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Leif
Bostad
Associate Professor
Visit Address: 
Haukeland Universitetssykehus Laboratoriebygget, 7. etg. Heis øst
5021 Bergen
Postal Address: 
Postboks 7804
5021 Bergen
Phone: 
+47 55 97 31 74
E-mail: 
Leif.Bostad@k1.uib.no
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Books
  • Bostad, Leif. 2001. Veileder i biopsibesvarelse av maligne svulster. 82 pages. ISBN: 82-90921-88-8.
  • Sauer, Torill; Bostad, Leif; Berner, Aasmund. 2001. Kvalitetssikring i spesialiteten patologi. 19 pages. ISBN: 82-90921-19-5.
Journal articles
  • Beisland, Christian; Beisland, Elisabeth; Hjelle, Karin Margrethe; Bostad, Leif; Hjermstad, Marianne Jensen; Aarstad, Anne Kari Hersvik; Aarstad, Hans Jørgen. 2014. Health-related quality of life in long-term survivors after renal cancer treatment. Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology. 48: 52-64. doi: 10.3109/21681805.2013.813963
  • Gudbrandsdottir, Gigja; Reisæter, Lars Anders Rokne; Hjelle, Karin Margrethe; Aarstad, Hans Jørgen; Frugård, Jannicke; Bostad, Leif; Beisland, Christian. 2013. Serum VEGF in patients with renal tumours and low contrast enhancement on ct can be used to predict survival and recurrence. Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology. 47: 32-33.
  • Kalungi, Sam; Wabinga, Henry; Bostad, Leif. 2013. Expression of apoptosis associated proteins Survivin, Livin and Thrombospondin-1 in Burkitt lymphoma. Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica (APMIS). 121: 239-245. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2012.02962.x
  • Pedersen, Ole Martin; Aarstad, Hans Jørgen; Løkeland, Turid; Bostad, Leif. 2013. Diagnostic yield of biopsies of cervical lymph nodes using a large (14-gauge) core biopsy needle. Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica (APMIS). 121: 1119-1130. doi: 10.1111/apm.12058
  • Sand, Kristoffer; Hjelle, Karin Margrethe; Rogde, Åse Johnsen; Gudbrandsdottir, Gigja; Bostad, Leif; Beisland, Christian. 2013. Incidentally detected renal cell carcinomas are highly associated with comorbidity and mortality unrelated to renal cell carcinoma. Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology. 47: 462-471. doi: 10.3109/21681805.2013.777364
  • Tøndel, Camilla; Bostad, Leif; Larsen, Kristin Kampevold; Hirth, Asle; Vikse, Bjørn Egil; Houge, Gunnar; Svarstad, Einar. 2013. Agalsidase Benefits Renal Histology in Young Patients with Fabry Disease. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 24: 137-148. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2012030316
  • Bjørneklett, Rune; Vikse, Bjørn Egil; Bostad, Leif; Leivestad, Torbjørn; Iversen, Bjarne Magnus. 2012. Long-term risk of ESRD in IgAN; validation of Japanese prognostic model in a Norwegian cohort. Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation. 27: 1485-1491. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfr446
  • Knoop, Thomas; Vikse, Bjørn Egil; Svarstad, Einar; Bostad, Leif; Leivestad, Torbjørn; Bjørneklett, Rune. 2012. VALIDATION OF FRENCH MODEL TO PREDICT ESRD AND DEATH IN IGA NEPHROPATHY PATIENTS. Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation. 27: 189-190.
  • Knoop, Thomas; Vikse, Bjørn Egil; Svarstad, Einar; Bostad, Leif; Leivestad, Torbjørn; Bjørneklett, Rune. 2012. STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATE IN IGA NEPHROPATHY PATIENTS. Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation. 27: 188-188.
  • Rogde, Åse Johnsen; Gudbrandsdottir, Gigja; Hjelle, Karin Margrethe; Sand, Kristoffer Evebø; Bostad, Leif; Beisland, Christian. 2012. Obesity is associated with an improved cancer-specific survival, but an increased rate of postoperative complications after surgery for renal cell carcinoma. Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology. 46: 348-357. doi: 10.3109/00365599.2012.678382
  • Rui, Per Olav; Svarstad, Einar; Bostad, Leif; Vikse, Bjørn Egil. 2012. En mann i 50-årene med feber, hoste og anuri. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 132: 1621-1624.
  • Tøndel, Camilla; Vikse, Bjørn Egil; Bostad, Leif; Svarstad, Einar. 2012. Safety and complications of percutaneous kidney biopsies in 715 children and 8573 adults in Norway 1988-2010. American Society of Nephrology. Clinical Journal. 7: 1591-1597. doi: 10.2215/CJN.02150212
  • Bjørneklett, Rune; Vikse, Bjørn Egil; Smerud, Hilde Kloster; Bostad, Leif; Leivestad, Torbjørn; Hartmann, Anders; Iversen, Bjarne Magnus. 2011. Pre-transplant course and risk of kidney transplant failure in IgA nephropathy patients. Clinical Transplantation. 25: E356-E365. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2011.01424.x
  • Houge, Gunnar; Tøndel, Camilla; Kaarbøe, Øyvind; Hirth, Asle; Bostad, Leif; Svarstad, Einar. 2011. Fabry or not Fabry – a question of ascertainment. European Journal of Human Genetics. 19: 1111-1112. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.87
  • Kalungi, Sam; Wabinga, Henry; Bostad, Leif. 2011. The RB (pRb2/p16) and p53 (p14/p53/p21) Tumor-suppressor Pathways in Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma. Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology (Print). 33: E54-E59. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3181edf543
  • Najafian, Behzad; Svarstad, Einar; Bostad, Leif; Gubler, Marie-Claire; Tøndel, Camilla; Whitley, Chester; Mauer, Michael. 2011. Progressive podocyte injury and globotriaosylceramide (GL-3) accumulation in young patients with Fabry disease. Kidney International. 79: 663-670. doi: 10.1038/ki.2010.484
  • Brügger-Andersen, Trygve; Bostad, Leif; Sandnes, Dagny Ann; Larsen, Alf Inge; Bonarjee, Vernon V.S; Barvik, Ståle; Melberg, Tor; Nilsen, Dennis W.T. 2010. The activity of pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) as expressed by immunohistochemistry in atherothrombotic plaques obtained by aspiration thrombectomy in patients presenting with a ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a brief communication. Thrombosis Journal. 8. doi: 10.1186/1477-9560-8-1
  • Fogo, Agnes B; Bostad, Leif; Svarstad, Einar; Cook, William J; Moll, S; Barbey, Federic; Geldenhuys, Laurette; West, M; Ferluga, Dusan; Vujkovac, Bojan; Howie, Alexander J; Burns, A; Reeve, Roy; Waldek, Stephen; Noël, Laure-Hélène; Grünfeld, Jean-Pierre; Valbuena, Carmen; Oliveira, João Paulo; Müller, J; Breunig, Frank; Zhang, Xiao; Warnock, David G. 2010. SCORING SYSTEM FOR RENAL PATHOLOGY IN FABRY DISEASE: REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL STUDY GROUP OF FABRY NEPHROPATHY (ISGFN). Clinical Therapeutics. 32: S105-S105.
  • Fogo, Agnes B; Bostad, Leif; Svarstad, Einar; Cook, William J; Moll, Solange; Barbey, Federic; Geldenhuys, Laurette; West, Michael; Ferluga, Dusan; Vujkovac, Bojan; Howie, Alexander J; Burns, Aine; Reeve, Roy; Waldek, Stephen; Noel, Laure-Helene; Grünfeld, Jean-Pierre; Valbuena, Carmen; Oliveira, João Paulo; Müller, Justus; Breunig, Frank; Zhang, Xiao; Warnock, David G. 2010. Scoring system for renal pathology in Fabry disease: Report of the International Study Group of Fabry Nephropathy (ISGFN). Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation. 25: 2168-2177. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfp528
  • Johnsen, Svein Joar Auglæn; Valborgland, Torstein; Gudlaugsson, Einar; Bostad, Leif; Omdal, Roald. 2010. Thrombotic microangiopathy and the antiphospholipid syndrome. Lupus. 19: 1569-1572. doi: 10.1177/0961203310375262
  • Najafian, Behzad; Gubler, Marie-Claire; Whitley, Chester; Svarstad, Einar; Bostad, Leif; Mauer, Michael. 2010. Natural history and structural-functional relationships (SFR) in Fabry nephropathy (FN). Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 99: S27-S28. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2009.10.113
  • Tøndel, Camilla; Bostad, Leif; Svarstad, Einar. 2010. RENAL FOLLOW-UP BIOPSIES IN YOUNG MALE FABRY PATIENTS ON ENZYME REPLACEMENT THERAPY. Clinical Therapeutics. 32: S105-S107.
  • Vikse, Bjørn Egil; Hallan, Stein; Bostad, Leif; Leivestad, Torbjørn; Iversen, Bjarne Magnus. 2010. Previous preeclampsia and risk for progression of biopsy-verified kidney disease to end-stage renal disease. Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation. 25: 3289-3296. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfq169
  • Beisland, Christian; Hjelle, Karin M.; Reisæter, Lars A.R.; Bostad, Leif. 2009. Observation should be considered as an alternative in management of renal masses in lder and comorbid patients. European Urology. 55: 1419-1429. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2008.12.031
  • Kalungi, Sam; Steine, Solrun; Wabinga, Henry; Bostad, Leif; Molven, Anders. 2009. pRb2/p130 protein expression and RBL2 mutation analysis in Burkitt lymphoma from Uganda. BMC Clinical Pathology. 9. Published 2009-08-19. doi: 10.1186/1472-6890-9-6
  • Kalungi, Sam; Wabinga, Henry; Bostad, Leif. 2009. Reactive lymphadenopathy in Ugandan patients and its relationship to EBV and HIV infection. Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica (APMIS). 117: 302-307. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2009.02444.x
  • Kalungi, Sam; Wabinga, Henry; Molven, Anders; Bostad, Leif. 2009. Lymphomas diagnosed in Uganda during the HIB/AIDS pandemic. East African Medical Journal. 86: 226-32.
  • Tøndel, Camilla; Bertelsen, Anne Kjørsvik; Bostad, Leif; Lind, Ola; Svarstad, Einar. 2009. Fabry Disease: Unusual Symptoms in two Boys Treated with Lamotrigine and Fabrazyme, Respectively. Clinical Therapeutics. 31: S43-S43.
  • Zubac, Dragomir; Bostad, Leif; Kihl, Bjørn; Seidal, Tomas; Wentzel-Larsen, Tore; Haukaas, Svein Andreas. 2009. The Expression of Thrombospondin-1 and p53 in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma: Its Relationship to Angiogenesis, Cell Proliferation and Cancer Specific Survival. Journal of Urology. 182: 2144-2149. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.07.015
  • Tøndel, Camilla; Bostad, Leif; Hirth, Asle; Svarstad, Einar. 2008. Renal biopsy findings in children and adolescents with Fabry disease and minimal albuminuria. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 51: 767-776. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.12.032
  • Tøndel, Camilla; Bostad, Leif; Lægreid, Liv Marie; Houge, Gunnar; Svarstad, Einar. 2008. Prominence of glomerular and vascular changes in renal biopsies in children and adolescents with Fabry disease and microalbuminuria. Clinical Therapeutics. 30: S42-S42. doi: 10.1016/S0149-2918(08)80036-7
  • Zubac, Dragomir; Bostad, Leif; Kihl, Björn; Eide, Johan; Wentzel-Larsen, Tore; Haukaas, Svein Andreas. 2008. Organ-confined clear cell renal cell carcinoma: the prognostic impact of microvascular invasion, nuclear grade and tumour size. Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica (APMIS). 116: 1027-1033. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2008.01071.x
  • Zubac, Dragomir; Bostad, Leif; Seidal, Tomas; Wentzel-Larsen, Tore; Haukaas, Svein Andreas. 2008. The prognostic relevance of interactions between venous invasion, lymph node involvement and distant metastases in renal cell carcinoma after radical nephrectomy. BMC Urology. 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2490-8-19
  • Bjørneklett, Rune Oskar; Vikse, Bjørn Egil; Svarstad, Einar; Aasarød, Knut; Bostad, Leif; Langmark, Frøydis; Iversen, Bjarne Magnus. 2007. Long-term risk of cancer in membranous nephropathy patients. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 50: 396-403. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.06.003
  • Zubac, Dragomir; Bostad, Leif; Gestblom, Charlotta; Kihl, Björn; Seidal, Tomas; Wentzel-Larsen, Tore; Bakke, August. 2007. Renal cell carcinoma: A clinicopathological follow-up study after radical nephrectomy. Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology. 41: 191-197. doi: 10.1080/00365590601016552
  • Vikse, Bjørn Egil; Irgens, Lorentz M; Bostad, Leif; Iversen, Bjarne M. 2006. Adverse perinatal outcome and later kidney biopsy in the mother. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 17: 837-845.
  • Voltersvik, Pål; Bostad, Leif; Riise, Anne Ma Dyrhol; Eide, Geir Egil; Olofsson, Jan; Røsok, Bård Ingvald; Åsjø, Eva Birgitta. 2006. Cystatin A and HIV-1 p24 antigen expression in tonsillar lymphoid follicles during HIV-1 infection and during highly active antiretroviral therapy. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 41: 277-284.
  • Svarstad, Einar; Bostad, Leif; Kaarbøe, Øyvind; Houge, Gunnar; Tøndel, Camilla; Lyngdal, Per Tore; Iversen, Bjarne Magnus. 2005. Focal and segmental glomerular sclerosis (FSGS) in a man and a woman with Fabry's disease. Clinical Nephrology. 63: 394-401.
  • Bassøe, Carl-Fredrik; Hausken, Trygve; Bostad, Leif; Kristoffersen, Einar Klæboe. 2004. Co-occurrence of Epstein-Barr virus infection and ascites in sarcoidosis. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 36: 232-234.
  • Svarstad, Einar; Iversen, Bjarne Magnus; Bostad, Leif. 2004. Bedside stereomicroscopy of renal biopsies may lead to a rapid diagnosis of Fabry's disease. Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation. 19: 3202-3203.
  • Gudmundsson, Fjølnir Frey; Viste, Asgaut; Myking, Ole Langeland; Bostad, Leif; Grong, Ketil; Svanes, Knut. 2003. Role of angiotensin II under prolonged increased intraabdominal pressure (IAP) in pigs. Surgical Endoscopy. 17: 1092-1097.
  • Gudmundsson, Fjølnir Frey; Viste, Asgaut; Myking, Ole Langeland; Grong, Ketil; Bostad, Leif; Svanes, Knut. 2003. Effects of the endothelin-1 receptor antagonist Tezosentan on renal blood flow and diuresis during prolonged increased intra-abdominal pressure. Journal of Surgical Research. 115: 33-40.
  • Sagen, Jørn V.; Bostad, Leif; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Søvik, Oddmund. 2003. Enlarged nephrons and severe non-diabetic nephropathy in hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-1 beta mutation carriers. Kidney International. 64: 793-800.
  • Sagen, Jørn V.; Bostad, Leif; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Søvik, Oddmund. 2003. Enlarged nephrons and severe non-diabetic nephropathy in hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-1 beta mutation carriers. Kidney International. 64: 793-800.
  • Vikse, Bjørn Egil; Aasarød, Knut; Bostad, Leif; Iversen, Bjarne Magnus. 2003. Clinical prognostic factors in biopsy-proven benign nephrosclerosis. Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation. 18: 517-523.
  • Aaserød, Knut; Iversen, Bjarne Magnus; Hammerstrøm, Jan; Bostad, Leif; Jørstad, Størker. 2002. Clinical outcome in patients with Wegners granulomatosis treated with plasmapheresis. Blood Purification. 20: 167-173.
  • Vikse, Bjørn Egil; Bostad, Leif; Aasarød, Knut; Lysebo, Dag Einar; Iversen, Bjarne Magnus. 2002. Prognostic factors in mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis. Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation. 17: 1603-1613.
  • Aasarød, Knut; Bostad, Leif; Hammerstrøm, Jan; Jørstad, Størker; Iversen, Bjarne Magnus. 2001. Renal histopathology and clinical course in 94 patients with Wegners granulomatosis. Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation. 16: 953-960.
  • Aasarød, Knut; Bostad, Leif; Hammerstrøm, Jan; Jørstad, Størker; Iversen, Bjarne Magnus. 2001. Wegners ganulomatosis: Inflammatory cells and markers of repair and fibrosis in renal biopsies. A clinicopathological study. Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology. 35: 401-410.
  • Sund, Ståle; Lindal, Sigurd; Larsen, Aileen Murdoch; Bostad, Leif; Reinholt, Finn P. 2001. Diagnostic transmission electron microscopy. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 121: 576-580.
  • Aasarod, K; Iversen, BM; Hammerstrom, J; Bostad, Leif; Vatten, Lars; Jorstad, S. 2000. Wegener's granulomatosis: clinical course in 108 patients with renal involvement. Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation. 15: 611-18.
  • Voltersvik, Pål; Dyrhol-Riise, Anne Ma; Bostad, Leif; Røsok, Bård Ingvald; Olofsson, Jan; Åsjø, Eva Birgitta. 2000. Changes in tonsillar tissue in early HIV-1 infection and during 3 years of antiretroviral therapy. Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica (APMIS). 108: 539-550. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0463.2000.d01-94.x
  • Apeland, T; Dale, A; Bostad, Leif; Solsvik, Jan; Iversen, Bjarne M. 1999. Nyrebiopsier og videokonferanser. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 21: 3172-73.
  • Apeland, T; Dale, A; Bostad, Leif; Solsvik, Jan; Iversen, Bjarne Magnus. 1999. Nyrebiopsier og videokonferanser. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 21: 3172-3173.
  • Gran, JT; Berner, A; Kloster-Jensen, A; Bostad, Leif. 1999. Microscopic polyangiitis diagnosed at hysterectomy. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology. 17: 611-13.
  • Lindner, Tom H; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Horikawa, Y; Bostad, Leif; Bell, GI; Søvik, Oddmund. 1999. A novel syndrome of diabetes mellitus, renal dysfunction and genital malforation associated with a partial deletion of the pseudo-POU domain of hepatocyte nuclear factor-1beta. Human Molecular Genetics. 8: 2001-2008.
  • Rosok, B; Brinchmann, JE; Voltersvik, Pål; Olofsson, Jan; Bostad, Leif. 1997. Correlates of latent and productive HIV type-1 infection in tonsillar CD4 (+) T cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. 94: 9332-6.
  • Wang, Xumei; Aukland, K.; Bostad, Leif; Iversen, Bjarne Magnus. 1997. Autoregulation of total and zonal glomerular filtration rate in spontaneously hypertensive rats with mesangiolysis. Kidney and Blood Pressure Research. 20: 11-17.
  • Wang, Xumei; Aukland, Knut; Bostad, Leif; Iversen, Bjarne Magnus. 1997. Autoregulation of total and zonal glomerular filtration rate in spontaneously hypertensive rats with mesangiolysis. Kidney and Blood Pressure Research. 20: 11-17.
  • Svarstad, E; Helland, Svein; Morken, Tone; Bostad, Leif; Myking, Andreas O; Iversen, BM; Ofstad, J. 1994. Renal effects of maintenance low-dose cyclosporin A treatment in psoriasis. Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation. 9: 1462-1467.

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