01, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29277267
Corrigendum to "Risk-based screening combined with a PCR-based test for group B streptococci diminishes the use of antibiotics in laboring women" [Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 215 (August) (2017) 188-192].
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology 02, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29311007
Human Cervical Mucus Plugs Exhibit Insufficiencies in Antimicrobial Activity Towards Group B Streptococcus.
The Journal of infectious diseases 04, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29425317
Development of the TeamOBS-PPH - targeting clinical performance in postpartum hemorrhage.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Jun, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29485679
Number of colony forming units in urine at 35-37 weeks' gestation as predictor of the vaginal load of Group B Streptococci at birth.
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology Apr, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29500947
Prevalence of xenobiotic substances in first-trimester blood samples from Danish pregnant women: a cross-sectional study.
BMJ open 03, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29502084
Group B streptococci cultured in urine during pregnancy associated with preterm delivery: a selection problem?
The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians Oct, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 29595087
Does free choice of hospital conflict with equity of access to highly specialized hospitals? A case study from the Danish health care system.
Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 07, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29706507
Women's Preferences for Birthing Hospital in Denmark: A Discrete Choice Experiment.
The patient 12, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29766464
Reducing the number of obstetrical beds by challenging traditions.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Oct, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29777635
Environmental tobacco smoke exposure during pregnancy has limited effect on infant birthweight and umbilical vein endothelial nitric oxide synthase.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Nov, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29969842
Tinzaparin for the treatment of foetal growth retardation: An open-labelled randomized clinical trial.
Thrombosis research 10, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30114561
Discontinuation of intravenous oxytocin in the active phase of induced labour.
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 08, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30125998
Does Maternal Body Mass Index Affect the Quantity of Circulating Fetal Cells Available to Use for Cell-Based Noninvasive Prenatal Test in High-Risk Pregnancies?
Fetal diagnosis and therapy , 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30199860
Automated blood pressure self-measurement station compared to office blood pressure measurement for first trimester screening of pre-eclampsia.
Health informatics journal 12, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30253712
Prognosis for pregnancies with trisomy 16 confined to the placenta: A Danish cohort study.
Prenatal diagnosis 12, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30328629
Risk-based approach versus culture-based screening for identification of group B streptococci among women in labor.
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics Feb, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30467848
Functional autoantibodies against Endothelin-1 receptor type A and Angiotensin II receptor type 1 in patients with preeclampsia.
Pregnancy hypertension Oct, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30527110
Women's experiences of postterm induction of labor: A systematic review of qualitative studies.
Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) 09, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30561053
Use of alternative medicine, ginger and licorice among Danish pregnant women - a prospective cohort study.
BMC complementary and alternative medicine Jan, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30611269
Fetal Heart Defects and Measures of Cerebral Size.
The Journal of pediatrics Jul, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30961987
Noise as a risk factor in the delivery room: A clinical study.
PloS one , 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31469866
CONDISOX- continued versus discontinued oxytocin stimulation of induced labour in a double-blind randomised controlled trial.
BMC pregnancy and childbirth Sep, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31477047
Screening for small-for-gestational-age fetuses.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Oct, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31670396
Sertraline use during pregnancy and effect on fetal cardiac function.
The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians Nov, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31718339
Non-obstetric abdominal surgery during pregnancy and birth outcomes: A Danish registry-based cohort study.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Nov, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31774546
Ex Vivo Human Placenta Perfusion, Metabolic and Functional Imaging for Obstetric Research-A Feasibility Study.
Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) Dec, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31893231
Filming for auditing of real-life emergency teams: a systematic review.
BMJ open quality , 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31909207
Neonatal complications and neurophysiological development in twins - a long-term follow-up study.
The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians Jan, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31986942
Cesarean scar thickness in non-pregnant women as a risk factor for uterine rupture.
The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians Jan, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31992102
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