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Overview

Alex Rovira is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, with a significant emphasis on pathology and forensic medicine, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, neurology, rheumatology, and oncology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including multiple sclerosis research studies, peripheral neuropathies and disorders, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, advanced MRI techniques and applications, polyomavirus and related diseases, systemic lupus erythematosus research, and ultrasound and hyperthermia applications.

Alex Rovira has contributed to many publications, featuring frequently in journals such as:

  • Neurology
  • Multiple Sclerosis Journal
  • European Radiology
  • Neuroradiology
  • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

Major recent papers include:

  • 2021 MAGNIMS-CMSC-NAIMS consensus recommendations on the use of MRI in patients with multiple sclerosis (2021, The Lancet Neurology)
  • MAGNIMS consensus recommendations on the use of brain and spinal cord atrophy measures in clinical practice (2020, Nature Reviews Neurology)
  • Association of Early Progression Independent of Relapse Activity With Long-term Disability After a First Demyelinating Event in Multiple Sclerosis (2022, JAMA Neurology)
  • Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging towards clinical application in multiple sclerosis (2021, Brain)
  • Longitudinal Assessment of Multiple Sclerosis with the Brain-Age Paradigm (2020, Annals of Neurology)

Frequent collaborators working alongside Alex Rovira include:

  • Jaume Sastre-Garriga
  • Deborah Pareto
  • Xavier Montalbán
  • Mar Tintoré
  • Cristina Auger

Best Publications

  • Thrombectomy within 8 hours after symptom onset in ischemic stroke

    A. Chamorro;E. Cobo;A. Rovira;L. San Román

  • MRI criteria for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: MAGNIMS consensus guidelines.

    Massimo Filippi;Maria Assunta Rocca;Olga Ciccarelli;Olga Ciccarelli;Nicola De Stefano

  • Isolated demyelinating syndromes : Comparison of different MR imaging criteria to predict conversion to clinically definite multiple sclerosis

    Mar Tintoré;Alex Rovira;Maria J. Martínez;Jordi Rio

  • 2021 MAGNIMS–CMSC–NAIMS consensus recommendations on the use of MRI in patients with multiple sclerosis

    Mike P Wattjes;Olga Ciccarelli;Olga Ciccarelli;Daniel S Reich;Brenda Banwell;Brenda Banwell

  • Clinical and imaging assessment of cognitive dysfunction in multiple sclerosis

    Maria A Rocca;Maria Pia Amato;Nicola De Stefano;Christian Enzinger

  • Defining high, medium and low impact prognostic factors for developing multiple sclerosis

    Mar Tintore;Àlex Rovira;Jordi Río;Susana Otero-Romero

  • Evidence-based guidelines: MAGNIMS consensus guidelines on the use of MRI in multiple sclerosis--establishing disease prognosis and monitoring patients

    Mike P Wattjes;Àlex Rovira;David Miller;Tarek A. Yousry

  • MRI criteria for multiple sclerosis in patients presenting with clinically isolated syndromes: a multicentre retrospective study.

    Josephine K Swanton;Alex Rovira;Mar Tintore;Daniel R Altmann;Daniel R Altmann

  • Do oligoclonal bands add information to MRI in first attacks of multiple sclerosis

    M Tintoré;A Rovira;J Río;C Tur

  • Evidence-based guidelines: MAGNIMS consensus guidelines on the use of MRI in multiple sclerosis - Clinical implementation in the diagnostic process

    Àlex Rovira;Mike P. Wattjes;Mar Tintoré;Carmen Tur

  • Brain atrophy and lesion load predict long term disability in multiple sclerosis

    Veronica Popescu;Federica Agosta;Hanneke E Hulst;Ingrid C Sluimer

  • MR imaging findings in hepatic encephalopathy.

    A. Rovira;J. Alonso;J. Córdoba

  • Assessing brain atrophy rates in a large population of untreated multiple sclerosis subtypes.

    N. De Stefano;A. Giorgio;M. Battaglini;M. Rovaris

  • MRI criteria for MS in patients with clinically isolated syndromes

    X. Montalban;M. Tintore;J. Swanton;F. Barkhof

  • Baseline MRI predicts future attacks and disability in clinically isolated syndromes.

    M. Tintoré;A. Rovira;J. Río;C. Nos

  • Perfusion MRI: the five most frequently asked clinical questions.

    Marco Essig;Thanh Binh Nguyen;Mark S. Shiroishi;Marc Saake

  • Higher Risk of Further Vascular Events Among Transient Ischemic Attack Patients With Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Acute Ischemic Lesions

    Francisco Purroy;Joan Montaner;Álex Rovira;Pilar Delgado

  • New diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: application in first demyelinating episode.

    M. Tintoré;A. Rovira;J. Río;C. Nos

  • Bleeding Risk Analysis in Stroke Imaging Before ThromboLysis (BRASIL) Pooled Analysis of T2*-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data From 570 Patients

    Jens Fiehler;Gregory W Albers;Jean-Martin Boulanger;Laurent Derex

  • Radiologically Isolated Syndrome: 5-Year Risk for an Initial Clinical Event

    Darin T. Okuda;Aksel Siva;Orhun Kantarci;Matilde Inglese

Frequent Co-Authors

Xavier Montalban
Xavier Montalban Autonomous University of Barcelona
Frederik Barkhof
Frederik Barkhof University College London
Massimo Filippi
Massimo Filippi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Maria A. Rocca
Maria A. Rocca Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Olga Ciccarelli
Olga Ciccarelli University College London
Christian Enzinger
Christian Enzinger Medical University of Graz
Manuel Comabella
Manuel Comabella Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca
José Álvarez-Sabín
José Álvarez-Sabín Autonomous University of Barcelona
Nicola De Stefano
Nicola De Stefano University of Siena
Joan Montaner
Joan Montaner Autonomous University of Barcelona

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