Bethan Lang

18.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
167 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

Bethan Lang is a scholar working on Neurology, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Bethan Lang has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 149 papers in Neurology, 58 papers in Molecular Biology and 28 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Bethan Lang's work include Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments (110 papers), Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma (75 papers) and Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders (56 papers). Bethan Lang is often cited by papers focused on Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments (110 papers), Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma (75 papers) and Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders (56 papers). Bethan Lang collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and India. Bethan Lang's co-authors include Angela Vincent, John Newsom–Davis, Sarosh R. Irani, Patrick Waters, Philippa Pettingill, Camilla Buckley, Luigi Zuliani, Kleopas A. Kleopa, Christian G. Bien and Jonathan M. Schott and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Bethan Lang

165 papers receiving 11.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Antibodies to Kv1 potassium channel-complex proteins leucine-rich, glioma inactivated 1 protein and contactin-associated protein-2 in limbic encephalitis, Morvan’s syndrome and acquired neuromyotonia

2010 976 citations Sarosh R. Irani, Patrick Waters et al. Brain profile →
N-methyl-d-aspartate antibody encephalitis: temporal progression of clinical and paraclinical observations in a predominantly non-paraneoplastic disorder of both sexes

2010 784 citations Sarosh R. Irani, Patrick Waters et al. Brain profile →
Potassium channel antibody‐associated encephalopathy: a potentially immunotherapy‐responsive form of limbic encephalitis

2004 729 citations Angela Vincent, Camilla Buckley et al. Brain profile →
Faciobrachial dystonic seizures precede Lgi1 antibody limbic encephalitis

2010 600 citations Sarosh R. Irani, Andrew W. Michell et al. Annals of Neurology profile →
Glycine receptor antibodies in PERM and related syndromes: characteristics, clinical features and outcomes

2014 333 citations Patrick Waters, Bethan Lang et al. Brain profile →
MOG cell-based assay detects non-MS patients with inflammatory neurologic disease

2015 271 citations Patrick Waters, Bethan Lang et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bethan Lang United Kingdom	54	9.7k	2.7k	2.1k	1.7k	1.1k	167	11.7k
Maarten J. Titulaer Netherlands	48	10.2k 1.0×	1.7k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	2.6k 1.5×	837 0.8×	120	11.5k
Eric Lancaster United States	34	6.2k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	585 0.5×	72	7.7k
Eugenia Martínez‐Hernández Spain	36	8.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.4×	1.6k 0.7×	2.0k 1.2×	510 0.5×	82	8.9k
Andrew McKeon United States	66	10.8k 1.1×	2.1k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	581 0.5×	260	13.2k
Meizan Lai United States	17	4.8k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	508 0.5×	24	6.0k
Alan Pestronk United States	70	7.4k 0.8×	5.4k 2.0×	4.4k 2.1×	661 0.4×	1.4k 1.3×	242	15.3k
Frank Leypoldt Germany	34	4.6k 0.5×	1.4k 0.5×	970 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	342 0.3×	111	7.0k
Harald Prüß Germany	46	4.5k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	988 0.6×	350 0.3×	222	7.0k
Thaís Armangué Spain	34	5.9k 0.6×	882 0.3×	904 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	375 0.3×	77	6.8k
Amy J. Gleichman United States	16	4.9k 0.5×	1.0k 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	333 0.3×	22	5.8k

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Vichayanrat, Ekawat, Jalesh N. Panicker, Bethan Lang, et al.. (2021). Multimodal Biomarkers Quantify Recovery in Autoimmune Autonomic Ganglionopathy. Annals of Neurology. 89(4). 753–768. 20 indexed citations

Handel, Adam E., Teresa C. Moloney, Archana Ramesh, et al.. (2020). Clinical features which predict neuronal surface autoantibodies in new-onset focal epilepsy: implications for immunotherapies. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 92(3). 291–294. 37 indexed citations

Makuch, Mateusz, et al.. (2017). The importance of early immunotherapy in 103 patients with faciobrachial dystonic seizures. Brain. 1 indexed citations

Wright, Sukhvir, Ada T. Geerts, Cornelia M. Jol‐van der Zijde, et al.. (2015). NEURONAL ANTIBODIES IN PAEDIATRIC EPILEPSY : CLINICAL FEATURES AND LONG-TERM OUTCOMES. Epilepsia. 56. 252–253. 1 indexed citations

Vezzani, Annamaria, Bethan Lang, & Eleonora Aronica. (2015). Immunity and Inflammation in Epilepsy. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. 6(2). a022699–a022699. 186 indexed citations

Fox, Annette, Heiman Wertheim, Le Nguyen Minh Hoa, et al.. (2013). Acute Measles Encephalitis in Partially Vaccinated Adults. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e71671–e71671. 13 indexed citations

Pákozdy, Ákos, Péter Halász, Andrea Klang, et al.. (2012). Suspected Limbic Encephalitis and Seizure in Cats Associated with Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel (VGKC) Complex Antibody. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 27(1). 212–214. 50 indexed citations

Becker, Esther B. E., Luigi Zuliani, Bethan Lang, et al.. (2012). Contactin-associated protein-2 antibodies in non-paraneoplastic cerebellar ataxia. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 83(4). 437–440. 96 indexed citations

Titulaer, Maarten J., Paul Maddison, Jacob K. Sont, et al.. (2011). Clinical Dutch-English Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome (LEMS) Tumor Association Prediction Score Accurately Predicts Small-Cell Lung Cancer in the LEMS. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 29(7). 902–908. 117 indexed citations

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Dale, Russell C., et al.. (2011). Treatment-responsive pandysautonomia in an adolescent with ganglionic α3-AChR antibodies. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology. 16(4). 396–398. 8 indexed citations

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Irani, Sarosh R., Andrew W. Michell, Bethan Lang, et al.. (2010). Faciobrachial dystonic seizures precede Lgi1 antibody limbic encephalitis. Annals of Neurology. 69(5). 892–900. 600 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chapman, Caroline, J.F.R. Robertson, Andrea Murray, et al.. (2010). The Presence of Autoantibodies to Tumour-Associated Antigens Can Predate Clinical Diagnosis of Small Cell Lung Cancer. CHEST Journal. 138(4). 775A–775A. 5 indexed citations

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Kleopa, Kleopas A., Lauren Elman, Bethan Lang, Angela Vincent, & Steven S. Scherer. (2006). Neuromyotonia and limbic encephalitis sera target mature Shaker-type K+ channels: subunit specificity correlates with clinical manifestations. Brain. 129(6). 1570–1584. 118 indexed citations

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Lang, Bethan, et al.. (2004). The clinical phenotype of non-paraneoplastic voltage gated potassium channel antibody (VGKC Ab) associated CNS disease. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 75(3). 518–518. 2 indexed citations

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Schott, Jonathan M., A. Vincent, Linda Clover, et al.. (2004). Potassium channel antibody associated encephalitis: A potentially treatable non-paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 75(3). 519–519. 2 indexed citations

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Pinto, Ashwin, Fraser J. Moss, Bethan Lang, et al.. (1998). Differential Effect of Lambert‐Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome Immunoglobulin on Cloned Neuronal Voltage‐gated Calcium Channels^a. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 841(1). 687–690. 8 indexed citations

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Polizzi, Agata, et al.. (1998). Neuronal Staining Patterns in Sera from Patients with Lambert‐Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome^a. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 841(1). 684–686. 1 indexed citations

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Lang, Bethan, Sally A. Waterman, Ashwin Pinto, et al.. (1998). The Role of Autoantibodies in Lambert‐Eaton Myasthenic Syndromea^a. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 841(1). 596–605. 19 indexed citations

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Lang, Bethan, I Johnston, K Leys, et al.. (1993). Autoantibody Specificities in Lambert‐Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 681(1). 382–393. 27 indexed citations

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Engel, Andrew G., et al.. (1987). Lambert‐Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome IgG: Early Morphologic Effects and Immunolocalization at the Motor Endplate^a. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 505(1). 333–345. 13 indexed citations

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