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Marie-Germaine Bousser

Marie-Germaine Bousser

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Best Female Scientists
2025
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Medicine
France
2023

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Best Female Scientists

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National Ranking
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Medicine

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132
Citations
82419
World Ranking
2282
National Ranking
60

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in France Leader Award

Overview

Marie-Germaine Bousser is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France. Their research primarily spans the field of medicine, with a focus on neurology, epidemiology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, general health professions, and internal medicine.

Their scholarly work covers a number of topics including:

  • Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Cerebrovascular and genetic disorders
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
  • Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
  • Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Anna Kopczak
  • Michael Stringer
  • Hilde van den Brink
  • Daniëlle Kerkhofs
  • Gordon W. Blair

Notable recent publications are:

  • Effect of Endovascular Treatment With Medical Management vs Standard Care on Severe Cerebral Venous Thrombosis, 2020, JAMA Neurology
  • Effect of blood pressure-lowering agents on microvascular function in people with small vessel diseases (TREAT-SVDs): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, crossover trial, 2023, The Lancet Neurology
  • The EffecTs of Amlodipine and other Blood PREssure Lowering Agents on Microvascular FuncTion in Small Vessel Diseases (TREAT-SVDs) trial: Study protocol for a randomised crossover trial, 2022, European Stroke Journal
  • Labbé vein thrombosis, 2020, Neuroradiology
  • Avis 23-08. Quels rôle et place pour le médecin généraliste dans la société française au XXIe siècle? Du médecin traitant à l'équipe de santé référente, 2023, Bulletin de l Académie Nationale de Médecine

Their work has been published repeatedly in the following venues:

  • Bulletin de l Académie Nationale de Médecine
  • JAMA Neurology
  • The Lancet Neurology
  • European Stroke Journal
  • Neuroradiology

Best Publications

  • The International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition (beta version)

    Jes Olesen;André Bes;Robert Kunkel;James W. Lance

  • Guidelines for management of ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack 2008

    Peter A. Ringleb;Marie Germaine Bousser;Gary Ford;Philip Bath

  • Prognosis of Cerebral Vein and Dural Sinus Thrombosis: Results of the International Study on Cerebral Vein and Dural Sinus Thrombosis (ISCVT)

    José M. Ferro;Patrícia Canhão;Jan Stam;Marie-Germaine Bousser

  • Notch3 mutations in CADASIL, a hereditary adult-onset condition causing stroke and dementia

    Anne Joutel;Christophe Corpechot;Anne Ducros;Katayoun Vahedi

  • Early decompressive surgery in malignant infarction of the middle cerebral artery: a pooled analysis of three randomised controlled trials

    Katayoun Vahedi;Jeannette Hofmeijer;Eric Juettler;Eric Vicaut

  • Cerebral venous thrombosis: an update

    Marie-Germaine Bousser;José M Ferro

  • Atherosclerotic disease of the aortic arch and the risk of ischemic stroke.

    Pierre Amarenco;Ariel Cohen;Christophe Tzourio;Bernard Bertrand

  • The clinical and radiological spectrum of reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome. A prospective series of 67 patients.

    Anne Ducros;Monique Boukobza;Raphaël Porcher;Mariana Sarov

  • New Appendix Criteria Open for a Broader Concept of Chronic Migraine

    J. Olesen;M -G Bousser;H -C Diener;D. Dodick

  • Cerebral venous thrombosis.

    Alain Ameri;Marie-Germaine Bousser

  • Sequential-Design, Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Early Decompressive Craniectomy in Malignant Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction (DECIMAL Trial)

    Katayoun Vahedi;Eric Vicaut;Joaquim Mateo;Annie Kurtz

  • Cerebral venous thrombosis--a review of 38 cases.

    Marie-Germaine Bousser;Jacques Chiras;Jacques Bories;Paul Castaigne

  • Reversal of focal "misery-perfusion syndrome" by extra-intracranial arterial bypass in hemodynamic cerebral ischemia. A case study with 15O positron emission tomography.

    J C Baron;M G Bousser;A Rey;A Guillard

  • Clinical spectrum of CADASIL: a study of 7 families

    H Chabriat;K Vahedi;M.G Bousser;M.T Iba-Zizen

  • Strong clustering and stereotyped nature of Notch3 mutations in CADASIL patients

    Anne Joutel;Katayoun Vahedi;Christophe Corpechot;Alain Troesch

  • Atrial septal aneurysm and patent foramen ovale as risk factors for cryptogenic stroke in patients less than 55 years of age. A study using transesophageal echocardiography.

    L Cabanes;J L Mas;A Cohen;P Amarenco

  • "AICLA" controlled trial of aspirin and dipyridamole in the secondary prevention of athero-thrombotic cerebral ischemia.

    M G Bousser;E Eschwege;M Haguenau;J M Lefaucconnier

  • Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy maps to chromosome 19q12

    E Tournier-Lasserve;A Joutel;J Melki;J Weissenbach

  • The prevalence of ulcerated plaques in the aortic arch in patients with stroke.

    P Amarenco;C Duyckaerts;C Tzourio;D Hénin

  • Concurrent dolichoectasia of basilar and coronary arteries

    Fernando Pico;Yves Biron;Marie Germaine Bousser;Pierre Amarenco

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugues Chabriat
Hugues Chabriat Université Paris Cité
José M. Ferro
José M. Ferro University of Lisbon
Jean-Claude Baron
Jean-Claude Baron University of Cambridge
Elisabeth Tournier-Lasserve
Elisabeth Tournier-Lasserve Université Paris Cité
Christophe Tzourio
Christophe Tzourio University of Bordeaux
Valérie Biousse
Valérie Biousse Emory University
Marcel Arnold
Marcel Arnold University of Bern
Heinrich Mattle
Heinrich Mattle University of Bern
Pierre Amarenco
Pierre Amarenco Université Paris Cité
Eric Vicaut
Eric Vicaut Université Paris Cité

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