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D-Index
70
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21804
World Ranking
2388
National Ranking
91

Best Publications

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

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

  • Distinction between MOG antibody-positive and AQP4 antibody-positive NMO spectrum disorders

    Douglas Kazutoshi Sato;Dagoberto Callegaro;Marco Aurelio Lana-Peixoto;Patrick J. Waters

  • Eculizumab in Aquaporin-4-Positive Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder

    Sean J Pittock;Achim Berthele;Kazuo Fujihara;Kazuo Fujihara;Ho Jin Kim

  • Anti-aquaporin-4 antibody is involved in the pathogenesis of NMO: a study on antibody titre.

    Toshiyuki Takahashi;Kazuo Fujihara;Ichiro Nakashima;Tatsuro Misu

  • Loss of aquaporin 4 in lesions of neuromyelitis optica: distinction from multiple sclerosis.

    T. Misu;K. Fujihara;A. Kakita;H. Konno

  • Prognostic factors and disease course in aquaporin-4 antibody-positive patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder from the United Kingdom and Japan

    J Kitley;M I Leite;I Nakashima;P Waters

  • MOG antibody–positive, benign, unilateral, cerebral cortical encephalitis with epilepsy

    Ryo Ogawa;Ichiro Nakashima;Toshiyuki Takahashi;Kimihiko Kaneko

  • MOG cell-based assay detects non-MS patients with inflammatory neurologic disease

    P Waters;M Woodhall;K C O'Connor;M Reindl

  • Therapeutic efficacy of plasma exchange in NMO-IgG-positive patients with neuromyelitis optica:

    S. Watanabe;I. Nakashima;T. Misu;I. Miyazawa

  • Treatment of neuromyelitis optica: Review and recommendations

    Dorlan J. Kimbrough;Kazuo Fujihara;Anu Jacob;Marco A. Lana-Peixoto

  • Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease: an immunopathological study.

    Yoshiki Takai;Tatsuro Misu;Kimihiko Kaneko;Norio Chihara

  • Presence of six different lesion types suggests diverse mechanisms of tissue injury in neuromyelitis optica.

    Tatsuro Misu;Romana Höftberger;Kazuo Fujihara;Isabella Wimmer

  • Myasthenia gravis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: a multicenter study of 16 patients.

    M I Leite;E Coutinho;M Lana-Peixoto;S Apostolos

  • Current concept of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and NMO spectrum disorders

    Anu Jacob;Andrew McKeon;Ichiro Nakashima;Douglas Kazutoshi Sato

  • Establishment of a new sensitive assay for anti-human aquaporin-4 antibody in neuromyelitis optica.

    Toshiyuki Takahashi;Kazuo Fujihara;Ichiro Nakashima;Tatsuro Misu

  • CSF cytokine profile in MOG-IgG+ neurological disease is similar to AQP4-IgG+ NMOSD but distinct from MS: a cross-sectional study and potential therapeutic implications.

    Kimihiko Kaneko;Douglas Kazutoshi Sato;Ichiro Nakashima;Ichiro Nakashima;Ryo Ogawa

  • Intractable hiccup and nausea in neuromyelitis optica with anti-aquaporin-4 antibody: a herald of acute exacerbations.

    Toshiyuki Takahashi;Isabelle Miyazawa;Tatsuro Misu;Rina Takano

  • Treatment of MOG-IgG-associated disorder with rituximab: An international study of 121 patients

    Daniel H. Whittam;Daniel H. Whittam;Alvaro Cobo-Calvo;A. Sebastian Lopez-Chiriboga;Santiago Pardo

  • MRI and retinal abnormalities in isolated optic neuritis with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein and aquaporin-4 antibodies: a comparative study.

    Tetsuya Akaishi;Douglas Kazutoshi Sato;Ichiro Nakashima;Takayuki Takeshita

  • Symptomatic Narcolepsy in Patients With Neuromyelitis Optica and Multiple Sclerosis: New Neurochemical and Immunological Implications

    Takashi Kanbayashi;Takayoshi Shimohata;Ichiro Nakashima;Hiroaki Yaguchi

  • Bilateral frontal cortex encephalitis and paraparesis in a patient with anti-MOG antibodies

    Juichi Fujimori;Yoshiki Takai;Ichiro Nakashima;Douglas Kazutoshi Sato

  • Aquaporin-4 antibody-positive cases beyond current diagnostic criteria for NMO spectrum disorders.

    Douglas Kazutoshi Sato;Ichiro Nakashima;Toshiyuki Takahashi;Tatsuro Misu

  • Anti-aquaporin-4 antibody is involved in the pathogenesis of NMO : a study on antibody titre. Commentary

    Alastair Compston;Toshiyuki Takahashi;Kazuo Fujihara;Ichiro Nakashima

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuo Fujihara
Kazuo Fujihara Fukushima Medical University
Yasuto Itoyama
Yasuto Itoyama Tohoku University
Michael J. Levy
Michael J. Levy Harvard Medical School
Sean J. Pittock
Sean J. Pittock Mayo Clinic
Friedemann Paul
Friedemann Paul Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Patrick Waters
Patrick Waters University of Oxford
Hans Lassmann
Hans Lassmann Medical University of Vienna
Markus Reindl
Markus Reindl Innsbruck Medical University

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