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Spain
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
135
Citations
71236
World Ranking
2064
National Ranking
22

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Francesc Graus is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with notable contributions in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these domains, their subfields of study include Neurology, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology.

The research topics covered by Francesc Graus center on various neurological and genetic conditions, including:

  • Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies

Francesc Graus has contributed 31 publications to the journal Neurology and 19 to Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. Other frequent publication venues include Frontiers in Immunology (7 publications), The Lancet Neurology (6 publications), and Annals of Neurology (3 publications).

Frequent co-authors in Francesc Graus's publications include:

  • Josep Dalmau (95 coauthored papers)
  • Lídia Sabater (37 coauthored papers)
  • Albert Saiz (36 coauthored papers)
  • Eugenia Martínez-Hernández (35 coauthored papers)
  • Mar Guasp (31 coauthored papers)

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Francesc Graus are:

  • Updated Diagnostic Criteria for Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes, 2021, Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
  • GAD antibodies in neurological disorders - insights and challenges, 2020, Nature Reviews Neurology

Additional influential papers associate Francesc Graus with the study of clinical approaches and diagnostic criteria for neurological conditions, though these were authored primarily by collaborators. Noteworthy articles within this area include:

  • Clinical approach to the diagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis in the pediatric patient, 2020, Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
  • Associations of paediatric demyelinating and encephalitic syndromes with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibodies: a multicentre observational study, 2020, The Lancet Neurology
  • Diagnostic criteria for autoimmune encephalitis: utility and pitfalls for antibody-negative disease, 2023, The Lancet Neurology

Best Publications

  • A clinical approach to diagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis

    Francesc Graus;Maarten J. Titulaer;Ramani Balu;Susanne Benseler

  • Treatment and prognostic factors for long-term outcome in patients with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: an observational cohort study

    Maarten J Titulaer;Lindsey McCracken;Iñigo Gabilondo;Thaís Armangué

  • Recommended diagnostic criteria for paraneoplastic neurological syndromes

    F Graus;J Y Delattre;J C Antoine;J Dalmau

  • Antibody-Mediated Encephalitis

    Josep Dalmau;Francesc Graus

  • Investigation of LGI1 as the antigen in limbic encephalitis previously attributed to potassium channels: a case series

    Meizan Lai;Maartje G M Huijbers;Eric Lancaster;Francesc Graus

  • Antibodies to the GABAB receptor in limbic encephalitis with seizures: case series and characterisation of the antigen

    Eric Lancaster;Meizan Lai;Xiaoyu Peng;Ethan Hughes

  • Antibody titres at diagnosis and during follow-up of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: a retrospective study

    Nuria Gresa-Arribas;Maarten J Titulaer;Abiguei Torrents;Esther Aguilar

  • Anti-Hu-associated paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis: analysis of 200 patients

    Francesc Graus;Florence Keime-Guibert;Ramón Reñe;Baya Benyahia

  • Anti-Hu--associated paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis/sensory neuronopathy. A clinical study of 71 patients.

    Josep Dalmau;Francesc Graus;Marc k. Rosenblum;Jerome B. Posner

  • AMPA receptor antibodies in limbic encephalitis alter synaptic receptor location

    Meizan Lai;Ethan G. Hughes;Xiaoyu Peng;Lei Zhou

  • Clinical analysis of anti-Ma2-associated encephalitis.

    Josep Dalmau;Francesc Graus;Alberto Villarejo;Jerome B. Posner

  • An update on anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis for neurologists and psychiatrists: mechanisms and models.

    Josep Dalmau;Thais Armangué;Jesús Planagumà;Marija Radosevic

  • Spectrum of neurological syndromes associated with glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies: diagnostic clues for this association

    Albert Saiz;Yolanda Blanco;Lidia Sabater;Félix González

  • Cerebrovascular complications in patients with cancer.

    Francesc Graus;Lisa R. Rogers;Jerome B. Posner

  • Encephalitis with refractory seizures, status epilepticus, and antibodies to the GABAA receptor: a case series, characterisation of the antigen, and analysis of the effects of antibodies

    Mar Petit-Pedrol;Thaís Armangue;Thaís Armangue;Xiaoyu Peng;Luis Bataller

  • Immunopathology of autoantibody-associated encephalitides: clues for pathogenesis

    Christian G Bien;Angela Vincent;Michael H Barnett;Albert J Becker

  • A novel non-rapid-eye movement and rapid-eye-movement parasomnia with sleep breathing disorder associated with antibodies to IgLON5: a case series, characterisation of the antigen, and post-mortem study

    Lidia Sabater;Carles Gaig;Ellen Gelpi;Luis Bataller

  • Autoantibodies to Synaptic Receptors and Neuronal Cell Surface Proteins in Autoimmune Diseases of the Central Nervous System

    Josep Dalmau;Christian Geis;Francesc Graus

  • Guidelines on management of low-grade gliomas: report of an EFNS–EANO* Task Force

    R Soffietti;B G Baumert;L Bello;A von Deimling

  • Screening for tumours in paraneoplastic syndromes: report of an EFNS task force

    M. J. Titulaer;R. Soffietti;J. Dalmau;N. E. Gilhus;N. E. Gilhus

Frequent Co-Authors

Josep Dalmau
Josep Dalmau University of Barcelona
Albert Saiz
Albert Saiz Clínic Barcelona
Joan Santamaria
Joan Santamaria University of Barcelona
Jérôme Honnorat
Jérôme Honnorat Hospices Civils de Lyon
Angela Vincent
Angela Vincent University of Oxford
Jerome B. Posner
Jerome B. Posner Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Francesc Valldeoriola
Francesc Valldeoriola University of Barcelona
Rita J. Balice-Gordon
Rita J. Balice-Gordon University of Pennsylvania
Jan J.G.M. Verschuuren
Jan J.G.M. Verschuuren Leiden University Medical Center
Pablo Villoslada
Pablo Villoslada Pompeu Fabra University

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