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Brian G. Weinshenker

Brian G. Weinshenker

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Medicine

D-Index
124
Citations
99472
World Ranking
3146
National Ranking
1739

Overview

Brian G. Weinshenker is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medical science, with a concentration in pathology and forensic medicine, neurology, rheumatology, immunology, and molecular biology.

Their publication record includes 218 works in the field of medicine, highlighting involvement in multiple specialized subfields. The main subfields of study for their work include:

  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Neurology
  • Rheumatology
  • Immunology
  • Molecular Biology

Themes central to their research cover diverse neurological and autoimmune disorders. Key topics explored in their published work include:

  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Hereditary Neurological Disorders
  • Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • CNS Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment

The scholar has contributed notably to journals such as:

  • Neurology
  • Multiple Sclerosis Journal
  • Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
  • Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
  • Journal of Neurology

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Eoin P. Flanagan
  • Sean J. Pittock
  • Jeffrey L. Bennett
  • Kazuo Fujihara
  • Friedemann Paul

Among their notable recent publications are:

  • "Myelin-oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease" (2021, The Lancet Neurology)
  • "Safety and efficacy of satralizumab monotherapy in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: a randomised, double-blind, multicentre, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial" (2020, The Lancet Neurology)
  • "Neuromyelitis optica" (2020, Nature Reviews Disease Primers)
  • "Epidemiology of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder and Its Prevalence and Incidence Worldwide" (2020, Frontiers in Neurology)
  • "Steroid-sparing maintenance immunotherapy for MOG-IgG associated disorder" (2020, Neurology)

Best Publications

  • Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2010 Revisions to the McDonald criteria

    Chris H Polman;Stephen C Reingold;Brenda Banwell;Michel Clanet

  • Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: 2017 revisions of the McDonald criteria

    Alan J. Thompson;Brenda L. Banwell;Frederik Barkhof;Frederik Barkhof;William M. Carroll

  • Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2005 revisions to the "McDonald Criteria".

    Chris H. Polman;Stephen C. Reingold;Gilles Edan;Massimo Filippi

  • International consensus diagnostic criteria for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders

    Dean M. Wingerchuk;Brenda Banwell;Jeffrey L. Bennett;Philippe Cabre

  • A serum autoantibody marker of neuromyelitis optica : distinction from multiple sclerosis

    Vanda A Lennon;Dean M Wingerchuk;Thomas J Kryzer;Sean J Pittock

  • Revised diagnostic criteria for neuromyelitis optica

    D. M. Wingerchuk;V. A. Lennon;S. J. Pittock;C. F. Lucchinetti

  • The spectrum of neuromyelitis optica

    Dean M Wingerchuk;Vanda A Lennon;Claudia F Lucchinetti;Sean J Pittock

  • The clinical course of neuromyelitis optica (Devic's syndrome)

    Dean M. Wingerchuk;William F. Hogancamp;Peter C. O’Brien;Brian G. Weinshenker

  • The natural history of multiple sclerosis: a geographically based study. I. Clinical course and disability.

    B. G. Weinshenker;B. Bass;G. P. A. Rice;J. Noseworthy

  • Development of a multiple sclerosis functional composite as a clinical trial outcome measure

    Gary R. Cutter;Monika L. Baier;Richard A. Rudick;Diane L. Cookfair

  • A role for humoral mechanisms in the pathogenesis of Devic’s neuromyelitis optica

    Claudia F. Lucchinetti;Raul N. Mandler;Dorian McGavern;Wolfgang Bruck

  • A randomized trial of plasma exchange in acute central nervous system inflammatory demyelinating disease.

    Brian G. Weinshenker;Peter C. O'Brien;Tanya M. Petterson;John H. Noseworthy

  • Multiple sclerosis patients have a distinct gut microbiota compared to healthy controls

    Jun Chen;Nicholas Chia;Krishna R. Kalari;Janet Z. Yao

  • Pattern-specific loss of aquaporin-4 immunoreactivity distinguishes neuromyelitis optica from multiple sclerosis

    Shanu F. Roemer;Joseph E. Parisi;Vanda A. Lennon;Eduardo E. Benarroch

  • Neuromyelitis optica brain lesions localized at sites of high aquaporin 4 expression.

    Sean J. Pittock;Brian G. Weinshenker;Claudia F. Lucchinetti;Dean M. Wingerchuk

  • Brain abnormalities in neuromyelitis optica.

    Sean J. Pittock;Vanda A. Lennon;Karl Krecke;Dean M. Wingerchuk

  • Differential diagnosis of suspected multiple sclerosis: a consensus approach

    D. H. Miller;B. G. Weinshenker;M. Filippi;B. L. Banwell

  • The natural history of multiple sclerosis: a geographically based study. 2. Predictive value of the early clinical course.

    B. G. Weinshenker;B. Bass;G. P. A. Rice;J. Noseworthy

  • Randomized, comparative study of interferon beta-1a treatment regimens in MS: The EVIDENCE Trial.

    Hillel Panitch;D. S. Goodin;G. Francis;P. Chang

  • Neuromyelitis optica and non organ-specific autoimmunity.

    Sean J. Pittock;Vanda A. Lennon;Jerome de Seze;Patrick Vermersch

Frequent Co-Authors

Sean J. Pittock
Sean J. Pittock Mayo Clinic
Vanda A. Lennon
Vanda A. Lennon Mayo Clinic
Andrew McKeon
Andrew McKeon Mayo Clinic
Kazuo Fujihara
Kazuo Fujihara Fukushima Medical University
Friedemann Paul
Friedemann Paul Charité - University Medicine Berlin
George C. Ebers
George C. Ebers University of Oxford
Moses Rodriguez
Moses Rodriguez Mayo Clinic
Michael J. Levy
Michael J. Levy Harvard Medical School

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