Leszek Stawiarz

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Honorary Member of the Swedish MS Society, 2008.

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Article: FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY. 2023;14:1274194

Predictors of treatment switching in the Big Multiple Sclerosis Data Network

Spelman T; Magyari M; Butzkueven H; van der Walt A; Vukusic S; Trojano M; Iaffaldano P; Horakova D; Drahota J; Pellegrini F; Hyde R; Duquette P; Lechner-Scott J; Sajedi SA; Lalive P; Shaygannejad V; Ozakbas S; Eichau S; Alroughani R; Terzi M; Girard M; Kalincik T; Grand'Maison F; Skibina O; Khoury SJ; Yamout B; Sa MJ; Gerlach O; Blanco Y; Karabudak R; Oreja-Guevara C; Altintas A; Hughes S; Mccombe P; Ampapa R; de Gans K; Mcguigan C; Soysal A; Prevost J; John N; Inshasi J; Stawiarz L; Manouchehrinia A; Forsberg L; Sellebjerg F; Glaser A; Pontieri L; Joensen H; Rasmussen PV; Sejbaek T; Poulsen MB; Christensen JR; Kant M; Stilund M; Mathiesen H; Hillert J
Article: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND RELATED DISORDERS. 2022;68:104220

Effectiveness of first generation disease-modifying therapy to prevent conversion to secondary progressive multiple sclerosis

Tedeholm H; Piehl F; Lycke J; Link J; Stawiarz L; Burman J; de Flon P; Fink K; Gunnarsson M; Mellergard J; Nilsson P; Sundstrom P; Svenningsson A; Johansson H; Andersen O
Article: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL - EXPERIMENTAL, TRANSLATIONAL AND CLINICAL. 2022;8(4):20552173221144230-205521732211442

Association between brain volume and disability over time in multiple sclerosis

Moridi T; Stawiarz L; McKay KA; Ineichen BV; Ouellette R; Ferreira D; Muehlboeck J-S; Westman E; Kockum I; Olsson T; Piehl F; Hillert J; Manouchehrinia A; Granberg T
Article: ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY. 2022;91(3):417-423

Reduction in Cognitive Processing Speed Surrounding Multiple Sclerosis Relapse

McKay KA; Bedri SK; Manouchehrinia A; Stawiarz L; Olsson T; Hillert J; Fink K
Article: FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY. 2021;12:647811

Treatment Switching and Discontinuation Over 20 Years in the Big Multiple Sclerosis Data Network

Hillert J; Magyari M; Soelberg Sorensen P; Butzkueven H; Van Der Welt A; Vukusic S; Trojano M; Iaffaldano P; Pellegrini F; Hyde R; Stawiarz L; Manouchehrinia A; Spelman T
Article: BRAIN. 2020;143(7):2089-2105

Multiple sclerosis lesions in motor tracts from brain to cervical cord: spatial distribution and correlation with disability

Kerbrat A; Gros C; Badji A; Bannier E; Galassi F; Combes B; Chouteau R; Labauge P; Ayrignac X; Carra-Dalliere C; Maranzano J; Granberg T; Ouellette R; Stawiarz L; Hillert J; Talbott J; Tachibana Y; Hori M; Kamiya K; Chougar L; Lefeuvre J; Reich DS; Nair G; Valsasina P; Rocca MA; Filippi M; Chu R; Bakshi R; Callot V; Pelletier J; Audoin B; Maarouf A; Collongues N; De Seze J; Edan G; Cohen-Adad J
Article: BRAIN. 2019;142(3):633-646

Spatial distribution of multiple sclerosis lesions in the cervical spinal cord

Eden D; Gros C; Badji A; Dupont SM; De Leener B; Maranzano J; Ren Z; Liu Y; Granberg T; Ouellette R; Stawiarz L; Hillert J; Talbott J; Bannier E; Kerbrat A; Edan G; Labauge P; Callot V; Pelletier J; Audoin B; Rasoanandrianina H; Brisset J-C; Valsasina P; Rocca MA; Filippi M; Bakshi R; Tauhid S; Prados F; Yiannakas M; Kearney H; Ciccarelli O; Smith SA; Treaba CA; Mainero C; Lefeuvre J; Reich DS; Nair G; Shepherd TM; Charlson E; Tachibana Y; Hori M; Kamiya K; Chougar L; Narayanan S; Cohen-Adad J
Article: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND RELATED DISORDERS. 2019;27:171-178

Multiple sclerosis registries in Europe - An updated mapping survey

Glaser A; Stahmann A; Meissner T; Flachenecker P; Horakova D; Zaratin P; Brichetto G; Pugliatti M; Rienhoff O; Vukusic S; de Giacomoni AC; Battaglia MA; Brola W; Butzkueven H; Casey R; Drulovic J; Eichstaedt K; Hellwig K; Iaffaldano P; Ioannidou E; Kuhle J; Lycke K; Magyari M; Malbasa T; Middleton R; Myhr KM; Notas K; Orologas A; Otero-Romero S; Pekmezovic T; Sastre-Garriga J; Seeldrayers P; Soilu-Hanninen M; Stawiarz L; Trojano M; Ziemssen T; Hillert J; Thalheim C
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2019;184:901-915

Automatic segmentation of the spinal cord and intramedullary multiple sclerosis lesions with convolutional neural networks

Gros C; De Leener B; Badji A; Maranzano J; Eden D; Dupont SM; Talbott J; Ren Z; Liu Y; Granberg T; Ouellette R; Tachibana Y; Hori M; Kamiya K; Chougar L; Stawiarz L; Hillert J; Bannier E; Kerbrat A; Edan G; Labauge P; Callot V; Pelletier J; Audoin B; Rasoanandrianina H; Brisset J-C; Valsasina P; Rocca MA; Filippi M; Bakshi R; Tauhid S; Prados F; Yiannakas M; Kearney H; Ciccarelli O; Smith S; Treaba CA; Mainero C; Lefeuvre J; Reich DS; Nair G; Auclair V; McLaren DG; Martin AR; Fehlings MG; Vahdat S; Khatibi A; Doyon J; Shepherd T; Charlson E; Narayanan S; Cohen-Adad J
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2018;33(4):415-423

Smoking and susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis in a Swedish population-based case-control study

Hedstrom AK; Stawiarz L; Klareskog L; Alfredsson L
Article: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL. 2017;23(9):1233-1240

Importance of early treatment initiation in the clinical course of multiple sclerosis

Kavaliunas A; Manouchehrinia A; Stawiarz L; Ramanujam R; Agholme J; Hedstrom AK; Beiki O; Glaser A; Hillert J
Article: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL. 2016;22(8):1071-1079

A significant decrease in diagnosis of primary progressive multiple sclerosis: A cohort study

Westerlind H; Stawiarz L; Fink K; Hillert J; Manouchehrinia A
Article: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL. 2014;20(12):1578-1583

New data identify an increasing sex ratio of multiple sclerosis in Sweden

Westerlind H; Bostrom I; Stawiarz L; Landtblom A-M; Almqvist C; Hillert J
Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY. 2014;274(1-2):149-154

Multiple sclerosis patients lacking oligoclonal bands in the cerebrospinal fluid have less global and regional brain atrophy.

Ferreira D; Voevodskaya O; Imrell K; Stawiarz L; Spulber G; Wahlund L-O; Hillert J; Westman E; Karrenbauer VD
Article: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL. 2013;19(6):765-774

Time to secondary progression in patients with multiple sclerosis who were treated with first generation immunomodulating drugs

Tedeholm H; Lycke J; Skoog B; Lisovskaja V; Hillert J; Dahle C; Fagius J; Fredrikson S; Landtblom A-M; Malmestrom C; Martin C; Piehl F; Runmarker B; Stawiarz L; Vrethem M; Nerman O; Andersen O
Article: ACTA NEUROLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2013;127(4):281-289

Callosal atrophy in multiple sclerosis is related to cognitive speed

Bergendal G; Martola J; Stawiarz L; Kristoffersen-Wiberg M; Fredrikson S; Almkvist O
Article: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL. 2013;19(1):46-52

Sex ratio of multiple sclerosis in the National Swedish MS Register (SMSreg)

Bostrom I; Stawiarz L; Landtblom A-M
Article: NEURORADIOLOGY. 2010;52(2):109-117

A longitudinal observational study of brain atrophy rate reflecting four decades of multiple sclerosis: a comparison of serial 1D, 2D, and volumetric measurements from MRI images

Martola J; Bergstrom J; Fredrikson S; Stawiarz L; Hillert J; Zhang Y; Flodmark O; Lilja A; Ekbom A; Aspelin P; Wiberg MK
Article: ACTA RADIOLOGICA. 2009;50(8):924-932

One-Dimensional-Ratio Measures of Atrophy Progression in Multiple Sclerosis as Evaluated by Longitudinal Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Martola J; Stawiarz L; Fredrikson S; Hillert J; Bergstrom J; Flodmark O; Aspelin P; Wiberg MK
Article: ACTA RADIOLOGICA. 2008;49(5):570-579

Rate of ventricular enlargement in multiple sclerosis: A nine-year magnetic resonance imaging follow-up study

Martola J; Stawiarz L; Fredrikson S; Hillert J; Bergstrom J; Flodmark O; Aspelin P; Wiberg MK
Article: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL. 2008;14(5):679-690

Modeling the cost-effectiveness of a new treatment for MS (natalizumab) compared with current standard practice in Sweden

Kobelt G; Berg J; Lindgren P; Jonsson B; Stawiarz L; Hillert J
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2007;104(22):1684-1688

[Early immunotherapy in MS reduces the risk of later disability. The secondary progressive course is delayed, according to a study with virtual placebo].

Tedeholm H; Skoog B; Hillert J; Runmarker B; Stawiarz L; Oluf A
Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY. 2007;78(4):375-380

Progression of non-age-related callosal brain atrophy in multiple sclerosis: a 9-year longitudinal MRI study representing four decades of disease development

Juha M; Leszek S; Sten F; Jan H; Jakob B; Olof F; Maria KW
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2004;101(44):3456-3457

[The Swedish MS registry points out an important clinical problem: physical and psychological fatigue is a main symptom in multiple sclerosis].

Landtblom A-M; Flensner G; Callander M; Stawiarz L
Article: NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. 2003;352(2):101-104

Decreased levels of CD95 and caspase-8 mRNA in multiple sclerosis patients with gadolinium-enhancing lesions on MRI

Gomes AC; Morris M; Stawiarz L; Jönsson G; Putheti P; Bronge L; Link H; Hillert J
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. 2003;10(5):529-535

Multiple sclerosis:: a study of chemokine receptors and regulatory T cells in relation to MRI variables

Putheti P; Morris M; Stawiarz L; Teleshova N; Kivisäkk P; Pashenkov M; Kouwenhoven M; Wiberg MK; Bronge L; Huang YM; Söderström M; Hillert J; Link H
Article: JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES. 2000;181(1-2):56-64

Seasonal patterns in optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis:: a meta-analysis

Jin YP; de Pedro-Cuesta J; Söderström M; Stawiarz L; Link H
Article: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 1999;8(6):433-445

Epidemiological assessment of levodopa use in Spain, 1990-1995.: Persistent, low consumption in the South

Cuadrado JI; De Pedro-Cuesta J; Abraira V; Stawiarz L; Iñesta A; Almazán J
Article: ACTA NEUROLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 1999;100(1):18-24

High numbers of perforin mRNA expressing CSF cells in multiple sclerosis patients with gadolinium-enhancing brain MRI lesions

Kivisäkk P; Stawiarz L; Matusevicius D; Fredrikson S; Söderström M; Hindmarsh T; Link H
Article: JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES. 1998;159(1):107-114

Incidence of optic neuritis in Stockholm, Sweden 1990-1995:: I.: Age, sex, birth and ethnic-group related patterns

Jin YP; de Pedro-Cuesta J; Söderström M; Stawiarz L; Link H
Article: ACTA NEUROLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 1995;91(2):89-97

LEVODOPA USE IN DENMARK - HIGH-LEVELS IN GREENLAND AND THE FAROE ISLANDS

DEPEDROCUESTA J; WERMUTH L; ABRAIRA V; STAWIARZ L
Article: ACTA NEUROLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 1995;91(2):79-88

HIGH LEVODOPA USE IN PERIODICALLY TIME-CLUSTERED, ICELANDIC BIRTH COHORTS - A VESTIGE OF PARKINSONISM ETIOLOGY

DEPEDROCUESTA J; PETERSEN IJ; STAWIARZ L; GUDMUNDSSON G; GUDMUNDSSON G; ALMAZAN J; TULINIUS H; JOHANSSON H
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Letter: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2021;290(2):473-476

Neurofilament light chain as a marker for cortical atrophy in multiple sclerosis without radiological signs of disease activity

Ineichen BV; Moridi T; Ewing E; Ouellette R; Manouchehrinia A; Stawiarz L; Ferreira D; Muehlboeck SJ; Kuhle J; Westman E; Leppert D; Hillert J; Olsson T; Kockum I; Piehl F; Granberg T
Letter: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL. 2017;23(2):305-307

Re: Declines in the diagnosis of primary progressive MS-A critical change in phenotype or critical measurement error?

Westerlind H; Stawiarz L; Fink K; Hillert J; Manouchehrinia A
Review: ACTA NEUROLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2015;132(199):11-19

The Swedish MS registry - clinical support tool and scientific resource

Hillert J; Stawiarz L
Published conference paper: CELL BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, VOL 14: STEM CELLS IN LINEAGE SPECIFIC DIFFERENTIATION AND DISEASE. 2015;822:19-24

The Influence of Immunomodulatory Treatment on the Clinical Course of Multiple Sclerosis

Kavaliunas A; Stawiarz L; Hedbom J; Glaser A; Hillert J
Meeting abstract: JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY. 2014;275(1-2):16-17

Number of OCBs in CSF at diagnosis timepoint,- predictor of long term radiological outcome in MS?

Karrenbauer VD; Evertsson B; Stawiarz L; Imrell K; Voevodskayac O; Wahlund L-O; Hillert J; Westman E; Ferreira D
Letter: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL. 2014;20(4):513-514

Age-specific sex ratio of multiple sclerosis in the National Swedish MS Register (SMSreg)

Bostrom I; Stawiarz L; Landtblom A-M
Meeting abstract: ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 2013;71:383

GENDER AND PREVIOUS TREATMENT INFLUENCE OUTCOMES FROM ABATACEPT IN A 5-YEAR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS COHORT

Lindblad S; Stawiarz L
Published conference paper: MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE. 2000;43(1):102-110

Regression analysis of metabolite concentrations estimated from localized proton MR spectra of active and chronic multiple sclerosis lesions

Helms G; Stawiarz L; Kivisäkk P; Link H

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