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Katherine S Wong

Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology

Neurology

1520 San Pablo St. Health Sciences Campus Los Angeles

Contact

kwong319@usc.edu

Overview
Publications

Genetic prion disease: Experience of a rapidly progressive dementia center in the United States and a review of the literature Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2017 01; 174(1):36-69. . View in PubMed

Metabolic disorders with clinical and radiologic features of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Neurol Clin Pract. 2015 Apr; 5(2):108-115. . View in PubMed

Genetic CJD with a novel E200G mutation in the prion protein gene and comparison with E200K mutation cases Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2013 Dec 12; 1:80. . View in PubMed

Quinacrine treatment trial for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Neurology. 2013 Dec 03; 81(23):2015-23. . View in PubMed

Clinical overlap between Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease and Lewy body disease Can J Neurol Sci. 2012 May; 39(3):304-10. . View in PubMed

Dr. Wong is a board certified neurologist specializing in movement disorders and behavioral neurology. She completed neurology residency and movement disorders fellowship at University of California San Francisco. She is interested in Parkinson’s disease clinical trials, the contribution of the blood brain barrier and the gut microbiome to PD clinical symptoms, the overlap of memory and movement disorders, and increasing access to specialty care and clinical trials for a diverse population of patients.