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Maria Pia Amato

Maria Pia Amato

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Medicine

D-Index
96
Citations
32913
World Ranking
9690
National Ranking
339

Overview

Maria Pia Amato is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy and has a substantial body of research primarily within the medical sciences, concentrating on multiple sclerosis and related neurological disorders. Their research contributions span over 380 publications in the field of medicine, including 168 in pathology and forensic medicine and 57 specifically in neurology.

The scientist has extensively explored topics such as multiple sclerosis research studies, peripheral neuropathies and disorders, and polyomavirus-related diseases. Other research interests include rheumatoid arthritis therapies, reproductive system and pregnancy issues, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, and the long-term effects of COVID-19.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Maria Pia Amato include Francesco Patti, Massimo Filippi, María Trojano, Emilio Portaccio, and Matilde Inglese, reflecting a strong network within their research community.

Their work is often published in leading journals related to neurology and multiple sclerosis, with notable frequent venues including Multiple Sclerosis Journal, Journal of Neurology, Neurology, Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, and Neurological Sciences.

Recent publications include:

  • Cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis: clinical management, MRI, and therapeutic avenues, 2020, The Lancet Neurology
  • Multiple sclerosis progression: time for a new mechanism-driven framework, 2022, The Lancet Neurology
  • Radiologically Isolated Syndrome: 10-Year Risk Estimate of a Clinical Event, 2020, Annals of Neurology
  • Identifying the Distinct Cognitive Phenotypes in Multiple Sclerosis, 2021, JAMA Neurology
  • Early use of high-efficacy disease-modifying therapies makes the difference in people with multiple sclerosis: an expert opinion, 2022, Journal of Neurology

Best Publications

  • International Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Study Group criteria for pediatric multiple sclerosis and immune-mediated central nervous system demyelinating disorders: revisions to the 2007 definitions

    Lauren B Krupp;Marc Tardieu;Maria Pia Amato;Brenda Banwell

  • ECTRIMS/EAN guideline on the pharmacological treatment of people with multiple sclerosis.

    X. Montalban;R. Gold;A. J. Thompson;S. Otero‐Romero

  • Recommendations for a Brief International Cognitive Assessment for Multiple Sclerosis (BICAMS)

    Dawn Langdon;M P Amato;J Boringa;B Brochet

  • Cognitive dysfunction in early-onset multiple sclerosis: a reappraisal after 10 years.

    Maria Pia Amato;Giuseppina Ponziani;Gianfranco Siracusa;Sandro Sorbi

  • Cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis: clinical management, MRI, and therapeutic avenues.

    Ralph H B Benedict;Maria Pia Amato;John DeLuca;Jeroen J G Geurts

  • Quality of life in multiple sclerosis: the impact of depression, fatigue and disability

    M P Amato;G Ponziani;F Rossi;C L Liedl

  • Multiple sclerosis-related cognitive changes: a review of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies.

    Maria Pia Amato;Valentina Zipoli;Emilio Portaccio

  • Clinical and imaging assessment of cognitive dysfunction in multiple sclerosis

    Maria A Rocca;Maria Pia Amato;Nicola De Stefano;Christian Enzinger

  • Cognitive impairment in early-onset multiple sclerosis. Pattern, predictors, and impact on everyday life in a 4-year follow-up.

    Maria Pia Amato;Giuseppina Ponziani;Giovanni Pracucci;Laura Bracco

  • Myelin-oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease.

    Romain Marignier;Romain Marignier;Yael Hacohen;Alvaro Cobo-Calvo;Anne Katrin Pröbstel

  • Brief International Cognitive Assessment for MS (BICAMS): international standards for validation

    Ralph H B Benedict;Maria Pia Amato;Jan Boringa;Bruno Brochet

  • Defining secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.

    Johannes Lorscheider;Johannes Lorscheider;Katherine Buzzard;Katherine Buzzard;Katherine Buzzard;Vilija G Jokubaitis;Vilija G Jokubaitis;Tim Spelman

  • The Rao’s Brief Repeatable Battery and Stroop test: normative values with age, education and gender corrections in an Italian population:

    M P Amato;E Portaccio;B Goretti;V Zipoli

  • Neocortical volume decrease in relapsing–remitting MS patients with mild cognitive impairment

    M. P. Amato;M. L. Bartolozzi;V. Zipoli;E. Portaccio

  • New natural history of interferon‐β–treated relapsing multiple sclerosis

    Maria Trojano;Fabio Pellegrini;Aurora Fuiani;Damiano Paolicelli

  • The prevalence of pain in multiple sclerosis: A multicenter cross-sectional study

    C. Solaro;G. Brichetto;M. P. Amato;E. Cocco

  • Cognitive and psychosocial features of childhood and juvenile MS

    M. P. Amato;B. Goretti;A. Ghezzi;S. Lori

  • Radiologically Isolated Syndrome: 5-Year Risk for an Initial Clinical Event

    Darin T. Okuda;Aksel Siva;Orhun Kantarci;Matilde Inglese

  • Establishing pathological cut-offs of brain atrophy rates in multiple sclerosis

    Nicola De Stefano;Maria Laura Stromillo;Antonio Giorgio;Maria Letizia Bartolozzi

  • Age and disability drive cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis across disease subtypes.

    Luis Ruano;Emilio Portaccio;Benedetta Goretti;Claudia Niccolai

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Trojano
Maria Trojano University of Bari Aldo Moro
Giancarlo Comi
Giancarlo Comi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Helmut Butzkueven
Helmut Butzkueven Monash University
Carlo Pozzilli
Carlo Pozzilli Sapienza University of Rome
Sandro Sorbi
Sandro Sorbi University of Florence
Nicola De Stefano
Nicola De Stefano University of Siena
Massimo Filippi
Massimo Filippi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Raymond Hupperts
Raymond Hupperts Maastricht University
Maria A. Rocca
Maria A. Rocca Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Vincenzo Morra
Vincenzo Morra University of Naples Federico II

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