Vera Merheb

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Vera Merheb is a scholar working on Neurology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Vera Merheb has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Neurology, 8 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 7 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Vera Merheb's work include Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders (12 papers), Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments (9 papers) and Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (8 papers). Vera Merheb is often cited by papers focused on Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders (12 papers), Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments (9 papers) and Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (8 papers). Vera Merheb collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Vera Merheb's co-authors include Russell C. Dale, Fabienne Brilot, Sudarshini Ramanathan, Esther Tantsis, Michael Barnett, Stephen Reddel, Andrew Henderson, Steve Vucic, Shekeeb S. Mohammad and Tim D. Aumann and has published in prestigious journals such as Brain, Neurology and Biological Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Vera Merheb

18 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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Clinical course, therapeutic responses and outcomes in relapsing MOG antibody-associated demyelination

2017 390 citations Sudarshini Ramanathan, Shekeeb S. Mohammad et al. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vera Merheb Australia	12	1.3k	850	450	167	155	19	1.6k
Esther Tantsis Australia	13	889 0.7×	790 0.9×	346 0.8×	119 0.7×	47 0.3×	20	1.3k
Sudarshini Ramanathan Australia	23	1.9k 1.5×	1.4k 1.7×	622 1.4×	231 1.4×	48 0.3×	62	2.5k
Jan‐Mendelt Tillema United States	20	1.4k 1.1×	896 1.1×	309 0.7×	150 0.9×	22 0.1×	52	2.1k
Maria Isabel Leite United Kingdom	35	3.3k 2.5×	816 1.0×	412 0.9×	206 1.2×	22 0.1×	92	3.7k
Estér Coutinho United Kingdom	18	708 0.5×	195 0.2×	144 0.3×	150 0.9×	37 0.2×	36	1.1k
Winfried Stoecker Germany	19	1.5k 1.2×	264 0.3×	116 0.3×	284 1.7×	74 0.5×	25	2.0k
Avi Gadoth Israel	21	1.8k 1.4×	358 0.4×	174 0.4×	247 1.5×	19 0.1×	55	2.1k
Kathrin Borowski Germany	11	984 0.8×	207 0.2×	96 0.2×	162 1.0×	38 0.2×	17	1.2k
Helena Ariño Spain	21	1.9k 1.5×	250 0.3×	164 0.4×	408 2.4×	31 0.2×	37	2.2k
Elizabeth D. Tate United States	22	869 0.7×	129 0.2×	338 0.8×	82 0.5×	27 0.2×	44	1.1k

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19 of 19 papers shown

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Merheb, Vera, Fiona X. Z. Lee, Russell C. Dale, et al.. (2025). Live MOG-IgG cell-based assay: Comparison across flow cytometers and diagnostic validation on high-sensitivity full spectrum flow cytometry. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 409. 578760–578760.

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Lopez, Joseph A., Fiona Tea, Vera Merheb, et al.. (2021). Validation of a Flow Cytometry Live Cell-Based Assay to Detect Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibodies for Clinical Diagnostics. The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine. 7(1). 12–25. 7 indexed citations

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Tea, Fiona, Deepti Pilli, Sudarshini Ramanathan, et al.. (2020). Effects of the Positive Threshold and Data Analysis on Human MOG Antibody Detection by Live Flow Cytometry. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 119–119. 7 indexed citations

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Pilli, Deepti, Ruebena Dawes, Joseph A. Lopez, et al.. (2020). Pro‐inflammatory dopamine‐2 receptor‐specific T cells in paediatric movement and psychiatric disorders. Clinical & Translational Immunology. 9(12). e1229–e1229. 2 indexed citations

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Ramanathan, Sudarshini, Shekeeb S. Mohammad, Esther Tantsis, et al.. (2017). Clinical course, therapeutic responses and outcomes in relapsing MOG antibody-associated demyelination. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 89(2). 127–137. 390 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sinmaz, Nese, Fiona Tea, Deepti Pilli, et al.. (2016). Dopamine-2 receptor extracellular N-terminus regulates receptor surface availability and is the target of human pathogenic antibodies from children with movement and psychiatric disorders. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 4(1). 126–126. 20 indexed citations

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Ramanathan, Sudarshini, Kristina Prelog, Elizabeth H Barnes, et al.. (2015). Radiological differentiation of optic neuritis with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibodies, aquaporin-4 antibodies, and multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 22(4). 470–482. 248 indexed citations

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Sinmaz, Nese, et al.. (2015). Autoantibodies in movement and psychiatric disorders: updated concepts in detection methods, pathogenicity, and CNS entry. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1351(1). 22–38. 39 indexed citations

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Pathmanandavel, Karrnan, Jean Starling, Vera Merheb, et al.. (2014). Antibodies to Surface Dopamine-2 Receptor and N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor in the First Episode of Acute Psychosis in Children. Biological Psychiatry. 77(6). 537–547. 71 indexed citations

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Dale, Russell C., Esther Tantsis, Vera Merheb, et al.. (2014). Antibodies to MOG have a demyelination phenotype and affect oligodendrocyte cytoskeleton. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 1(1). e12–e12. 133 indexed citations

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Ramanathan, Sudarshini, Stephen Reddel, Andrew Henderson, et al.. (2014). Antibodies to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein in bilateral and recurrent optic neuritis. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 275(1-2). 23–24. 2 indexed citations

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Ramanathan, Sudarshini, Stephen Reddel, Andrew Henderson, et al.. (2014). Antibodies to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein in bilateral and recurrent optic neuritis. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 1(4). e40–e40. 169 indexed citations

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Merheb, Vera, et al.. (2013). High-throughput Flow Cytometry Cell-based Assay to Detect Antibodies to N-Methyl-D-aspartate Receptor or Dopamine-2 Receptor in Human Serum. Journal of Visualized Experiments. e50935–e50935. 14 indexed citations

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Mohammad, Shekeeb S., Kate Sinclair, Sekhar Pillai, et al.. (2013). Herpes simplex encephalitis relapse with chorea is associated with autoantibodies to N ‐Methyl‐ D ‐aspartate receptor or dopamine‐2 receptor. Movement Disorders. 29(1). 117–122. 131 indexed citations

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Merheb, Vera, et al.. (2013). High-throughput Flow Cytometry Cell-based Assay to Detect Antibodies to N-Methyl-D-aspartate Receptor or Dopamine-2 Receptor in Human Serum. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 6 indexed citations

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Dale, Russell C., Vera Merheb, Sekhar Pillai, et al.. (2012). Antibodies to surface dopamine-2 receptor in autoimmune movement and psychiatric disorders. Brain. 135(11). 3453–3468. 262 indexed citations

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Dale, Russell C., Esther Tantsis, Vera Merheb, & Fabienne Brilot. (2011). Cerebrospinal fluid B‐cell expansion in longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis associated with neuromyelitis optica immunoglobulin G. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 53(9). 856–860. 10 indexed citations

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Dale, Russell C., et al.. (2011). Antibody binding to neuronal surface in movement disorders associated with lupus and antiphospholipid antibodies. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 53(6). 522–528. 40 indexed citations

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Brilot, Fabienne, et al.. (2011). Antibody binding to neuronal surface in Sydenham chorea, but not in PANDAS or Tourette syndrome. Neurology. 76(17). 1508–1513. 71 indexed citations

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