Thomas Pfefferkorn

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

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Thomas Pfefferkorn is a scholar working on Neurology, Epidemiology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Pfefferkorn has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Neurology, 40 papers in Epidemiology and 33 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Thomas Pfefferkorn's work include Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (36 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (26 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (17 papers). Thomas Pfefferkorn is often cited by papers focused on Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (36 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (26 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (17 papers). Thomas Pfefferkorn collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Thomas Pfefferkorn's co-authors include Martin Dichgans, Gary A. Rosenberg, Jennifer Linn, Andreas Straube, Gerhard F. Hamann, H. Brückmann, Ale Algra, L. Jaap Kappelle, Wouter J. Schonewille and Christian Weimar and has published in prestigious journals such as Neurology, Stroke and The Lancet Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Pfefferkorn

77 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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Treatment and outcomes of acute basilar artery occlusion in the Basilar Artery International Cooperation Study (BASICS): a prospective registry study

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Pfefferkorn Germany	30	1.7k	1.5k	1.1k	364	315	79	2.9k
Nestor R. Gonzalez United States	38	1.3k 0.8×	2.2k 1.5×	1.6k 1.4×	190 0.5×	179 0.6×	136	3.6k
Joachim Berkefeld Germany	33	1.3k 0.8×	2.3k 1.6×	1.7k 1.5×	150 0.4×	131 0.4×	164	3.4k
Vincent Costalat France	37	2.1k 1.3×	2.7k 1.8×	2.5k 2.3×	628 1.7×	535 1.7×	179	4.3k
Ralph G. Greenlee United States	12	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	660 0.6×	331 0.9×	409 1.3×	20	2.3k
Myriam Edjlali France	23	909 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	148 0.4×	150 0.5×	91	2.4k
Oliver Findling Switzerland	22	696 0.4×	538 0.4×	693 0.6×	139 0.4×	154 0.5×	57	1.5k
Alan S. Boulos United States	27	843 0.5×	1.8k 1.2×	1.5k 1.4×	123 0.3×	102 0.3×	86	2.4k
Franziska Dorn Germany	25	644 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	871 0.8×	139 0.4×	123 0.4×	124	2.0k
Benjamin Friedrich Germany	25	1.2k 0.7×	841 0.6×	731 0.7×	456 1.3×	284 0.9×	111	2.0k
Ronald F. Budzik United States	28	4.5k 2.7×	2.7k 1.8×	3.2k 2.8×	1.1k 2.9×	1.2k 3.9×	52	6.2k

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Feil, Katharina, Jan Rémi, Clemens Küpper, et al.. (2020). Inter-hospital transfer for mechanical thrombectomy within the supraregional stroke network NEVAS. Journal of Neurology. 268(2). 623–631. 9 indexed citations

Feil, Katharina, Jan Rémi, Clemens Küpper, et al.. (2019). Drip and ship for mechanical thrombectomy within the Neurovascular Network of Southwest Bavaria. Neurology. 94(5). e453–e463. 16 indexed citations

Topka, Helge, Thomas Pfefferkorn, Andreas Kastrup, et al.. (2017). Onlineumfrage zur Struktur der Notfallneurologie in Deutschland 2016. Der Nervenarzt. 88(6). 625–634. 8 indexed citations

Dimitriadis, Konstantinos, et al.. (2014). Severe depression as the sole symptom of affective focal status epilepticus. BMJ Case Reports. 2014. bcr2013201149–bcr2013201149. 5 indexed citations

Straube, Andreas, et al.. (2013). Rehabilitation outcome of patients with severe and prolonged disorders of consciousness after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 115(10). 2136–2141. 25 indexed citations

Bender, Andreas, et al.. (2013). Early cranioplasty may improve outcome in neurological patients with decompressive craniectomy. Brain Injury. 27(9). 1073–1079. 89 indexed citations

Pfefferkorn, Thomas, Jennifer Linn, M. Habs, et al.. (2012). Black Blood MRI in Suspected Large Artery Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System. Journal of Neuroimaging. 23(3). 379–383. 49 indexed citations

Linn, Jennifer, Frank A. Wollenweber, Nina Lummel, et al.. (2012). Superficial siderosis is a warning sign for future intracranial hemorrhage. Journal of Neurology. 260(1). 176–181. 59 indexed citations

Pfefferkorn, Thomas, Markus Holtmannspötter, Caroline Schmidt, et al.. (2010). Drip, Ship, and Retrieve. Stroke. 41(4). 722–726. 65 indexed citations

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Saam, Tobias, M. Habs, Olga Pollatos, et al.. (2010). High-resolution black-blood contrast-enhancedT₁weighted images for the diagnosis and follow-up of intracranial arteritis. British Journal of Radiology. 83(993). e182–e184. 49 indexed citations

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Pfefferkorn, Thomas, et al.. (2010). Bilaterale Media- und Posteriorinfarkte bei Takotsubo-Kardiomyopathie. Der Nervenarzt. 81(4). 435–436. 1 indexed citations

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Pfefferkorn, Thomas, Isabelle Crassard, Jennifer Linn, et al.. (2009). Clinical features, course and outcome in deep cerebral venous system thrombosis: an analysis of 32 cases. Journal of Neurology. 256(11). 1839–1845. 53 indexed citations

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Linn, Jennifer, et al.. (2009). Noncontrast CT in Deep Cerebral Venous Thrombosis and Sinus Thrombosis: Comparison of its Diagnostic Value for Both Entities. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 30(4). 728–735. 83 indexed citations

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Freilinger, Tobias, Nils Peters, Jan Rémi, et al.. (2009). A case of Sturge–Weber syndrome with symptomatic hemiplegic migraine: Clinical and multimodality imaging data during a prolonged attack. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 287(1-2). 271–274. 19 indexed citations

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Peters, Nils, et al.. (2008). Enhanced L-arginine-induced vasoreactivity suggests endothelial dysfunction in CADASIL. Journal of Neurology. 255(8). 1203–1208. 31 indexed citations

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Bender, Andreas, Gernot Schulte‐Altedorneburg, Thomas E. Mayer, et al.. (2007). Functional outcome after severe cerebral venous thrombosis. Journal of Neurology. 254(4). 465–470. 6 indexed citations

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Pfefferkorn, Thomas, et al.. (2005). Increasing use of intravenous rt–PA does not affect safety in acute stroke. Journal of Neurology. 252(12). 1500–1503. 5 indexed citations

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Pfefferkorn, Thomas, Christoph Wießner, Peter R. Allegrini, et al.. (2000). Plasminogen activation in experimental permanent focal cerebral ischemia. Brain Research. 882(1-2). 19–25. 13 indexed citations

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Liebetrau, Martin, et al.. (1999). Increased intracellular calpain detection in experimental focal cerebral ischemia. Neuroreport. 10(3). 529–534. 22 indexed citations

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Jaeger, B.R., Peter Marx, Thomas Pfefferkorn, Gerhard F. Hamann, & D. Seidel. (1999). Heparin-Mediated Extracorporeal LDL/Fibrinogen Precipitation —H.E.L.P.-In Coronary and Cerebral Ischemia. PubMed. 73. 81–84. 10 indexed citations

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