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Xavier Montalban
Researcher at Autonomous University of Barcelona
Publications - 840
Citations - 63270
Xavier Montalban is an academic researcher from Autonomous University of Barcelona. The author has contributed to research in topics: Multiple sclerosis & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 95, co-authored 762 publications receiving 52842 citations. Previous affiliations of Xavier Montalban include University of Barcelona & University of California, San Francisco.
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Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2010 Revisions to the McDonald criteria
Chris H. Polman,Stephen C. Reingold,Brenda Banwell,Michel Clanet,Jeffrey A. Cohen,Massimo Filippi,Kazuo Fujihara,Eva Havrdova,Michael Hutchinson,Ludwig Kappos,Fred D. Lublin,Xavier Montalban,Paul L. O’Connor,Magnhild Sandberg-Wollheim,Alan J. Thompson,Emmanuelle Waubant,Brian G. Weinshenker,Jerry S. Wolinsky +17 more
TL;DR: These revisions simplify the McDonald Criteria, preserve their diagnostic sensitivity and specificity, address their applicability across populations, and may allow earlier diagnosis and more uniform and widespread use.
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Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: 2017 revisions of the McDonald criteria
Alan J. Thompson,Brenda Banwell,Frederik Barkhof,Frederik Barkhof,William M. Carroll,Timothy Coetzee,Giancarlo Comi,Jorge Correale,Franz Fazekas,Massimo Filippi,Mark S. Freedman,Kazuo Fujihara,Steven L. Galetta,Hans-Peter Hartung,Ludwig Kappos,Fred D. Lublin,Ruth Ann Marrie,Aaron E. Miller,David Miller,Xavier Montalban,Xavier Montalban,Ellen M. Mowry,Per Soelberg Sørensen,Mar Tintoré,Anthony Traboulsee,Maria Trojano,Bernard M. J. Uitdehaag,Sandra Vukusic,Sandra Vukusic,Emmanuelle Waubant,Brian G. Weinshenker,Stephen C. Reingold,Jeffrey A. Cohen +32 more
TL;DR: The 2017 McDonald criteria continue to apply primarily to patients experiencing a typical clinically isolated syndrome, define what is needed to fulfil dissemination in time and space of lesions in the CNS, and stress the need for no better explanation for the presentation.
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Genetic risk and a primary role for cell-mediated immune mechanisms in multiple sclerosis
Stephen Sawcer,Garrett Hellenthal,Matti Pirinen,Chris C. A. Spencer,Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos,Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos,Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos,Loukas Moutsianas,Alexander T. Dilthey,Zhan Su,Colin Freeman,Sarah E. Hunt,Sarah Edkins,Emma Gray,David R. Booth,Simon C. Potter,An Goris,Gavin Band,Annette Bang Oturai,A. Strange,Janna Saarela,Céline Bellenguez,Bertrand Fontaine,Matthew W. Gillman,Bernhard Hemmer,Rhian Gwilliam,Frauke Zipp,Alagurevathi Jayakumar,Roland Martin,Stephen Leslie,Stanley Hawkins,Eleni Giannoulatou,Sandra D'Alfonso,Hannah Blackburn,Filippo Martinelli Boneschi,Jennifer Liddle,Hanne F. Harbo,Hanne F. Harbo,M. Perez,Anne Spurkland,Matthew Waller,Marcin P. Mycko,Michelle Ricketts,Manuel Comabella,Naomi Hammond,Ingrid Kockum,O. T. McCann,Maria Ban,Pamela Whittaker,Anu Kemppinen,Paul A. Weston,Clive Hawkins,Sara Widaa,John Zajicek,John Zajicek,Serge Dronov,Neil Robertson,Suzannah Bumpstead,Lisa F. Barcellos,Lisa F. Barcellos,Rathi Ravindrarajah,Roby Abraham,Lars Alfredsson,Kristin G. Ardlie,Cristin Aubin,Amie Baker,K Baker,Sergio E. Baranzini,Laura Bergamaschi,Roberto Bergamaschi,Allan L. Bernstein,Achim Berthele,Mike Boggild,Jonathan P. Bradfield,David Brassat,Simon Broadley,Dorothea Buck,Helmut Butzkueven,Ruggero Capra,William M. Carroll,Paola Cavalla,Elisabeth Gulowsen Celius,Sabine Cepok,Rosetta M. Chiavacci,Françoise Clerget-Darpoux,Katleen Clysters,Giancarlo Comi,Mark D. Cossburn,Isabelle Cournu-Rebeix,M. B. Cox,Wendy Cozen,Bruce A.C. Cree,Anne H. Cross,Daniele Cusi,Mark J. Daly,Mark J. Daly,Emma J. Davis,Paul I.W. de Bakker,Paul I.W. de Bakker,Paul I.W. de Bakker,Marc Debouverie,Marie B. D'hooghe,K Dixon,Rita Dobosi,Bénédicte Dubois,David Ellinghaus,Irina Elovaara,Federica Esposito,Claire Fontenille,Simon J. Foote,Andre Franke,Daniela Galimberti,Angelo Ghezzi,Joseph T. Glessner,Refujia Gomez,Olivier Gout,Colin A. Graham,Struan F.A. Grant,Struan F.A. Grant,Franca Rosa Guerini,Hakon Hakonarson,Hakon Hakonarson,Per Hall,Anders Hamsten,Hans-Peter Hartung,Robert Heard,Simon Heath,Jeremy Hobart,Jeremy Hobart,Muna Hoshi,Carmen Infante-Duarte,Gillian Ingram,Wendy Ingram,Wendy Ingram,Talat Islam,Maja Jagodic,Michael Kabesch,Allan G. Kermode,Trevor J. Kilpatrick,Cecilia Kim,Norman Klopp,Keijo Koivisto,Malin Larsson,Mark Lathrop,Jeannette Lechner-Scott,Maurizio Leone,Virpi M. Leppä,Ulrika Liljedahl,Izaura Lima Bomfim,Robin R. Lincoln,Jenny Link,Jianjun Liu,Åslaug R. Lorentzen,Åslaug R. Lorentzen,Sara Lupoli,Fabio Macciardi,Fabio Macciardi,Thomas M. Mack,Mark Marriott,Vittorio Martinelli,Deborah F. Mason,Jacob L. McCauley,Frank D. Mentch,Inger-Lise Mero,Tania Mihalova,Xavier Montalban,John Mottershead,Kjell-Morten Myhr,Paola Naldi,William E R Ollier,Alison Page,Aarno Palotie,Jean Pelletier,Laura Piccio,Trevor Pickersgill,Fredrik Piehl,Susan Pobywajlo,Hong L. Quach,Patricia P. Ramsay,Mauri Reunanen,Richard Reynolds,John D. Rioux,John D. Rioux,Mariaemma Rodegher,Sabine Roesner,Justin P. Rubio,Ina-Maria Rueckert,Marco Salvetti,Erika Salvi,Adam Santaniello,Catherine Schaefer,Stefan Schreiber,Christian Schulze,Rodney J. Scott,Finn Sellebjerg,Krzysztof Selmaj,David Sexton,Ling Shen,Brigid Simms-Acuna,Sheila Skidmore,Patrick M. A. Sleiman,C. Smestad,Per Soelberg Sørensen,Helle Bach Søndergaard,Jim Stankovich,Richard C. Strange,Anna-Maija Sulonen,Emilie Sundqvist,Ann-Christine Syvaenen,Francesca Taddeo,Bruce V. Taylor,Jenefer M. Blackwell,Jenefer M. Blackwell,Jenefer M. Blackwell,Pentti J. Tienari,Elvira Bramon,Ayman Tourbah,Matthew A. Brown,Ewa Tronczynska,Juan P. Casas,Niall Tubridy,Aiden Corvin,Jane Vickery,Jane Vickery,Janusz Jankowski,Pablo Villoslada,Hugh S. Markus,Kai Wang,Christopher G. Mathew,James Wason,Colin N. A. Palmer,H-Erich Wichmann,H-Erich Wichmann,Robert Plomin,Ernest Willoughby,Anna Rautanen,Juliane Winkelmann,Michael Wittig,Richard C. Trembath,J. Yaouanq,Ananth C. Viswanathan,Ananth C. Viswanathan,Haitao Zhang,Nicholas W. Wood,Rebecca L. Zuvich,Panos Deloukas,Cordelia Langford,Audrey Duncanson,Jorge R. Oksenberg,Margaret A. Pericak-Vance,Jonathan L. Haines,Tomas Olsson,Jan Hillert,Adrian J. Ivinson,Philip L. De Jager,Philip L. De Jager,Philip L. De Jager,Leena Peltonen,Graeme J. Stewart,David A. Hafler,David A. Hafler,Stephen L. Hauser,Gil McVean,Peter Donnelly,Peter Donnelly,Alastair Compston +265 more
TL;DR: In this article, a collaborative GWAS involving 9,772 cases of European descent collected by 23 research groups working in 15 different countries, they have replicated almost all of the previously suggested associations and identified at least a further 29 novel susceptibility loci.
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Defining the clinical course of multiple sclerosis: The 2013 revisions
Fred D. Lublin,Stephen C. Reingold,Jeffrey A. Cohen,Gary Cutter,Per Soelberg Sørensen,Alan J. Thompson,Jerry S. Wolinsky,Laura J. Balcer,Brenda Banwell,Frederik Barkhof,Bruce F. Bebo,Peter A. Calabresi,Michel Clanet,Giancarlo Comi,Robert J. Fox,Mark S. Freedman,Andrew D. Goodman,Matilde Inglese,Ludwig Kappos,Bernd C. Kieseier,John A. Lincoln,Catherine Lubetzki,Aaron E. Miller,Xavier Montalban,Paul O'Connor,John Petkau,Carlo Pozzilli,Richard A. Rudick,Maria Pia Sormani,Olaf Stüve,Emmanuelle Waubant,Chris H. Polman +31 more
TL;DR: Refined descriptors that include consideration of disease activity (based on clinical relapse rate and imaging findings) and disease progression are proposed and strategies for future research to better define phenotypes are outlined.
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Oral fingolimod or intramuscular interferon for relapsing multiple sclerosis.
Jeffrey A. Cohen,Frederik Barkhof,Giancarlo Comi,Hans Peter Hartung,Bhupendra Khatri,Xavier Montalban,Jean Pelletier,Ruggero Capra,Paolo Gallo,Guillermo Izquierdo,Klaus Tiel-Wilck,Ana de Vera,James Jin,Tracy Stites,Stacy Wu,Shreeram Aradhye,Ludwig Kappos +16 more
TL;DR: This trial showed the superior efficacy of oral fingolimod with respect to relapse rates and MRI outcomes in patients with multiple sclerosis, as compared with intramuscular interferon beta-1a.