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Sonja E. Leonhard
Researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam
Publications - 21
Citations - 717
Sonja E. Leonhard is an academic researcher from Erasmus University Rotterdam. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Zika virus. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 17 publications receiving 330 citations. Previous affiliations of Sonja E. Leonhard include University of Amsterdam & Erasmus University Medical Center.
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Diagnosis and management of Guillain–Barré syndrome in ten steps
Sonja E. Leonhard,Melissa R. Mandarakas,Francisco de Assis Aquino Gondim,Kathleen Bateman,Maria Lucia Brito Ferreira,David R. Cornblath,Pieter A. van Doorn,Mario Emilio Dourado,Richard A. C. Hughes,Badrul Islam,Susumu Kusunoki,Carlos A. Pardo,Ricardo Reisin,James J. Sejvar,Nortina Shahrizaila,Cristiane Soares,Thirugnanam Umapathi,Yuzhong Wang,Eppie M. Yiu,Eppie M. Yiu,Hugh J. Willison,Bart C. Jacobs +21 more
TL;DR: A globally applicable guideline for the diagnosis and management of Guillain–Barré syndrome is provided, including information on early recognition of the disease, prediction of clinical course and outcome, andmanagement of complications and sequelae.
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Neurological disease in adults with Zika and chikungunya virus infection in Northeast Brazil: a prospective observational study.
Maria Lucia Brito Ferreira,Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque,Carlos Alexandre Antunes de Brito,Rafael F. O. França,Álvaro José Porto Moreira,Maria Íris de Morais Machado,Roberta da Paz Melo,Raquel Medialdea-Carrera,Solange Dornelas Mesquita,Marcela Lopes Santos,Ravi Mehta,Rafael Ramos e Silva,Sonja E. Leonhard,Mark Ellul,Mark Ellul,Anna Rosala-Hallas,Girvan Burnside,Lance Turtle,Lance Turtle,Michael J. Griffiths,Bart C. Jacobs,Maneesh Bhojak,Hugh J. Willison,Lindomar Pena,Carlos A. Pardo,Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes,Celina Maria Turchi Martelli,David W. Brown,David W. Brown,Marli Tenório Cordeiro,Suzannah Lant,Tom Solomon,Tom Solomon,Tom Solomon +33 more
TL;DR: There is a wide and overlapping spectrum of neurological manifestations caused by Zika or chikungunya mono-infection and by dual infections, and the possible increased risk of acute cerebrovascular disease in patients with dual infection merits further investigation.
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Neurosarcoidosis in a Tertiary Referral Center: A Cross-Sectional Cohort Study
Sonja E. Leonhard,Daan Fritz,Filip Eftimov,Anneke J. van der Kooi,Diederik van de Beek,Matthijs C. Brouwer +5 more
TL;DR: The majority of patients with neurosarcoidosis present with chronic meningitis without a history of systemic sarcoideosis, and the diagnosis can be difficult to make because of the poor sensitivity of most diagnostic tests.
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Guillain-Barré syndrome related to Zika virus infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the clinical and electrophysiological phenotype.
Sonja E. Leonhard,Cristiane C. Bresani-Salvi,Joanna d'Arc Lyra Batista,Sérgio Souza da Cunha,Bart C. Jacobs,Maria Lucia Brito Ferreira,Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque +6 more
TL;DR: The clinical phenotype of GBS associated with ZIKV infection reported in literature is generally a sensorimotor demyelinating GBS with frequent facial palsy and a severe disease course often necessitating ICU admittance, suggesting a post-infectious disease mechanism.
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Guillain-Barré syndrome after SARS-CoV-2 infection in an international prospective cohort study.
Linda W G Luijten,Sonja E. Leonhard,Annemiek A. van der Eijk,Alex Y Doets,Luise Appeltshauser,Samuel Arends,Shahram Attarian,Luana Benedetti,Chiara Briani,Carlos Casasnovas,Francesca Castellani,Efthimios Dardiotis,Andoni Echaniz-Laguna,Marcel P J Garssen,Thomas Harbo,Ruth Huizinga,Andrea M Humm,Korné Jellema,Anneke J. van der Kooi,Krista Kuitwaard,Krista Kuitwaard,Thierry Kuntzer,Susumu Kusunoki,Agustina M. Lascano,Eugenia Martinez-Hernandez,Simon Rinaldi,Johnny P A Samijn,Olivier Scheidegger,Pinelopi Tsouni,Alex Vicino,Leo H. Visser,Christa Walgaard,Yuzhong Wang,Paul W. Wirtz,P. Ripellino,Bart C. Jacobs +35 more
TL;DR: The International Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) Outcome Study as mentioned in this paper was used to investigate clinical and laboratory signs of a preceding or concurrent SARS-CoV-2 infection and describe the associated clinical phenotype and disease course.