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Peter De Jonghe

Peter De Jonghe

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Genetics

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94
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28123
World Ranking
939
National Ranking
11

Medicine

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95
Citations
29440
World Ranking
10155
National Ranking
117

Overview

Peter De Jonghe is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium and has an extensive body of research primarily centered around epilepsy and related neurological conditions. Their work spans multiple disciplines within medicine and neuroscience, with a particular focus on epilepsy research and treatment.

The research topics covered by Peter De Jonghe include:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Neurological disorders and treatments

Their main fields of study are Medicine and Neuroscience, with subfields spanning Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Peter De Jonghe has contributed research papers published in a variety of venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Epilepsy Currents (16 publications)
  • Epilepsia (4 publications)
  • Seizure (4 publications)
  • Epilepsy Research (2 publications)
  • Epilepsy & Behavior Reports (2 publications)

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Peter De Jonghe encompass:

  • "Adjunctive cenobamate in highly active and ultra-refractory focal epilepsy: A 'real-world' retrospective study," 2023, Epilepsia
  • "Could the 2017 ILAE and the four-dimensional epilepsy classifications be merged to a new 'Integrated Epilepsy Classification'?", 2020, Seizure
  • "Genomics in the presurgical epilepsy evaluation," 2022, Epilepsy Research
  • "Association of SLC32A1 Missense Variants With Genetic Epilepsy With Febrile Seizures Plus," 2021, Neurology
  • "Somatic variants as a cause of drug-resistant epilepsy including mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis," 2024, Epilepsia

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Peter De Jonghe include:

  • Norman Delanty
  • Ronan Kilbride
  • Hany El-Naggar
  • Kieron J. Sweeney
  • Patrick B. Moloney

Best Publications

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • DNA/RNA Helicase Gene Mutations in a Form of Juvenile Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS4)

    Ying Zhang Chen;Craig L. Bennett;Huy M. Huynh;Ian P. Blair

  • A C9orf72 promoter repeat expansion in a Flanders-Belgian cohort with disorders of the frontotemporal lobar degeneration-amyotrophic lateral sclerosis spectrum: a gene identification study.

    Ilse Gijselinck;Tim Van Langenhove;Julie van der Zee;Kristel Sleegers

  • KCNQ2 encephalopathy: emerging phenotype of a neonatal epileptic encephalopathy.

    Sarah Weckhuysen;Simone Mandelstam;Arvid Suls;Dominique Audenaert;Dominique Audenaert

  • Genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity suggest therapeutic implications in SCN2A-related disorders.

    Markus Wolff;Katrine M Johannesen;Ulrike B S Hedrich;Silvia Masnada

  • Mutations in the Small GTP-ase Late Endosomal Protein RAB7 Cause Charcot-Marie-Tooth Type 2B Neuropathy

    Kristien Verhoeven;Peter De Jonghe;Katrien Coen;Nathalie Verpoorten

  • Recurrent microdeletions at 15q11.2 and 16p13.11 predispose to idiopathic generalized epilepsies

    Carolien G F De Kovel;Holger Trucks;Ingo Helbig;Heather C. Mefford

  • Genome-wide mega-analysis identifies 16 loci and highlights diverse biological mechanisms in the common epilepsies

    Bassel Abou-Khalil;Pauls Auce;Andreja Avbersek;Melanie Bahlo

  • MFN2 mutation distribution and genotype/phenotype correlation in Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2.

    Kristien Verhoeven;Kristl G. Claeys;Stephan Züchner;Stephan Züchner;J. Michael Schröder

  • Axonal neuropathy with optic atrophy is caused by mutations in mitofusin 2.

    Stephan Züchner;Peter De Jonghe;Albena Jordanova;Albena Jordanova;Kristl G. Claeys

  • The genetics of Dravet syndrome

    Carla Marini;Ingrid E. Scheffer;Ingrid E. Scheffer;Rima Nabbout;Arvid Suls

  • A de novo gain-of-function mutation in SCN11A causes loss of pain perception

    Enrico Leipold;Lutz Liebmann;G Christoph Korenke;Theresa Heinrich

  • De novo loss-or gain-of-function mutations in KCNA2 cause epileptic encephalopathy

    Steffen Syrbe;Ulrike B.S. Hedrich;Erik Riesch;Tania Djémié

  • STXBP1 encephalopathy A neurodevelopmental disorder including epilepsy

    Hannah Stamberger;Marina Nikanorova;Marjolein H. Willemsen;Patrizia Accorsi

  • A Role of SCN9A in Human Epilepsies, As a Cause of Febrile Seizures and As a Potential Modifier of Dravet Syndrome

    Nanda A. Singh;Chris Pappas;E. Jill Dahle;Lieve R. F. Claes

  • novoSNP, a novel computational tool for sequence variation discovery

    Stefan Weckx;Jurgen Del-Favero;Rosa Rademakers;Lieve Claes

  • Early-onset absence epilepsy caused by mutations in the glucose transporter GLUT1.

    Arvid Suls;Saul A. Mullen;Yvonne G. Weber;Kristien Verhaert

  • GABRA1 and STXBP1: Novel genetic causes of Dravet syndrome

    Gemma L Carvill;Sarah Weckhuysen;Sarah Weckhuysen;Jacinta M McMahon;Corinna Hartmann;Corinna Hartmann

  • A Functional Null Mutation of SCN1B in a Patient with Dravet Syndrome

    Gustavo A. Patino;Lieve R.F. Claes;Luis F. Lopez-Santiago;Emily A. Slat

  • Erratum: De Novo Mutations in Synaptic Transmission Genes Including DNM1 Cause Epileptic Encephalopathies (American Journal of Human Genetics (2014) 95(4) (360–370)(S0002929714003838)(10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.08.013))

    Silke Appenzeller;Rudi Balling;Nina Barisic;Stéphanie Baulac

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincent Timmerman
Vincent Timmerman University of Antwerp
Sarah Weckhuysen
Sarah Weckhuysen University of Antwerp
Ingo Helbig
Ingo Helbig Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Christine Van Broeckhoven
Christine Van Broeckhoven University of Antwerp
Ingrid E. Scheffer
Ingrid E. Scheffer University of Melbourne
Stephan Züchner
Stephan Züchner University of Miami
Rikke S. Møller
Rikke S. Møller University of Southern Denmark
Albena Jordanova
Albena Jordanova University of Antwerp
Rebecca Schüle
Rebecca Schüle University of Tübingen
Renzo Guerrini
Renzo Guerrini University of Florence

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