Deborah de Leon

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Deborah de Leon is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Deborah de Leon has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 14 papers in Neurology and 1 paper in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Deborah de Leon's work include Neurological disorders and treatments (14 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (11 papers) and Hereditary Neurological Disorders (6 papers). Deborah de Leon is often cited by papers focused on Neurological disorders and treatments (14 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (11 papers) and Hereditary Neurological Disorders (6 papers). Deborah de Leon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Sweden. Deborah de Leon's co-authors include Susan Bressman, Stanley Fahn, Laurie J. Ozelius, Neil Risch, Mitchell F. Brin, Xandra O. Breakefield, Patricia L. Kramer, James F. Gusella, Jeffrey Hewett and Christo Shalish and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Deborah de Leon

16 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

The early-onset torsion dystonia gene (DYT1) encodes an A... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 250 500 750
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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.

  1. The early-onset torsion dystonia gene (DYT1) encodes an ATP-binding protein
    1997 770 citations Laurie J. Ozelius, Jeffrey Hewett et al. Nature Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Deborah de Leon United States 14 1.6k 1.5k 370 253 178 16 2.1k
Stefan-M. Pulst United States 20 985 0.6× 1.4k 1.0× 1.5k 3.9× 178 0.7× 125 0.7× 29 2.2k
Duong P. Huynh United States 23 1.1k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 1.3k 3.5× 136 0.5× 309 1.7× 37 2.2k
José Berciano Spain 23 598 0.4× 1.1k 0.7× 455 1.2× 136 0.5× 105 0.6× 55 1.6k
Una‐Marie Sheerin United Kingdom 13 1.3k 0.8× 567 0.4× 495 1.3× 241 1.0× 150 0.8× 19 1.7k
Christoph Kamm Germany 19 805 0.5× 669 0.5× 180 0.5× 83 0.3× 134 0.8× 37 1.1k
Emilia Bellone Italy 24 787 0.5× 1.0k 0.7× 681 1.8× 176 0.7× 195 1.1× 100 1.8k
Karla P. Figueroa United States 23 675 0.4× 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 3.3× 124 0.5× 115 0.6× 45 1.7k
Gian Maria Fabrizi Italy 22 540 0.3× 891 0.6× 686 1.9× 142 0.6× 310 1.7× 88 1.6k
Christine Zühlke Germany 29 635 0.4× 1.5k 1.0× 1.5k 4.2× 221 0.9× 220 1.2× 67 2.1k
Haruhiko Naito Japan 14 608 0.4× 1.2k 0.8× 1.0k 2.8× 227 0.9× 32 0.2× 50 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Deborah de Leon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Deborah de Leon

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Klein, Christine, Liu Liu, Dana Doheny, et al.. (2002). ε‐sarcoglycan mutations found in combination with other dystonia gene mutations. Annals of Neurology. 52(5). 675–679. 69 indexed citations
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Ozelius, Laurie J., Christine Klein, Jeffrey Hewett, et al.. (1999). The TOR1A (DYT1) Gene Family and Its Role in Early Onset Torsion Dystonia. Genomics. 62(3). 377–384. 119 indexed citations
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Kramer, Patricia L., Mari Mineta, Christine Klein, et al.. (1999). Rapid-onset dystonia-parkinsonism: Linkage to chromosome 19q13. Annals of Neurology. 46(2). 176–182. 52 indexed citations
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Klein, Christine, Mitchell F. Brin, Patricia Kramer, et al.. (1999). Association of a missense change in the D2 dopamine receptor with myoclonus dystonia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96(9). 5173–5176. 90 indexed citations
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Ozelius, Laurie J., Jeffrey Hewett, Susan Bressman, et al.. (1997). The early-onset torsion dystonia gene (DYT1) encodes an ATP-binding protein. Nature Genetics. 17(1). 40–48. 770 indexed citations breakdown →
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Almasy, Laura, Susan Bressman, Deborah de Leon, & Neil Risch. (1997). Ethnic variation in the clinical expression of idiopathic torsion dystonia. Movement Disorders. 12(5). 715–721. 16 indexed citations
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Ozelius, Laurie J., Jeffrey Hewett, Patricia Kramer, et al.. (1997). Fine Localization of the Torsion Dystonia Gene (DYT1) on Human Chromosome 9q34: YAC Map and Linkage Disequilibrium. Genome Research. 7(5). 483–494. 50 indexed citations
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Risch, Neil, Deborah de Leon, Laurie J. Ozelius, et al.. (1995). Genetic analysis of idiopathic torsion dystonia in Ashkenazi Jews and their recent descent from a small founder population. Nature Genetics. 9(2). 152–159. 318 indexed citations
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Gordon, Mark Forrest, Susan Bressman, Mitchell F. Brin, et al.. (1995). Dystonia in a patient with deletion of 18q. Movement Disorders. 10(4). 496–499. 25 indexed citations
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Bressman, Susan, Ann Hunt, Gary A. Heiman, et al.. (1994). Exclusion of the DYT1 locus in a non‐Jewish family with early‐onset dystonia. Movement Disorders. 9(6). 626–632. 29 indexed citations
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Bressman, Susan, Deborah de Leon, Patricia L. Kramer, et al.. (1994). Dystonia in Ashkenazi Jews: Clinical characterization of a founder mutation. Annals of Neurology. 36(5). 771–777. 131 indexed citations
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Schuback, Deborah E., Laurie J. Ozelius, Gösta Holmgren, et al.. (1991). Dopamine beta-hydroxylase gene excluded in four subtypes of hereditary dystonia. Human Genetics. 87(3). 311–316. 6 indexed citations
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Leon, Deborah de, Carol Moskowitz, & Celia Stewart. (1991). Proposed Guidelines for Videotaping Individuals with Movement Disorders. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing. 23(3). 191–194. 7 indexed citations
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Kramer, Patricia L., Deborah de Leon, Laurie J. Ozelius, et al.. (1990). Dystonia gene in Ashkenazi Jewish population is located on chromosome 9q32–34. Annals of Neurology. 27(2). 114–120. 109 indexed citations
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Ozelius, Laurie J., Patricia L. Kramer, Carol Moskowitz, et al.. (1989). Human gene for torsion dystonia located on chromosome 9q32-q34. Neuron. 2(5). 1427–1434. 186 indexed citations
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Bressman, Susan, Deborah de Leon, Mitchell F. Brin, et al.. (1989). Idiopathic dystonia among ashkenazi jews: Evidence for autosomal dominant inheritance. Annals of Neurology. 26(5). 612–620. 153 indexed citations

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