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Eric Legius

Eric Legius

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Biology and Biochemistry
Belgium
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
87
Citations
24945
World Ranking
2860
National Ranking
42

Medicine

D-Index
89
Citations
25968
World Ranking
12792
National Ranking
150

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Eric Legius is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium, conducting research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. They have a strong focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Neurology, Rheumatology, and Epidemiology, contributing extensively to areas related to neurofibromatosis, schwannoma cases, and other genetic disorders.

Their main research topics include:

  • Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases
  • Meningioma and schwannoma management
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments
  • Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Soft tissue tumors and treatment

Eric Legius has published papers in several key venues, including Genetics in Medicine, European Journal of Human Genetics, Annals of Oncology, EClinicalMedicine, and European Journal of Medical Genetics. Genetics in Medicine and the European Journal of Human Genetics are notable for being the venues with the highest number of their publications.

Some of their recent publications include:

  • Revised diagnostic criteria for neurofibromatosis type 1 and Legius syndrome: an international consensus recommendation, 2021, Genetics in Medicine
  • Soft tissue and visceral sarcomas: ESMO-EURACAN-GENTURIS Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up, 2021, Annals of Oncology
  • Gastrointestinal stromal tumours: ESMO-EURACAN-GENTURIS Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up, 2021, Annals of Oncology
  • Bone sarcomas: ESMO-EURACAN-GENTURIS-ERN PaedCan Clinical Practice Guideline for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up, 2021, Annals of Oncology
  • Updated diagnostic criteria and nomenclature for neurofibromatosis type 2 and schwannomatosis: An international consensus recommendation, 2022, Genetics in Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Legius include Hilde Brems, Rianne Oostenbrink, D. Gareth Evans, Rosalie E. Ferner, and P. Wolkenstein. These collaborations reflect a network of professionals engaged in overlapping fields of genetics and clinical research.

Best Publications

  • SOX10 mutations in patients with Waardenburg-Hirschsprung disease.

    Véronique Pingault;Nadège Bondurand;Kirsten Kuhlbrodt;Derk E. Goerich

  • A combined syndrome of juvenile polyposis and hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia associated with mutations in MADH4 (SMAD4).

    Carol J Gallione;Gabriela M Repetto;Eric Legius;Anil K Rustgi

  • The NF1 tumor suppressor critically regulates TSC2 and mTOR

    Cory M. Johannessen;Elizabeth E. Reczek;Marianne F. James;Hilde Brems

  • Neurofibromatosis type 1

    Legius E;Descheemaeker Mj;Fryns Jp;Van den Berghe H

  • Germline loss-of-function mutations in SPRED1 cause a neurofibromatosis 1-like phenotype.

    Hilde Brems;Magdalena Chmara;Magdalena Chmara;Mourad Sahbatou;Ellen Denayer

  • Somatic deletion of the neurofibromatosis type 1 gene in a neurofibrosarcoma supports a tumour suppressor gene hypothesis.

    Eric Legius;Eric Legius;Douglas A. Marchuk;Francis S. Collins;Thomas W. Glover

  • Revised diagnostic criteria for neurofibromatosis type 1 and Legius syndrome: an international consensus recommendation.

    E Legius;L Messiaen;P Wolkenstein;P Pancza

  • PRC2 loss amplifies Ras-driven transcription and confers sensitivity to BRD4-based therapies

    Thomas De Raedt;Eline Beert;Eric Pasmant;Armelle Luscan

  • Intelligence and psychosocial adjustment in velocardiofacial syndrome: a study of 37 children and adolescents with VCFS.

    Ann Swillen;Koenraad Devriendt;Eric Legius;Benedicte Eyskens

  • Mechanisms in the pathogenesis of malignant tumours in neurofibromatosis type 1

    Hilde Brems;Eline Beert;Thomy de Ravel;Eric Legius

  • Elevated risk for MPNST in NF1 microdeletion patients.

    T. De Raedt;H. Brems;P. Wolkenstein;D. Vidaud

  • Cognitive function and academic performance in neurofibromatosis 1 : Consensus statement from the NF1 Cognitive Disorders Task Force

    K. N. North;V. Riccardi;C. Samango-Sprouse;R. Ferner

  • Mutations in the CCN gene family member WISP3 cause progressive pseudorheumatoid dysplasia.

    J R Hurvitz;W M Suwairi;W Van Hul;H El-Shanti

  • PTPN11 mutations in LEOPARD syndrome

    Eric Legius;C Schrander-Stumpel;E Schollen;C Pulles-Heintzberger

  • Communication with close and distant relatives in the context of genetic testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer in cancer patients.

    Erna Claes;Gerry Evers-Kiebooms;Andrea Boogaerts;Marleen Decruyenaere

  • CNGB3 mutations account for 50% of all cases with autosomal recessive achromatopsia

    Susanne Kohl;Balazs Varsanyi;Balazs Varsanyi;Gesine Abadin Antunes;Britta Baumann

  • Molecular pathogenesis of multiple gastrointestinal stromal tumors in NF1 patients

    Ophélia Maertens;Hans Prenen;Maria Debiec-Rychter;Agnieszka Wozniak

  • Guidelines for the Li–Fraumeni and heritable TP53-related cancer syndromes

    Thierry Frebourg;Svetlana Bajalica Lagercrantz;Carla Oliveira;Rita Magenheim

  • Atypical Neurofibromas in Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Are Premalignant Tumors

    Eline Beert;Hilde Brems;Bruno Daniëls;Ivo De Wever

  • Intelligence and psychosocial adjustment in velo-cardio-facial syndrome: a study of 37 children and adolescents with VCFS

    Ann Swillen;Koenraad Devriendt;Eric Legius;B Eyskens

Frequent Co-Authors

Gert Matthijs
Gert Matthijs KU Leuven
Ludwine Messiaen
Ludwine Messiaen University of Alabama at Birmingham
Thomas D'Hooghe
Thomas D'Hooghe Yale University
Peter Marynen
Peter Marynen KU Leuven
Jean Steyaert
Jean Steyaert KU Leuven
Meena Upadhyaya
Meena Upadhyaya Cardiff University

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