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José M.A. Wijnands
Researcher at University of British Columbia
Publications - 26
Citations - 601
José M.A. Wijnands is an academic researcher from University of British Columbia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Prodrome. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 24 publications receiving 446 citations. Previous affiliations of José M.A. Wijnands include Maastricht University Medical Centre & Public Health Research Institute.
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Health-care use before a first demyelinating event suggestive of a multiple sclerosis prodrome: a matched cohort study
José M.A. Wijnands,Elaine Kingwell,Feng Zhu,Yinshan Zhao,Tanja Högg,Karen Stadnyk,Okechukwu Ekuma,Xinya Lu,Charity Evans,John D. Fisk,Ruth Ann Marrie,Helen Tremlett +11 more
TL;DR: More frequent use of health care in patients with multiple sclerosis than in controls in the 5 years before a first demyelinating event, according to health administrative data, suggests the existence of a measurable multiple sclerosis prodrome.
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Disease-modifying drugs for multiple sclerosis and infection risk: a cohort study
José M.A. Wijnands,Feng Zhu,Elaine Kingwell,John D. Fisk,Charity Evans,Ruth Ann Marrie,Yinshan Zhao,Helen Tremlett +7 more
TL;DR: While no DMTs were associated with infection-related hospital claims, these hospitalisations were also uncommon, and continued pharmacovigilance is warranted, including an investigation of the DMT-associated infection burden on patient outcomes.
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Infection-related health care utilization among people with and without multiple sclerosis
José M.A. Wijnands,Elaine Kingwell,Feng Zhu,Yinshan Zhao,John D. Fisk,Charity Evans,Ruth Ann Marrie,Helen Tremlett +7 more
TL;DR: Infection-related health care utilization was increased in people with MS across all age groups, with a higher burden for men.
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Five years before multiple sclerosis onset: Phenotyping the prodrome.
José M.A. Wijnands,Feng Zhu,Elaine Kingwell,Yinshan Zhao,Okechukwu Ekuma,Xinya Lu,Charity Evans,John D. Fisk,Ruth Ann Marrie,Helen Tremlett +9 more
TL;DR: P phenotyping the prodrome 5 years before clinical recognition of MS is feasible, and cases had more psychiatrist and urologist encounters and higher proportions of musculoskeletal, genito-urinary or hormonal-related prescriptions.
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Determinants of the prevalence of gout in the general population: a systematic review and meta-regression
José M.A. Wijnands,Wolfgang Viechtbauer,Kristof Thevissen,Ilja C. W. Arts,Pieter C. Dagnelie,Coen D.A. Stehouwer,Sjef van der Linden,Annelies Boonen +7 more
TL;DR: Gout is a common disease and the large variation in the prevalence data on gout is explained by sex, continent on which the study was performed, and the case definition of gout.