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GILHUS Nils Erik
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Tel.: +47 55 97 50 00
Fax: +47 55 97 51 65
e-mail: nils.e.gilhus@nevro.haukeland.no
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Address
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Institute of Neurology
Haukeland University Hospital
5021 Bergen, Norway
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Research themes
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Myasthenia gravis; non-AChR antibodies, association with thymus and thymoma. Peripheral neuropathies;
complement and immunoglobulin receptors, CMT genes. Paraneoplastic autoimmunity; autoantibodies. Multiple sclerosis;
brain lesions. Polio and post-polio. Epidemiology
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Key words
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Myasthenia gravis, thymus, thymoma, titin, ryanodine receptor, Fc receptors, paraneoplasia, neuropathies, multiple sclerosis, polio. Epidemiology
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Methods
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Cell cultures, cellular immunology, protein analyses (PAGE, IEF, Western blotting), cytokine detection systems (ELISA, Elispot, PCR),
immunocytochemistry (confocal microscopy), molecular biology (Southern blotting, DNA sequencing). Epidemiology
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Composition of the research group
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Christian A. VEDELER
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MD, Neurologist
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Institute of Neurology, Univ. Of Bergen
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Nils Erik GILHUS
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MD, Neurologist
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Institute of Neurology, Univ. Of Bergen
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Johan A. AARLI
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MD, Neurologist
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Institute of Neurology, Univ. Of Bergen
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Harald I. NYLAND
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MD, Neurologist
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Institute of Neurology, Univ. Of Bergen
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Laurence BINDOFF
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MD, Neurologist
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Institute of Neurology, Univ. of Bergen
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Geir Olve SKEIE
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MD, Neurologist
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Institute of Neurology, Univ. Of Bergen
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Lars BØ
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MD, Neurologist
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Institute of Neurology, Univ. Of Bergen
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Kjell-Morten MYHR
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MD, Neurologist
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Institute of Neurology, Univ. Of Bergen
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Fredrik ROMI
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MD, Neurologist
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Institute of Neurology, Univ. Of Bergen
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Elisabeth FARBU
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MD, Neurologist
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Institute of Neurology, Univ. Of Bergen
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Tiina REKAND
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MD, Neurologist
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Institute of Neurology, Univ. Of Bergen
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Anette STORSTEIN
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MD, Neurologist
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Institute of Neurology, Univ. Of Bergen
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Recent publications
- ROMI F, BØ L, SKEIE GO, MYKING A, AARLI JA, GILHUS NE. Titin and ryanodine receptor epitopes are expressed in cortical
thymoma along with co-stimulatory molecules. J Neuroimmunol 2002;128:82-9
- BØ L, VEDELER CA, NYLAND HI, TRAPP BD, MØRK SJ. Intracortical demyelination in multiple sclerosis is not associated
with increased lymphocyte infiltration. Mult Scler 2003;9:323-31
- BØ L, VEDELER CA, NYLAND HI, TRAPP BD, MØRK SJ. Subpial demyelination in the cerebrl cortex of multiple sclerosis.
J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2003;62:723-32
- FARBU E, REKAND T, TYSNES OB, AARLI JA, GILHUS NE, VEDELER CA. GM1-antibodies in post-polio syndrome and
previous paralytic polio. J Neuroimmunol 2003;139:141-4
- HOFF JM, DALTVEIT AK, GILHUS NE. Myasthenia gravis; consequences for pregnancy, delivery, and the newborn. Neurology 2003;61:1362-6
- MYHR KM, VÅGENES K, MARØY T, AARSETH J, NYLAND HI, VEDELER CA. Interleukin-10 promotor polymorphisms in patients
with Guillain-Barré syndrome. J Neuroimmunol 2003;139:81-3
- REKAND T, MALE R, MYKING A, NYGAARD S, AARLI JA, HAARR L, LANGELAND N. Detection of viral sequences in archival spinal
cords from fatal cases of poliomyelitis in 1951-1952. J Virol Meth 2003;114:91-6
- ROMI F, GILHUS NE, VARHAUG JA, MYKING A, AARLI JA. Disease severity and outcome in thymoma myasthenia gravis;
a long-term observation study. Eur J Neurol 2003;10:701-6
- ROMI F, GILHUS NE, VARHAUG JE, MYKING A, AARLI JA. Thymectomy in non-thymoma early-onset myasthenia gravis in
correlation with disease severity and muscle autoantibodies. Eur Neurol 2003;49:210-7
- SKEIE GO, MYGLAND Å, TREVES S, GILHUS NE, AARLI JA, ZORZATO F. Ryanodine receptor antibodies in myasthenia
gravis; epitope mapping and effect on calcium release in vitro. Muscle Nerve 2003;27:81-9
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