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Wendy G. Mitchell, MD

Clinical Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics (Part-Time)

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Wendy Mitchell, MD, is Professor of Clinical Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. She is acting Division Head of Neurology at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, where she has practiced for over 30 years. She is a native of Los Angeles. Her current research interests include cognitive and behavioral aspects of childhood epilepsy, clinical research in anticonvulsants, and a rare immune-mediated syndrome, opsoclonus-myoclonus (or dancing eyes syndrome). In her free time she enjoys scuba diving and yoga.

Publications

  • Comparison of Cosyntropin, Vigabatrin, and Combination Therapy in New-Onset Infantile Spasms in a Prospective Randomized Trial. J Child Neurol. 2022 03; 37(3):186-193.. View in PubMed
  • Comparative Effectiveness of Initial Treatment for Infantile Spasms in a Contemporary US Cohort. Neurology. 2021 Sep 20; 97(12):e1217-e1228.. View in PubMed
  • Immunotherapy responsive SARS-CoV-2 infection exacerbating opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2021 May; 50:102855.. View in PubMed
  • Custom Pediatric Oncology Next-Generation Sequencing Panel Identifies Somatic Mosaicism in Archival Tissue and Enhances Targeted Clinical Care. Pediatr Neurol. 2021 01; 114:55-59.. View in PubMed
  • Loss-of-function mutations in UDP-Glucose 6-Dehydrogenase cause recessive developmental epileptic encephalopathy. Nat Commun. 2020 01 30; 11(1):595.. View in PubMed
  • Pathogenic Cav3.2 channel mutation in a child with primary generalized epilepsy. Mol Brain. 2019 10 24; 12(1):86.. View in PubMed
  • Both gain-of-function and loss-of-function de novo CACNA1A mutations cause severe developmental epileptic encephalopathies in the spectrum of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Epilepsia. 2019 09; 60(9):1881-1894.. View in PubMed
  • Cancer and Autoimmunity: Paraneoplastic Neurological Disorders Associated With Neuroblastic Tumors. Semin Pediatr Neurol. 2017 08; 24(3):180-188.. View in PubMed
  • An Adolescent with Increased Plasma Methylmalonic Acid and Total Homocysteine. Clin Chem. 2017 06; 63(6):1069-1072.. View in PubMed
  • A Founder Mutation in VPS11 Causes an Autosomal Recessive Leukoencephalopathy Linked to Autophagic Defects. PLoS Genet. 2016 Apr; 12(4):e1005848.. View in PubMed

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