Ronny Wickström
About me
Professor of Neuropaediatrics at the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health as of 5 March 2025. Senior Consultant at Karolinska University Hospital.
Research
Ronny Wickström is Professor of paediatric neurology at Karolinska Institutet and Senior Consultant at Karolinska University Hospital. His research group focuses on neuroimmunology and epilepsy in children and adolescents. The research in the group is mainly clinical and aims to increase the understanding of the part inflammation plays in diseases and conditions such as viral infections, autoimmunity, demyelinating diseases, epilepsy and post-traumatic injury. The aim is to pave the way for improved treatments that will give rise to fewer and milder brain injuries.
One line of Wickström’s research involves the role of inflammation in prolonged epileptic seizures that are difficult to control and harmful to the brain. In addition to academic research, he is also involved in several clinical drug studies, including phase III studies on new drugs for epilepsy and demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis, MS, and neuromyelitisoptica, NMO.
Ronny Wickström is Chair of the Swedish Epilepsy Society (national branch of the International League Against Epilepsy, ILAE) and leads the Epilepsy Centre Karolinska, which gathers preclinical and clinical epilepsy research at KI and Karolinska University Hospital, and ties this research to epilepsy care.
Articles
- Article: CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS. 2025;118(1):206-217Gudnadottir U; Wickstrom R; Gunnerbeck A; Prast-Nielsen S; Brusselaers N
- Article: EUROSURVEILLANCE. 2025;30(21):2400579Helfferich J; Calvo C; Alpeter E; Andres C; Anton A; Aubart M; Bova SM; Cabrerizo M; von Eije K; Fabiola S; Felipe A; Iordanova R; Thomsen MK; Knudsen PK; van Loenen F; Lopez N; Mirand A; Molenkamp R; Midgley S; Neves R; Glomb LN; Overbo J; Ozturk G; Palminha P; Pfeiffer HCV; Prochazka B; Ribeiro C; Rodesch M; Schuffenecker I; Shetty J; Siegert S; Solberg SL; Sulik A; Turkdogan D; Unver O; Verweij J; Vila J; Vuorinen T; Wickstrom R; Fischer TK; Harvala H; Benschop KSM
- Article: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL - EXPERIMENTAL, TRANSLATIONAL AND CLINICAL. 2025;11(1):20552173251314118Sandesjo F; Alping P; Fink K; Wickstrom R; Piehl F; Frisell T; Mckay KA
- Article: NEUROLOGY-NEUROIMMUNOLOGY & NEUROINFLAMMATION. 2025;12(1):e200327Sommer S; Panzer A; Bertolini A; Cleaveland R; Jain V; Kapanci T; Derichs U; Geis T; Neu A; Loehr-Nilles C; Aeschimann-Huhn R; Flotats-Bastardas M; Deiva K; Armangue T; Olive-Cirera G; Kannoth S; Koy A; Meirson H; Fattal-Valevski A; Ganelin-Cohen E; Losch H; Horne A; Wickstroem R; Dargvainiene J; Leypoldt F; Rostasy K
- Article: SEIZURE-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPILEPSY. 2024;122:153-164Stredny CM; Steriade C; Papadopoulou M; Pujar S; Kaliakatsos M; Tomko S; Wickstrom R; Cortina C; Zhang B; Bien CG
- Article: CHILD NEUROPSYCHOLOGY. 2024;30(6):882-899Bergman K; Fowler A; Ygberg S; Lovio R; Wickstrom R
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. 2024;271(7):4019-4027Makhani N; Lebrun-Frenay C; Siva A; Shabanova V; Wassmer E; Santoro JD; Narula S; Brenton JN; Mar S; Durand-Dubief F; Zephir H; Mathey G; Rojas JI; de Seze J; Tenembaum S; Stone RT; Casez O; Carra-Dalliere C; Neuteboom RF; Ahsan N; Arroyo HA; Cabre P; Gombolay G; Inglese M; Louapre C; Margoni M; Palavra F; Pohl D; Reich DS; Ruet A; Thouvenot E; Timby N; Tintore M; Uygunoglu U; Vargas W; Venkateswaran S; Verhelst H; Wickstrom R; Azevedo CJ; Kantarci O; Shapiro ED; Okuda DT; Pelletier D
- Journal article: RADIOLOGY ADVANCES. 2024;1(1):umae010van Niekerk A; Svoboda J; Aspelin Å; Sprenger T; Rydén H; Norbeck O; Avventi E; Johansson K; Rygaard N; Lindberg P; Wickström R; Delgado AF; Skare S
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. 2024;31(5):e16228Breu M; Sandesjo F; Milos R-I; Svoboda J; Salzer J; Schneider L; Reichelt JB; Bertolini A; Blaschek A; Fink K; Hoeftberger R; Lycke J; Rostasy K; Seidl R; Siegert S; Wickstrom R; Kornek B
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. 2024;31(5):e16253Sandesjo F; Tremlett H; Fink K; Marrie RA; Zhu F; Wickstrom R; McKay KA
- Journal article: NEUROLOGY. 2024;102(7_supplement_1)Makhani N; Frenay CL; Siva A; Shabanova V; Wassmer E; Santoro J; Narula S; Brenton J; Mar S; Dubief FD; Zephir H; Mathey G; Rojas JI; De Seze J; Tenembaum S; Thompson-Stone R; Casez O; Carra-Dalliere C; Neuteboom RF; Ahsan N; Arroyo H; Cabre P; Gombolay G; Inglese M; Louapre C; Margoni M; Palavra F; Pohl D; Reich D; Ruet A; Thouvenot E; Timby N; Tintore M; Uygunoglu U; Vargas W; Verhelst H; Wickstrom R; Azevedo C; Kantarci O; Shapiro E; Okuda D; Pelletier D
- Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY. 2024;49:45-54Westergren H; Finder M; Marell-Hesla H; Wickström R
- Article: ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD. 2024;109(2):152-157Anastasopoulou S; Svensson E; Wickstroem R; Hertting O; Rinder MR; Bennet R; Eriksson M
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. 2024;13(2):e9128Nordenstam F; Norman M; Caidahl K; Wickstrom R
- Article: EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR. 2024;150:109538Brigo F; Zelano J; Abraira L; Bentes C; Ekdahl C; Lattanzi S; Lossius MI; Redfors P; Rouhl RPW; Russo E; Sander JW; Vogrig A; Wickstrom R
- Journal article: CLINICAL EPILEPTOLOGY. 2023;36(4):298-303Wickstrom R
- Journal article: PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY. 2023;148:223Hakansson ES; Wickstrom R; Zelano J
- Journal article: FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY. 2023;14:1270702Thomschewski A; Giovannini G; Gaspard N; Steinbrenner M; Wickstroem R; Jacobs J
- Article: PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY. 2023;144:19-25Hakansson S; Wickstrom R; Zelano J
- Article: NEUROLOGY-NEUROIMMUNOLOGY & NEUROINFLAMMATION. 2023;10(3):e200102Nikolaus M; Rausch P; Rostasy K; Bertolini A; Wickstroem R; Johannsen J; Denecke J; Breu M; Schimmel M; Diepold K; Haeusler M; Quade A; Berger A; Rosewich H; Steen C; von Au K; Dreesmann M; Finke C; Bartels F; Kaindl AM; Schuelke M; Knierim E
- Article: NEUROPEDIATRICS. 2023;54(01):14-19Quade A; Rostasy K; Wickstrom R; Aydin OF; Sartori S; Nosadini M; Knierim E; Kluger G; Korinthenberg R; Stueve B; Waltz S; Leiz S; Haeusler M
- Article: EPILEPSIA. 2022;63(11):2840-2864Wickstrom R; Taraschenko O; Dilena R; Payne ET; Specchio N; Nabbout R; Koh S; Gaspard N; Hirsch LJ
- Article: EPILEPSIA. 2022;63(11):2827-2839Wickstrom R; Taraschenko O; Dilena R; Payne ET; Specchio N; Nabbout R; Koh S; Gaspard N; Hirsch LJ
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2022;119:22028Sandvik U; Gordon L; Englund M; Fytagoridis A; Martin H; Jensdottir M; Wickström R; Stödberg T
- Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2022;111(7):1331-1337Westergren H; Hesla HM; Altman M; Wickstrom R
- Article: EBIOMEDICINE. 2022;80:104061Dahlin M; Singleton SS; David JA; Basuchoudhary A; Wickstrom R; Mazumder R; Prast-Nielsen S
- Article: INFLAMMATION RESEARCH. 2022;71(4):513-520Salaria M; Singhi S; Singhi P; Sharma M; Mangat N; Bhatia T; Wickstrom R; Aggarwal R
- Article: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2022;91(1):204-208Ygberg S; Fowler A; Wickstrom R
- Journal article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2021;110(12):3390-3391Pfeiffer HCV; De Visscher C; Gjone IH; Ygberg S; Herner LB; Hesselmark E; Idring Nordstrom S; Sandvig I; Skov L; Sorensen CB; Lim M; Wickstrom R; Hedderly T; Debes NM
- Article: JAMA NEUROLOGY. 2021;78(11):1333-1344Nosadini M; Eyre M; Molteni E; Thomas T; Irani SR; Dalmau J; Dale RC; Lim M; International NMDAR Antibody Encephalitis Consensu; Anlar B; Armangue T; Benseler S; Cellucci T; Deiva K; Gallentine W; Gombolay G; Gorman MP; Hacohen Y; Jiang Y; Lim BC; Muscal E; Ndondo A; Neuteboom R; Rostásy K; Sakuma H; Sartori S; Sharma S; Tenembaum SN; Van Mater HA; Wells E; Wickstrom R; Yeshokumar AK
- Article: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND RELATED DISORDERS. 2021;56:103277Sandesjo F; Wassmer E; Deiva K; Amato MP; Chitnis T; Hemingway C; Krupp L; Pohl D; Rostasy K; Waubant E; Banwell B; Wickstrom R
- Article: EPILEPSY RESEARCH. 2021;177:106775Wickstrom R; Ygberg S; Lindefeldt M; Dahlin M
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2021;11(1):18528McKay KA; Wickstrom R; Hillert J; Karrenbauer VD
- Article: NEUROLOGY-NEUROIMMUNOLOGY & NEUROINFLAMMATION. 2021;8(5):e1052Nosadini M; Thomas T; Eyre M; Anlar B; Armangue T; Benseler SM; Cellucci T; Deiva K; Gallentine W; Gombolay G; Gorman MP; Hacohen Y; Jiang Y; Lim BC; Muscal E; Ndondo A; Neuteboom R; Rostasy K; Sakuma H; Sharma S; Tenembaum SN; Van Mater HA; Wells E; Wickstrom R; Yeshokumar AK; Irani SR; Dalmau J; Lim M; Dale RC
- Article: EPILEPSIA OPEN. 2021;6(1):62-72Koh S; Wirrell E; Vezzani A; Nabbout R; Muscal E; Kaliakatsos M; Wickstrom R; Riviello JJ; Brunklaus A; Payne E; Valentin A; Wells E; Carpenter JL; Lee K; Lai Y-C; Eschbach K; Press CA; Gorman M; Stredny CM; Roche W; Mangum T
- Article: MICROORGANISMS. 2021;9(2):322Wickstrom R; Fowler A; Goiny M; Millischer V; Ygberg S; Schwieler L
- Article: EPILEPTIC DISORDERS. 2021;23(1):133-142Cooray G; Ygberg S; Fowler A; Wickstrom R
- Article: PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL. 2020;39(12):e417-e422Fowler A; Ygberg S; Svensson E; Bergman K; Cooray G; Wickstrom R
- Article: ANNALS OF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL NEUROLOGY. 2020;7(12):2467-2474Lai Y-C; Muscal E; Wells E; Shukla N; Eschbach K; Hyeong Lee K; Kaliakatsos M; Desai N; Wickstrom R; Viri M; Freri E; Granata T; Nangia S; Dilena R; Brunklaus A; Wainwright MS; Gorman MP; Stredny CM; Asiri A; Hundallah K; Doja A; Payne E; Wirrell E; Koh S; Carpenter JL; Riviello J
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY. 2020;29:32-40Bruijstens AL; Breu M; Wendel E-M; Wassmer E; Lim M; Neuteboom RE; Wickstrom R
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY. 2020;29:41-53Bruijstens AL; Wendel E-M; Lechner C; Bartels F; Finke C; Breu M; Flet-Berliac L; de Chalus A; Adamsbaum C; Capobianco M; Laetitia G; Hacohen Y; Hemingway C; Wassmer E; Lim M; Baumann M; Wickstrom R; Armangue T; Rostasy K; Deiva K; Neuteboom RF
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY. 2020;29:2-13Bruijstens AL; Lechner C; Flet-Berliac L; Deiva K; Neuteboom RF; Hemingway C; Wassmer E; E.U. paediatric MOG consortium; Baumann M; Bartels F; Finke C; Adamsbaum C; Hacohen Y; Rostasy K
- Article: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES. 2020;47(6):800-809Cadieux-Dion M; Meneghini S; Villa C; Toffa DH; Wickstrom R; Bouthillier A; Sandvik U; Gustavsson B; Mohamed I; Cossette P; Combi R; Becchetti A; Nguyen DK
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY. 2020;29:22-31Armangue T; Capobianco M; de Chalus A; Laetitia G; Deiva K; E.U. paediatric MOG consortium
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY. 2020;29:14-21Baumann M; Bartels F; Finke C; Adamsbaum C; Hacohen Y; Rostásy K; E.U. paediatric MOG consortium
- Article: ANNALS OF INDIAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY. 2020;23(5):616-620Vyas S; Suthar R; Agarwal V; Bhardwaj N; Salaria M; Aggarwal R; Singh P; Wickström R; Singhi P; Singhi S
- Article: ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY. 2020;88(1):148-159Bartels F; Krohn S; Nikolaus M; Johannsen J; Wickstrom R; Schimmel M; Haeusler M; Berger A; Breu M; Blankenburg M; Stoffels J; Hendricks O; Bernert G; Kurlemann G; Knierim E; Kaindl A; Rostasy K; Finke C
- Article: PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL. 2020;39(3):239-243Ygberg S; Fowler A; Bogdanovic G; Wickstrom R
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2020;15(2):e0228622Dahl S; Pettersson M; Eisfeldt J; Schroder AK; Wickstrom R; Fahnehjelm KT; Anderlid B-M; Lindstrand A
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. 2019;8(21):e012629Nordenstam F; Norman M; Wickstrom R
- Article: JOURNAL OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2019;29(8):625-633Gromark C; Harris RA; Wickstrom R; Horne A; Silverberg-Morse M; Serlachius E; Mataix-Cols D
- Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY. 2019;23(5):669Wickstrom R
- Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2019;108(9):1677-1685Dahl S; Wiberg MK; Fahnehjelm KT; Savendahl L; Wickstrom R
- Article: ACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA. 2019;97(5):478-485Manta AS; Olsson M; Ek U; Wickstrom R; Fahnehjelm KT
- Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2019;108(7):1250-1255Nordenstam F; Lundell B; Bonamy A-KE; Raaschou P; Wickstrom R
- Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2019;108(4):694-698Bjerin O; Wickstrom R
- Article: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2018;97(11):1373-1380Gunnerbeck A; Raaschou P; Cnattingius S; Bonamy A-KE; Wickstrom R
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2018;33(10):1011-1020Wickstrom R; Skiold B; Petersson G; Stephansson O; Altman M
- Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2018;107(3):484-489Dahl S; Wickstrom R; Ek U; Fahnehjelm KT
- Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2017;16(1):303Holmberg D; Franzen-Rohl E; Idro R; Opoka RO; Bangirana P; Sellgren CM; Wickstrom R; Farnert A; Schwieler L; Engberg G; John CC
- Article: NICOTINE & TOBACCO RESEARCH. 2017;19(7):797-803Nordenstam F; Lundell B; Cohen G; Tessma MK; Raaschou P; Wickstrom R
- Journal article: LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2017;17(4):354-355Wickstrom R
- Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2017;106(3):463-469Wickstrom R; Fowler A; Bogdanovic G; Bennet R; Eriksson M
- Article: ACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA. 2017;95(1):66-73Hellgren K; Fowler A; Rydberg A; Wickstrom R
- Article: JOURNAL OF CHILD NEUROLOGY. 2016;31(13):1450-1456Ygberg S; Fowler A; Wickstrom R
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY. 2016;20(5):754-757Anastasopoulou S; Lindefeldt M; Bartocci M; Wickstrom R
- Article: PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL. 2016;35(9):961-966Fowler A; Ygberg S; Bogdanovic G; Wickstrom R
- Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY. 2016;20(4):688Ullman H; Fowler A; Wickstrom R
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY. 2016;20(3):457-461Ygberg S; Naess K; Eriksson M; Stranneheim H; Lesko N; Barbaro M; Wibom R; Wang C; Wedell A; Wickstrom R
- Journal article: CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2016;127(3):e111Cooray GK; Sengupta B; Douglas P; Englund M; Wickstrom R; Friston K
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. 2016;263(2):322-326Salzer J; Lycke J; Wickstrom R; Naver H; Piehl F; Svenningsson A
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY. 2016;20(1):125-130Henrik U; Åsa F; Ronny W
- Article: ACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA. 2015;93(7):626-634Ceynowa DJ; Wickstrom R; Olsson M; Ek U; Eriksson U; Wiberg MK; Fahnehjelm KT
- Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2015;118:508-519Cooray GK; Sengupta B; Douglas P; Englund M; Wickstrom R; Friston K
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY. 2014;18(4):543-546Wickstrom R; Fowler A; Cooray G; Karlsson-Parra A; Grillner P
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2014;9(1):e84715Gunnerbeck A; Bonamy A-KE; Wikstrom A-K; Granath F; Wickstrom R; Cnattingius S
- Journal article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2013;102(11):e485-e486Lundqvist M; Agren J; Flink R; Wickstrom R
- Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY. 2013;17:s53Fowler Å; Forsman L; Eriksson M; Wickström R
- Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY. 2013;17:s95Dahl S; Wickstrom R; Ek U; Fahnehjelm K
- Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2013;102(9):863-867Lundqvist M; Agren J; Hellstrom-Westas L; Flink R; Wickstrom R
- Article: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS. 2013;163(2):555-560Fowler A; Forsman L; Eriksson M; Wickstrom R
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY. 2013;17(1):55-63Wickstrom R; Hallberg B; Bartocci M
- Article: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY. 2012;113(11):1718-1726Berner J; Shvarev Y; Zimmer A; Wickstrom R
- Article: PEDIATRICS. 2011;128(3):503-509Gunnerbeck A; Wikstrom A-K; Bonamy A-KE; Wickstrom R; Cnattingius S
- Article: PEDIATRICS. 2010;126(4):e828-e835Fowler A; Stodberg T; Eriksson M; Wickstrom R
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY. 2010;160(6):1443-1452Bilkei-Gorzo A; Berner J; Zimmermann J; Wickstroem R; Racz I; Zimmer A
- Article: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2008;64(6):621-624Berner J; Ringstedt T; Brodin E; Hoekfelt T; Lagercrantz H; Wickstroem R
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY. 2008;12(6):484-490Fowler A; Stodberg T; Eriksson M; Wickstrom R
- Article: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY. 2007;103(2):552-559Berner J; Shvarev Y; Lagercrantz H; Bilkei-Gorzo A; Hoekfelt T; Wickstroem R
- Article: RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROBIOLOGY. 2004;140(1):19-31Wickström HR; Berner J; Holgert H; Hökfelt T; Lagercrantz H
- Article: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2003;53(5):814-816Wong T; Wickström R; Holgert H
- Article: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2002;52(5):763-769Wickström HR; Mas C; Simonneau M; Holgert H; Hökfelt T; Lagercrantz H
- Article: RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROBIOLOGY. 2002;132(2):145-158Wickström R; Hökfelt T; Lagercrantz H
- Article: DEVELOPMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 2000;123(1):53-65Wickström R; Holgert H; Lagercrantz H; Hökfelt T
- Article: DEVELOPMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 1999;112(2):255-266Wickström HR; Holgert H; Hökfelt T; Lagercrantz H
- Journal article: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 1998;44(3):449Wickström R; Holgert H; Hökfelt T; Lagercrantz H
- Journal article: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 1996;40(3):556Wickström R; Holgert H; Hökfelt T; Lagercrantz H
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- Review: EPILEPSIA. 2025;66(4):988-1005Espino PH; Eschbach K; Blank LJ; Cervenka MC; Muscal E; Farias-Moeller R; Gilmore EJ; Gopaul MT; Haider HA; Hanin A; Hirsch LJ; Kellogg MA; Kluger G; Lee S-T; Melendez-Zaidi AE; Navarro V; Oliger AC; Pasini E; Reuner G; Sharpe CM; Sheikh ZB; Steigleder L; Steriade C; Stredny CM; Strzelczyk A; Taraschenko O; van Baalen A; Vinette SA; Wickstroem R; Wong NW; Yoo J; Gofton TE
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2025Gudnadottir U; Wickström R; Gunnerbeck A; Prast-Nielsen S; Brusselaers N
- Conference publication: EPILEPSIA. 2024;65:208Westergren H; Finder M; Marell-Hesla H; Wickstrom R
- Conference publication: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL. 2024;30(3):671Sandesjo F; McKay K; Fink K; Piehl F; Wickstrom R
- Review: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. 2024;31(7):e16284Hagbohm C; Ouellette R; Flanagan EP; Jonsson DI; Piehl F; Banwell B; Wickstroem R; Iacobaeus E; Granberg T; Ineichen BV
- Review: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY. 2024;49:45-54Westergren H; Finder M; Marell-Hesla H; Wickstrom R
- Conference publication: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL. 2022;28(3_SUPPL):358Sandesjo F; Breu M; Reichelt JB; Blaschek A; Lycke J; Svoboda J; Salzer J; Fink K; Rostasy K; Bertolini A; Seidl R; Hoftberger R; Milos R-I; Kornek B; Wickstrom R
- Conference publication: JOURNAL OF HEAD TRAUMA REHABILITATION. 2022;37(6):E554Bergman K; Lovio R; Wickstrom R
- Review: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2021;110(12):3153-3160Pfeiffer HCV; Wickstrom R; Skov L; Sorensen CB; Sandvig I; Gjone IH; Ygberg S; de Visscher C; Idring Nordstrom S; Herner LB; Hesselmark E; Hedderly T; Lim M; Debes NM
- Other: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2020;117:19238Fahnehjelm C; Dahl S; Skriapa Manta A; Lindstrand A; Wickström R; Fahnehjelm K
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS. 2018;26:590-591Dahl S; Pettersson M; Wickstrom R; Fahnehjelm KT; Anderlid B; Lindstrand A
- Review: CURRENT TREATMENT OPTIONS IN NEUROLOGY. 2017;19(1):3Horne A; Wickstrom R; Jordan MB; Yeh EA; Naqvi A; Henter J-I; Janka G
- Conference publication: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL. 2015;21:380Salzer J; Wickstrom R; Piehl F; Lycke J; Svenningsson A
- Conference publication: ACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA. 2014;92:7Ceynowa D; Olsson M; Ek U; Eriksson U; Wickstrom R; Fahnehjelm KT
- Conference publication: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2010;68:124Fowler A; Stodberg T; Eriksson M; Wickstrom R
- Conference publication: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2010;68(1):84-85Gunnerbeck A; Wikstrom A-K; Bonamy A-KE; Wickstrom R; Cnattingius S
- Published conference paper: CELL BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, VOL 14: STEM CELLS IN LINEAGE SPECIFIC DIFFERENTIATION AND DISEASE. 2010;669:129-132Shvarev Y; Berner J; Bilkei-Gorzo A; Lagercrantz H; Wickstrom R
- Other: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2009;106(12):871Ahlberg A; Berner J; Ernestam S; Hallén K; Hägglund H; Liljegren A; Löfberg E; Martling C-R; Sarkar N; Wickström R
- Conference publication: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2007;96:132Fowler A; Stodberg T; Eriksson M; Wickstrom R
- Conference publication: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2007;96:78Berner J; Ringstedt T; Brodin E; Hokfelt T; Lagercrantz H; Wickstrom R
- Review: CURRENT NEUROPHARMACOLOGY. 2007;5(3):213-222Wickstrom R
- Conference publication: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2003;54(4):581Berner J; Wickström R; Brodin E; Hökfelt T; Lagercrantz H
- Conference publication: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2003;54(4):590Wickström R; Berner J; Holgert H; Hökfelt T; Lagercrantz H
- Book chapter: NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISORDERS, 2ED. 2003;p. 37-49Milner A; Lagercrantz H; Wickstrom R
- Doctoral thesis: 2002Wickström R
- Meeting abstract: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 1999;45(6):905Wickström HR; Holgert H; Lagercrantz H; Hökfelt T
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Grants
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2024 - 31 December 2026Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) predominantly affects women, and the clinical onset of MS often occurs during child-bearing age. Clinicians recommend discontinuation of disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) before conception unless the risk of disease worsening outweighs the risk to the fetus. New high-efficacy DMTs such as rituximab, a chimeric monoclonal B-cell-depleting anti-CD20 antibody, are frequently used off-label for the treatment of MS in Sweden. Objective: There is a lack of evidence on the influence of DMTs including anti-CD20-antibodies on the infant´s immune system and their responses to vaccination during the first months after birth. Purpose: To fill the knowledge gaps regarding the impact of the mother´s DMT on a newborn´s humoral immune system. Aims: To investigate the association between mother´s exposure to DMTs pre-pregnancy and infant´s 1) successful B-cell production 2) vaccine response and 3) risk of infections within the first year. Setting: a) Retrospective cohort study with infants born between 2012 and 2022 to mothers with MS treated with DMTs. The infants´humoral immune system will be assessed by analyzing markers of successful B-cell production in newborn dried-blood spot samples. b) Prospective cohort study, recruiting between 2024 och 2025. Vaccine responses and infection rates in infants to mothers with rituximab will be compared to mothers with other DMTs prior to pregnancy.
- VINNOVA1 November 2021 - 6 September 2022
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2010 - 31 December 2012
Employments
- Professor/Senior Physician, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-
- Adjunct Professor, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2025
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2013
- Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2002
- University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 1998