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Nils Erik Gilhus is affiliated with Haukeland University Hospital in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a strong emphasis on neurology. Throughout their career, they have contributed significantly to subfields including neurology, public health, environmental and occupational health, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, psychiatry and mental health, and infectious diseases.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
  • Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
  • Parkinson's Disease and Spinal Disorders
  • Pregnancy and Medication Impact
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Folate and B Vitamins Research

Gilhus has published extensively in several scientific venues. Their frequent publication outlets include:

  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • Epilepsia
  • Neurology
  • Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
  • JAMA Neurology

They collaborate regularly with other researchers, including Marte-Helene Bjørk, Julie Werenberg Dreier, Torbjörn Tomson, Silje Alvestad, and Jakob Christensen.

Some of the recent notable publications by Nils Erik Gilhus include:

  • International Consensus Guidance for Management of Myasthenia Gravis, 2020, Neurology
  • Association of Prenatal Exposure to Antiseizure Medication With Risk of Autism and Intellectual Disability, 2022, JAMA Neurology
  • Safety and efficacy of zilucoplan in patients with generalised myasthenia gravis (RAISE): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 study, 2023, The Lancet Neurology
  • Cancer Risk in Children of Mothers With Epilepsy and High-Dose Folic Acid Use During Pregnancy, 2022, JAMA Neurology
  • Zilucoplan: An Investigational Complement C5 Inhibitor for the Treatment of Acetylcholine Receptor Autoantibody-Positive Generalized Myasthenia Gravis, 2021, Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs

Best Publications

  • Myasthenia gravis: subgroup classification and therapeutic strategies.

    Nils Erik Gilhus;Nils Erik Gilhus;Jan J Verschuuren

  • International consensus guidance for management of myasthenia gravis: Executive summary

    Donald B. Sanders;Gil I. Wolfe;Michael Benatar;Amelia Evoli

  • Screening for tumours in paraneoplastic syndromes: report of an EFNS task force

    M. J. Titulaer;R. Soffietti;J. Dalmau;N. E. Gilhus;N. E. Gilhus

  • Guidelines for treatment of autoimmune neuromuscular transmission disorders.

    G. O. Skeie;S. Apostolski;A. Evoli;N. E. Gilhus

  • Guidelines on routine cerebrospinal fluid analysis. Report from an EFNS task force.

    F. Deisenhammer;A. Bartos;R. Egg;N. E. Gilhus

  • Myasthenia gravis — autoantibody characteristics and their implications for therapy

    Nils Erik Gilhus;Geir Olve Skeie;Geir Olve Skeie;Fredrik Romi;Fredrik Romi;Konstantinos Lazaridis

  • EFNS guidelines for the use of intravenous immunoglobulin in treatment of neurological diseases: EFNS task force on the use of intravenous immunoglobulin in treatment of neurological diseases.

    I. Elovaara;S. Apostolski;P. Van Doorn;N. E. Gilhus

  • Subcutaneous sumatriptan during the migraine aura

    D. Bates;E. Ashford;R. Dawson;F.-B.-M. Ensink

  • EEG background activity described by a large computerized database.

    H Aurlien;I.O Gjerde;J.H Aarseth;G Eldøen

  • Fetal growth restriction and birth defects with newer and older antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy.

    Gyri Veiby;Anne Kjersti Daltveit;Anne Kjersti Daltveit;Bernt A. Engelsen;Bernt A. Engelsen;Nils Erik Gilhus;Nils Erik Gilhus

  • EFNS guideline on diagnosis and management of post‐polio syndrome. Report of an EFNS task force

    E. Farbu;N. E. Gilhus;M. P. Barnes;K. Borg

  • Striational antibodies in myasthenia gravis: reactivity and possible clinical significance.

    Fredrik Romi;Geir Olve Skeie;Nils Erik Gilhus;Johan Arild Aarli

  • Titin antibodies in myasthenia gravis Identification of a major immunogenic region of titin

    M. Gautel;A. Lakey;D. P. Barlow;Z. Holmes

  • Pregnancy, delivery, and birth outcome in women with multiple sclerosis.

    J. Dahl;K. M. Myhr;A. K. Daltveit;J. M. Hoff

  • MRI assessment of the alar ligaments in the late stage of whiplash injury--a study of structural abnormalities and observer agreement.

    Krakenes J;Kaale Br;Moen G;Nordli H

  • Muscle autoantibodies in subgroups of myasthenia gravis patients.

    Fredrik Romi;Geir Olve Skeie;Johan A. Aarli;Nils Erik Gilhus

  • A 50-year follow-up of the incidence of traumatic spinal cord injuries in Western Norway

    E. M. Hagen;Geir Egil Eide;Geir Egil Eide;T. Rekand;N. E. Gilhus;N. E. Gilhus

  • Myasthenia gravis: Consequences for pregnancy, delivery, and the newborn

    Jana Midelfart Hoff;Anne Kjersti Daltveit;Nils Erik Gilhus

  • EFNS/ENS Guidelines for the treatment of ocular myasthenia

    E. Kerty;E. Kerty;A. Elsais;A. Elsais;Z. Argov;A. Evoli

  • Myasthenia gravis in pregnancy and birth: identifying risk factors, optimising care.

    J. M. Hoff;A. K. Daltveit;N. E. Gilhus

Frequent Co-Authors

Geir Egil Eide
Geir Egil Eide University of Bergen
Christian A. Vedeler
Christian A. Vedeler University of Bergen
Jan J.G.M. Verschuuren
Jan J.G.M. Verschuuren Leiden University Medical Center
Kjell-Morten Myhr
Kjell-Morten Myhr University of Bergen
Anders Engeland
Anders Engeland Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Socrates J. Tzartos
Socrates J. Tzartos Institut Pasteur
Leif Gjerstad
Leif Gjerstad Oslo University Hospital
Gordon T. Plant
Gordon T. Plant University College London
Nick Willcox
Nick Willcox University of Oxford
Angela Vincent
Angela Vincent University of Oxford

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