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Overview

Massimo Filippi is affiliated with Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Italy. Their research mainly centers on medicine, with a substantial focus on neurology and related fields. The scientist's work spans multiple subfields including neurology, pathology and forensic medicine, psychiatry and mental health, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, as well as cognitive neuroscience.

Their academic contributions cover primary topics such as multiple sclerosis research studies, peripheral neuropathies and disorders, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, functional brain connectivity studies, migraine and headache studies, and various neurological disorders and treatments.

Massimo Filippi has published extensively in several notable venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Neurology
  • Neurology
  • Multiple Sclerosis Journal
  • European Journal of Neurology
  • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

They have co-authored research with a number of frequent collaborators, including:

  • Maria A. Rocca
  • Federica Agosta
  • Paolo Preziosa
  • Elisa Canu
  • Maria Pia Amato

Some of the recent papers to which Massimo Filippi contributed include:

  • "2021 MAGNIMS-CMSC-NAIMS consensus recommendations on the use of MRI in patients with multiple sclerosis" (2021, The Lancet Neurology)
  • "Behavioral and Psychological Effects of Coronavirus Disease-19 Quarantine in Patients With Dementia" (2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry)
  • "Lentiviral haematopoietic stem-cell gene therapy for early-onset metachromatic leukodystrophy: long-term results from a non-randomised, open-label, phase 1/2 trial and expanded access" (2022, The Lancet)
  • "MAGNIMS consensus recommendations on the use of brain and spinal cord atrophy measures in clinical practice" (2020, Nature Reviews Neurology)
  • "Glymphatic system impairment in multiple sclerosis: relation with brain damage and disability" (2021, Brain)

Best Publications

  • Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2010 Revisions to the McDonald criteria

    Chris H Polman;Stephen C Reingold;Brenda Banwell;Michel Clanet

  • Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: 2017 revisions of the McDonald criteria

    Alan J. Thompson;Brenda L. Banwell;Frederik Barkhof;Frederik Barkhof;William M. Carroll

  • Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2005 revisions to the "McDonald Criteria".

    Chris H. Polman;Stephen C. Reingold;Gilles Edan;Massimo Filippi

  • Comparison of MRI criteria at first presentation to predict conversion to clinically definite multiple sclerosis.

    Frederik Barkhof;Massimo Filippi;David H. Miller;Philip Scheltens

  • Effect of early interferon treatment on conversion to definite multiple sclerosis: a randomised study.

    Giancarlo Comi;Massimo Filippi;Frederik Barkhof;Luca Durelli

  • European/Canadian multicenter, double‐blind, randomized, placebo‐controlled study of the effects of glatiramer acetate on magnetic resonance imaging–measured disease activity and burden in patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis

    Giancarlo Comi;Massimo Filippi;Jerry S. Wolinsky

  • MRI criteria for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: MAGNIMS consensus guidelines.

    Massimo Filippi;Maria Assunta Rocca;Olga Ciccarelli;Olga Ciccarelli;Nicola De Stefano

  • Differential diagnosis of suspected multiple sclerosis: a consensus approach

    D. H. Miller;B. G. Weinshenker;M. Filippi;B. L. Banwell

  • Clinically isolated syndromes suggestive of multiple sclerosis, part I: natural history, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and prognosis

    David Miller;Frederik Barkhof;Xavier Montalban;Alan Thompson

  • Cortical Lesions and Atrophy Associated With Cognitive Impairment in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis

    Massimiliano Calabrese;Federica Agosta;Francesca Rinaldi;Irene Mattisi

  • White matter damage in Alzheimer's disease assessed in vivo using diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging

    M Bozzali;A Falini;M Franceschi;M Cercignani

  • Automated classification of Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment using a single MRI and deep neural networks

    Silvia Basaia;Federica Agosta;Luca Wagner;Elisa Canu

  • Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging in multiple sclerosis

    Massimo Filippi;M. Cercignani;M. Inglese;M. A. Horsfield

  • Resting state fMRI in Alzheimer's disease: beyond the default mode network.

    Federica Agosta;Michela Pievani;Cristina Geroldi;Massimiliano Copetti

  • Association between pathological and MRI findings in multiple sclerosis

    Massimo Filippi;Maria A. Rocca;Frederik Barkhof;Wolfgang Brück

  • Evidence of early cortical atrophy in MS Relevance to white matter changes and disability

    N. De Stefano;P. M. Matthews;M. Filippi;F. Agosta

  • Clinical and imaging assessment of cognitive dysfunction in multiple sclerosis

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

  • Predictive value of gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging for relapse rate and changes in disability or impairment in multiple sclerosis: a meta-analysis

    Ludwig Kappos;David Moeri;Ernst Wilhelm Radue;Andreas Schoetzau

  • Primary progressive multiple sclerosis.

    A. J. Thompson;C. H. Polman;D. H. Miller;W. I. Mcdonald

  • Effect of glatiramer acetate on conversion to clinically definite multiple sclerosis in patients with clinically isolated syndrome (PreCISe study): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    G. Comi;V. Martinelli;M. Rodegher;L. Moiola

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria A. Rocca
Maria A. Rocca Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Giancarlo Comi
Giancarlo Comi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Federica Agosta
Federica Agosta Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Andrea Falini
Andrea Falini Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Frederik Barkhof
Frederik Barkhof University College London
Paola Valsasina
Paola Valsasina Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Elisabetta Pagani
Elisabetta Pagani Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Marco Rovaris
Marco Rovaris University of Milan
Vittorio Martinelli
Vittorio Martinelli Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Elisa Canu
Elisa Canu Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

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