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Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant Neurologist
University Hospitals Birmingham

Research interests

Neuroimmunology
Neuromuscular diseases

Publications

1. Saiju Jacob. Autoimmune encephalitis – Editorial (Neurology India, 2015 In Press).
2. Karim A, Jacob S. New autoantibodies in neuroimmunological practice. Ann Clin Biochem (Invited article – 2015; in preparation).
3. Elsone L, Kitley J, Luppe S, Lythgoe D, Mutch K, Jacob S, et al. Long-term efficacy, tolerability and retention rate of azathioprine in 103 aquaporin-4 antibody-positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder patients: a multicentre retrospective observational study from the UK. Mult Scler. 2014 Mar 19.
4. Rickards H, Jacob S, Lennox B, Nicholson T. Autoimmune encephalitis and mental disorders. Advances in Pychiatric Treatment (2014) (Review article).
5. Boukouvala S, Jacob S, Lane M, Denniston AK, Burdon MA. Detection of branch retinal artery occlusions in Susac's syndrome. BMC Res Notes. 2014 Jan 21;7(1):56.
6. Jacob S, Rajabally YA. Immunomodulation in Inflammatory Neuropathies:Rationale and Safety. Curr Drug Saf. 2013 Sep;8(4):225-35.
7. Jacob S, Vincent A. Autoimmune Myasthenias, Muscle Disease: Pathology and Genetics, Eds. Goebel HH, Sewry CA, Weller RO. (2013) (Textbook chapter).
8. .Jacob S, Viegas S, Hilton-Jones D. Myasthenia gravis, Oxford Text book of Clinical Neurology (Neuromuscular disorders) Eds. Hilton-Jones D, Turner, M. (2013) (Textbook chapter).
9. Jacob S, Viegas S, Leite MI et al. Presence and pathogenic relevance of antibodies to clustered acetylcholine receptor in ocular and generalized myasthenia. Arch Neurol 2012;69:994-1001.
10.Viegas S, Jacobson L, Waters P, Cossins J, Jacob S, Leite MI, Webster R, Vincent A. Passive and active immunization models of MuSK-Ab positive myasthenia: Electrophysiological evidence for pre and postsynaptic defects. Exp Neurol. 2012;234:506-12. (Original article).
11. Karim A and Jacob S. Immunological markers in neurological disorders. Ann Clin Biochem 2012;49:29-43 (Review).
12. Saiju Jacob, John Winer. Guillain Barré syndrome. BMJ Best Practice (2011) (Review article).
13. Saiju Jacob. Myasthenic syndromes. In Woodward S (Eds), Text book of Neuroscience Nursing. Blackwell publishing, Oxford (2011) (Textbook chapter).
14. Karim A, Jacob S. Neuroimmunology. In Hall A, Yates S (Eds) Immunology, Fundamentals of Biomedical Science (2010) (Textbook chapter).
15. Saiju Jacob, Yusuf Rajabally. Current proposed mechanism of action of intravenous immunoglobulins in inflammatory neuropathies. Curr Neuropharmacol 2009; 7: 337-42. (Review).