Leon G. Epstein

18.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
187 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Leon G. Epstein is a scholar working on Virology, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Leon G. Epstein has authored 187 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Virology, 43 papers in Infectious Diseases and 38 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Leon G. Epstein's work include HIV Research and Treatment (86 papers), HIV-related health complications and treatments (26 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (26 papers). Leon G. Epstein is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (86 papers), HIV-related health complications and treatments (26 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (26 papers). Leon G. Epstein collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Philippines. Leon G. Epstein's co-authors include Leroy R. Sharer, Harris A. Gelbard, Howard E. Gendelman, Stephen Dewhurst, Benjamin M. Blumberg, James M. Oleske, Jaap Goudsmit, Seth W. Perry, Richard W. Price and Justin C. McArthur and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Leon G. Epstein

181 papers receiving 10.4k citations

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HTLV-III Infection in Brains of Children and Adults with AIDS Encephalopathy

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria Guidance on Communication, Objections, Pregnancy, and Public Trust 2025 ·Neurology ·Ariane Lewis, James A. Russell, Richard J. Bonnie, Leon G. Epstein, David M. Greer, Michael Rubin, Matthew P. Kirschen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	0
2	Use of neurological criteria to declare death in children 2024 ·Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology ·W. Graf, Leon G. Epstein, Matthew P. Kirschen	1
3	Fetal anomaly diagnosis and termination of pregnancy 2023 ·Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology ·W. Graf, Bruce H. Cohen, Louisa Kalsner, Phillip L. Pearl, Harvey B. Sarnat, Leon G. Epstein	10
4	Clinical Guidance in Neuropalliative Care 2022 ·Neurology ·Lynne P. Taylor, (unknown), W. Graf, Michael Rubin, Salvador Cruz‐Flores, Leon G. Epstein	35
5	American Academy of Neurology Code of Professional Conduct 2021 ·Neurology ·James A. Russell, (unknown), Leon G. Epstein	6
6	Lawful physician-hastened death 2018 ·Neurology ·James A. Russell, Leon G. Epstein, Richard J. Bonnie, Robin Conwit, W. Graf, Matthew P. Kirschen, (unknown), (unknown), Robert M. Pascuzzi, Matthew Rizzo, Justin A. Sattin, Zachary Simmons, Lynne P. Taylor, Amy Y. Tsou, Michael A. Williams, (unknown), (unknown)	20
7	Intracranial Hypertension in Children without Papilledema 2015 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Leon G. Epstein	1
8	Neuroimaging findings in children with rare or novel de novo chromosomal anomalies 2008 ·Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology ·Leon G. Epstein, Ali Jalali, (unknown), (unknown), Joshua V. Ross, Justine Coppinger, Katrin M. Carlson, Joel Charrow, Barbara K. Burton, Donald Zimmerman, John S. Curran, (unknown), (unknown), Delilah Burrowes, Brad Angle, Cynthia V. Stack, Lisa G. Shaffer, John A. Kessler, Alexander G. Bassuk	1
9	Neuronal Fractalkine Expression in HIV-1 Encephalitis: Roles for Macrophage Recruitment and Neuroprotection in the Central Nervous System 2000 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Ning Tong, Seth W. Perry, Qing Zhang, H. J. James, Huang Guo, Andrew I. Brooks, (unknown), (unknown), Steven M. Fine, Leon G. Epstein, Daniel J. Dairaghi, Thomas J. Schall, Howard E. Gendelman, Stephen Dewhurst, Leroy R. Sharer, Harris A. Gelbard	154
10	Randomized trial of the platelet-activating factor antagonist lexipafant in HIV–associated cognitive impairment 1999 ·Neurology ·Giovanni Schifitto, Ned Sacktor, Karen Marder, M. P. McDermott, Justin C. McArthur, Karl Kieburtz, Scott A. Small, Leon G. Epstein	54
11	HIV neuropathogenesis and therapeutic strategies 1998 ·Pediatrics International ·Leon G. Epstein	21
12	Persistence of Human Herpesvirus 6 According to Site and Variant: Possible Greater Neurotropism of Variant A 1998 ·Clinical Infectious Diseases ·(unknown), Mary T. Caserta, Kenneth C. Schnabel, Christine Long, Leon G. Epstein, Richard A. Insel, Stephen Dewhurst	148
13	Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Tat protein induces death by apoptosis in primary human neuron cultures 1997 ·Journal of NeuroVirology ·(unknown), Meihui Ma, Leon G. Epstein, Avindra Nath, Harris A. Gelbard	124
14	Human neural xenografts: Progress in developing an in-vivo model to study human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection 1994 ·PubMed ·Leon G. Epstein, Therese Cvetkovich, Eliot Lazar, David DiLoreto, Yoshihiro Saito, H. J. James, Coca del Cerro, Hideto Kaneshima, Joseph M. McCune, William J. Britt, Manuel del Cerro	11
15	The Care of Family Physicians and Their Families: A Study of Health and Help-Seeking Behaviour 1990 ·Family Practice ·(unknown), Lea Hagoel, Leon G. Epstein, Galia Shifroni	25
16	Neurological manifestations of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in children 1989 ·Mark Mintz, Leon G. Epstein, M. Richard Koenigsberger	12
17	Persistent Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Antigenemia in Children Correlates With Disease Progression 1988 ·PEDIATRICS ·Leon G. Epstein, Charles A. Boucher, (unknown), (unknown), James M. Oleske, (unknown), J. van der Noordaa, Margreet Bakker, John T. Dekker, Henriëtte J. Scherpbier, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	22
18	Delayed traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in children 1986 ·Pediatric Neurology ·(unknown), Leon G. Epstein, (unknown)	3
19	HTLV-III/LAV-LIKE RETROVIRUS PARTICLES IN THE BRAINS OF PATIENTS WITH AIDS ENCEPHALOPATHY 1983 ·PubMed ·Leon G. Epstein, Leroy R. Sharer, Eun-Sook Cho, (unknown), Bradford Navia, Richard W. Price	184
20	Dégradation par la phytohémagglutinine de l'état antiviral induit par l'interféron. 1977 ·Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l Académie des sciences ·Alain Pauloin, (unknown), Leon G. Epstein, C Chany	1

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