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Vittorio Martinelli is affiliated with Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on medical science, with an emphasis on pathology and forensic medicine, neurology, molecular biology, immunology, and oncology. The main fields of study reflect an extensive engagement with medicine, supported by 125 publications.

The scientist has contributed notably to the understanding of multiple sclerosis, as well as central nervous system lymphoma diagnosis and treatment. Their work also covers long-term effects of COVID-19, polyomavirus and related diseases, peripheral neuropathies and disorders, systemic lupus erythematosus research, and advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications.

Among the recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Vittorio Martinelli are:

  • Paramagnetic Rim Lesions are Specific to Multiple Sclerosis: An International Multicenter 3T MRI Study, 2020, Annals of Neurology
  • Neural stem cell transplantation in patients with progressive multiple sclerosis: an open-label, phase 1 study, 2023, Nature Medicine
  • MYD88 L265P mutation and interleukin-10 detection in cerebrospinal fluid are highly specific discriminating markers in patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma: results from a prospective study, 2021, British Journal of Haematology
  • Performance of the 2017 and 2010 Revised McDonald Criteria in Predicting MS Diagnosis After a Clinically Isolated Syndrome, 2021, Neurology
  • Dysregulated copper transport in multiple sclerosis may cause demyelination via astrocytes, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors include Massimo Filippi, Maria A. Rocca, Lucia Moiola, Gıancarlo Comı, and Francesca Sangalli. These collaborations suggest an active involvement in multidisciplinary research projects.

The venues where Vittorio Martinelli most often publishes are:

  • Neurology
  • Journal of Neurology
  • Multiple Sclerosis Journal
  • Annals of Neurology
  • Neurological Sciences

The main topics of work pursued by the scientist include:

  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • CNS Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Polyomavirus and related diseases
  • Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

Best Publications

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

    Giancarlo Comi;Massimo Filippi;Frederik Barkhof;Luca Durelli

  • A Magnetization Transfer Imaging Study of Normal-Appearing White Matter in Multiple Sclerosis

    M. Filippi;A. Campi;V. Dousset;C. Baratti

  • Evidence for widespread axonal damage at the earliest clinical stage of multiple sclerosis.

    Massimo Filippi;M. Bozzali;M. Rovaris;O. Gonen

  • Clinical characteristics, course and prognosis of relapsing Devic's Neuromyelitis Optica.

    Angelo Ghezzi;Roberto Bergamaschi;Vittorio Martinelli;Maria Trojano

  • Relation between MR abnormalities and patterns of cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis

    M. Rovaris;Massimo Filippi;M. Falautano;L. Minicucci

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

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

  • Myeloid microvesicles are a marker and therapeutic target for neuroinflammation

    Claudia Verderio;Luca Muzio;Elena Turola;Alessandra Bergami

  • Cortical adaptation in patients with MS: a cross-sectional functional MRI study of disease phenotypes

    Maria A Rocca;Bruno Colombo;Andrea Falini;Angelo Ghezzi

  • Cognitive dysfunction in patients with mildly disabling relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: an exploratory study with diffusion tensor MR imaging.

    Marco Rovaris;Giuseppe Iannucci;Monica Falautano;Francesca Possa

  • Brain MRI correlates of cognitive impairment in primary and secondary progressive multiple sclerosis

    Giancarlo Comi;Massimo Filippi;Vittorio Martinelli;Adraina Campi

  • Cognitive and psychosocial features in childhood and juvenile MS Two-year follow-up

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

  • Central vein sign differentiates Multiple Sclerosis from central nervous system inflammatory vasculopathies.

    Pietro Maggi;Pietro Maggi;Martina Absinta;Martina Absinta;Matteo Grammatico;Luisa Vuolo

  • A voxel-based morphometry study of grey matter loss in MS patients with different clinical phenotypes

    Antonia Ceccarelli;Maria Assunta Rocca;Elisabetta Pagani;Bruno Colombo

  • Large-scale neuronal network dysfunction in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

    Maria A. Rocca;Paola Valsasina;Vittorio Martinelli;Paolo Misci

  • Regional brain atrophy evolves differently in patients with multiple sclerosis according to clinical phenotype.

    Elisabetta Pagani;Maria A. Rocca;Antonio Gallo;Marco Rovaris

  • Gray matter damage predicts the accumulation of disability 13 years later in MS.

    Massimo Filippi;Paolo Preziosa;Massimiliano Copetti;Gianna Riccitelli

  • Nocturnal sleep study in multiple sclerosis: Correlations with clinical and brain magnetic resonance imaging findings

    Luigi Ferini-Strambi;Massimo Filippi;Vittorio Martinelli;Alessandro Oldani

  • Evidence for axonal pathology and adaptive cortical reorganization in patients at presentation with clinically isolated syndromes suggestive of multiple sclerosis.

    Maria Assunta Rocca;Domenico M. Mezzapesa;Andrea Falini;Angelo Ghezzi

  • MRI and magnetization transfer imaging changes in the brain and cervical cord of patients with Devic’s neuromyelitis optica

    Massimo Filippi;M. A. Rocca;L. Moiola;V. Martinelli

  • Assessment of normal-appearing white and gray matter in patients with primary progressive multiple sclerosis: a diffusion-tensor magnetic resonance imaging study.

    Marco Rovaris;Marco Bozzali;Giuseppe Iannucci;Angelo Ghezzi

Frequent Co-Authors

Giancarlo Comi
Giancarlo Comi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Bruno Colombo
Bruno Colombo Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Maria A. Rocca
Maria A. Rocca Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Letizia Leocani
Letizia Leocani University of Milan
Paola Valsasina
Paola Valsasina Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Giuseppe Magnani
Giuseppe Magnani Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Elisabetta Pagani
Elisabetta Pagani Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Giacomo P. Comi
Giacomo P. Comi University of Milan
Federica Agosta
Federica Agosta Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Nereo Bresolin
Nereo Bresolin University of Milan

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