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Alexis Elbaz

Researcher at Université Paris-Saclay

Publications -  234
Citations -  31979

Alexis Elbaz is an academic researcher from Université Paris-Saclay. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 69, co-authored 205 publications receiving 27260 citations. Previous affiliations of Alexis Elbaz include King's College London & French Institute of Health and Medical Research.

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Mortality in patients with Parkinson's disease treated by stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus.

TL;DR: Subthalamic nucleus (STN) stimulation improves motor disability and quality of life in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) and based on a historical comparison of 118 operated patients with 39 nonoperated patients from a different population, survival among operated patients was not better.
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Changing mortality for motor neuron disease in France (1968–2007): an age-period-cohort analysis

TL;DR: Mortality rates for MND increased between 1968 and 2007, and more rapidly in women than men, and this increase was better explained by the birth-cohort of individuals than by period effects.
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Cumulative associations between midlife health behaviors and physical functioning in early old age: a 17-year prospective cohort study.

TL;DR: To examine cumulative associations between midlife health behaviors and walking speed and upper‐limb strength in early old age, a large number of studies have found associations between these behaviors and mortality in midlife are positive.
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A diagnostic flow chart for POLG-related diseases based on signs sensitivity and specificity

TL;DR: High sensitivity but low specificity was observed with single signs such as axonal sensory neuropathy, cerebellar syndrome, movement disorders and weakness involving ocular, pharyngeal, axial and/or limb muscles and Phenotypes associated with POLG mutations follow a reproducible pattern, which allows establishing a diagnostic flow chart.