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Laura J. Balcer is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research output spans several key areas within medicine, with a primary focus on neurology.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine

Within this broad field, Balcer's work is further specialized into subfields such as:

  • Neurology
  • Epidemiology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine

The scientist's research topics cover multiple critical domains, including:

  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Retinal and Optic Conditions
  • Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • Glaucoma and retinal disorders

Laura J. Balcer has contributed numerous publications to several frequent venues, notably:

  • Neurology
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Journal of the Neurological Sciences
  • Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology
  • Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation

Selected recent papers include:

  • A Prospective Study of Neurologic Disorders in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 in New York City, 2020, Neurology
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Consensus Diagnostic Criteria for Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome, 2021, Neurology
  • Diagnosis and Classification of Optic Neuritis, 2022, The Lancet Neurology
  • APOSTEL 2.0 Recommendations for Reporting Quantitative Optical Coherence Tomography Studies, 2021, Neurology
  • A Prospective Study of Long-Term Outcomes Among Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients With and Without Neurological Complications, 2021, Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Steven Galetta
  • Michael L. Alosco
  • Charles Bernick
  • Yorghos Tripodis
  • Eric M. Reiman

Best Publications

  • Defining the clinical course of multiple sclerosis: The 2013 revisions

    Fred D. Lublin;Stephen C. Reingold;Jeffrey A. Cohen;Gary R. Cutter

  • Relation of Visual Function to Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness in Multiple Sclerosis

    Jennifer B. Fisher;Dina A. Jacobs;Clyde E. Markowitz;Steven L. Galetta

  • RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER IS ASSOCIATED WITH BRAIN ATROPHY IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

    E. Gordon-Lipkin;B. Chodkowski;D. S. Reich;S. A. Smith

  • Pegylated interferon beta-1a for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (ADVANCE): a randomised, phase 3, double-blind study

    Peter A Calabresi;Bernd C Kieseier;Douglas L Arnold;Laura J Balcer

  • Clinical practice. Optic neuritis.

    Laura J Balcer

  • Longitudinal study of vision and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in multiple sclerosis.

    Lauren S. Talman;Esther R. Bisker;David J. Sackel;David A. Long

  • Optical coherence tomography: a window into the mechanisms of multiple sclerosis.

    Elliot M Frohman;James G Fujimoto;Teresa C Frohman;Peter A Calabresi

  • Primary retinal pathology in multiple sclerosis as detected by optical coherence tomography

    Shiv Saidha;Stephanie B. Syc;Mohamed A. Ibrahim;Christopher Eckstein

  • Optical Coherence Tomography Reflects Brain Atrophy in Multiple Sclerosis: A Four-Year Study

    Shiv Saidha;Omar Al-Louzi;John N. Ratchford;Pavan Bhargava

  • Optical coherence tomography helps differentiate neuromyelitis optica and MS optic neuropathies

    J. N. Ratchford;M. E. Quigg;A. Conger;Teresa Frohman

  • The King-Devick test and sports-related concussion: study of a rapid visual screening tool in a collegiate cohort.

    Kristin M. Galetta;Lauren E. Brandes;Karl Maki;E. Mark S. Dziemianowicz

  • The APOSTEL recommendations for reporting quantitative optical coherence tomography studies

    Andrés Cruz-Herranz;Lisanne J. Balk;Timm Oberwahrenbrock;Timm Oberwahrenbrock;Shiv Saidha

  • Retinal thickness measured with optical coherence tomography and risk of disability worsening in multiple sclerosis: a cohort study

    Elena H. Martinez-Lapiscina;Sam Arnow;James A. Wilson;Shiv Saidha

  • Optical coherence tomography and disease subtype in multiple sclerosis

    M. Pulicken;E. Gordon-Lipkin;L. J. Balcer;Elliot Frohman

  • The King-Devick test as a determinant of head trauma and concussion in boxers and MMA fighters

    K. M. Galetta;J. Barrett;Mike Allen;F. Madda

  • Visual outcomes in children with neurofibromatosis type 1–associated optic pathway glioma following chemotherapy: a multicenter retrospective analysis

    Michael J. Fisher;Michael Loguidice;David H. Gutmann;Robert Listernick

  • Ganglion cell loss in relation to visual disability in multiple sclerosis.

    Scott D. Walter;Hiroshi Ishikawa;Kristin M. Galetta;Reiko E. Sakai

  • Microcystic macular oedema, thickness of the inner nuclear layer of the retina, and disease characteristics in multiple sclerosis: a retrospective study

    Shiv Saidha;Elias S Sotirchos;Mohamed A Ibrahim;Ciprian M Crainiceanu

  • Profiles of Obesity, Weight Gain, and Quality of Life in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (Pseudotumor Cerebri)

    Anthony B. Daniels;Grant T. Liu;Nicholas J. Volpe;Steven L. Galetta

  • Primer of Biostatistics

    Laura J. Balcer

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter A. Calabresi
Peter A. Calabresi Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Elliot M. Frohman
Elliot M. Frohman The University of Texas at Austin
Steven Galetta
Steven Galetta New York University Langone Medical Center
Gary Cutter
Gary Cutter University of Alabama at Birmingham
Axel Petzold
Axel Petzold University College London
David A. Lynch
David A. Lynch Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Friedemann Paul
Friedemann Paul Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Maureen G. Maguire
Maureen G. Maguire University of Pennsylvania
Pablo Villoslada
Pablo Villoslada Pompeu Fabra University
James M. Wilson
James M. Wilson University of Pennsylvania

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