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Aravindhan Veerapandiyan

TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
DepartmentPeds Pediatrics, College of Medicine
DivisionPeds Neurology
Address1900 Maryland Street
Mail Slot # 512-15
Little Rock AR 72202
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0002-3065-3956 Additional info
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    GR039105     (VEERAPANDIYAN, ARAVINDHAN)Jun 1, 2021 - Jun 30, 2023
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    Clinical Neurobehavioral Screening Tool for Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy
    Role: Principal Investigator
    GR034028     (VEERAPANDIYAN, ARAVINDHAN)Feb 12, 2020 - Aug 31, 2020
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    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Baldi O, Kinnett K, Schrader R, Denger B, Truba N, Sorensen S, Veerapandiyan A, Colvin MK. Gaps in the Assessment and Care of Neurodevelopmental and Psychiatric Conditions Associated With Dystrophinopathy. Muscle Nerve. 2025 Mar; 71(3):377-383. PMID: 39719374.
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    2. Kaufman BD, Veerapandiyan A, Soslow JH, Wittlieb-Weber C, Esteso P, Olson AK, Shih R, Bansal N, Lal A, Gambetta K, Hsu D, Cripe L, Villa C, Nandi D. Taking ACTION to detect myocarditis related to recombinant gene transfer therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; Consensus recommendations for cardiac surveillance. J Neuromuscul Dis. 2025 Mar; 12(2):173-182. PMID: 39973402.
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    3. Truba N, Sorensen S, Bearden R, Haley B, Spray B, Kinnett K, Schrader R, Veerapandiyan A, Colvin MK. The BELS questionnaire: A novel screening tool for neurodevelopmental and psychiatric symptoms in pediatric dystrophinopathy. Muscle Nerve. 2025 Feb; 71(2):153-158. PMID: 39569705.
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    4. Duvuru R, Neumann S, Beemarajan E, Burnette WB, Cox R, Mohammad S, Modi AJ, Butler MW, Soslow J, Veerapandiyan A. Acute Liver Injury Following Delandistrogene Moxeparvovec Gene Therapy Requiring Intravenous Immunoglobulin. Pediatr Neurol. 2025 Feb; 163:1-3. PMID: 39615430.
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    5. Mendell JR, Muntoni F, McDonald CM, Mercuri EM, Ciafaloni E, Komaki H, Leon-Astudillo C, Nascimento A, Proud C, Schara-Schmidt U, Veerapandiyan A, Zaidman CM, Guridi M, Murphy AP, Reid C, Wandel C, Asher DR, Darton E, Mason S, Potter RA, Singh T, Zhang W, Fontoura P, Elkins JS, Rodino-Klapac LR. AAV gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy: the EMBARK phase 3 randomized trial. Nat Med. 2025 Jan; 31(1):332-341. PMID: 39385046.
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    6. Schroth MK, Deans J, Bharucha Goebel DX, Burnette WB, Darras BT, Elsheikh BH, Felker MV, Klein A, Krueger J, Proud CM, Veerapandiyan A, Graham RJ. Spinal Muscular Atrophy Update in Best Practices: Recommendations for Treatment Considerations. Neurol Clin Pract. 2025 Feb; 15(1):e200374. PMID: 39399564.
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    7. Veerapandiyan A, Duvuru R. Transforming care for spinal muscular atrophy: A critical look at treatment paradigms. Mol Ther. 2024 Aug 07; 32(8):2435-2436. PMID: 39033753.
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    8. Duvuru R, Hobart-Porter L, Veerapandiyan A. Revolutionizing neuromuscular disorders rehabilitation: The virtual reality edge. Muscle Nerve. 2024 Aug; 70(2):163-165. PMID: 38775309.
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    9. Lietsch M, Chan K, Taylor J, Lee BH, Ciafaloni E, Kwon JM, Waldrop MA, Butterfield RJ, Rathore G, Veerapandiyan A, Kapil A, Parsons JA, Gibbons M, Brower A. Long-Term Follow-Up Cares and Check Initiative: A Program to Advance Long-Term Follow-Up in Newborns Identified with a Disease through Newborn Screening. Int J Neonatal Screen. 2024 Apr 18; 10(2). PMID: 38651399.
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    10. Zaidman CM, Goedeker NL, Aqul AA, Butterfield RJ, Connolly AM, Crystal RG, Godwin KE, Hor KN, Mathews KD, Proud CM, Kula Smyth E, Veerapandiyan A, Watkins PB, Mendell JR. Management of Select Adverse Events Following Delandistrogene Moxeparvovec Gene Therapy for Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. J Neuromuscul Dis. 2024; 11(3):687-699. PMID: 38607761.
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    11. Wald ER, Eickhoff J, Flood GE, Heinz MV, Liu D, Agrawal A, Morse RP, Raney VM, Veerapandiyan A, Madan JC. Estimate of the incidence of PANDAS and PANS in 3 primary care populations. Front Pediatr. 2023; 11:1170379. PMID: 37808558.
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    12. Bryant G, Moore SA, Nix JS, Rice G, Gokden M, Veerapandiyan A. Miyoshi Muscular Dystrophy Due to Novel Splice Site Variants in DYSF Gene. Child Neurol Open. 2022 Jan-Dec; 9:2329048X221140298. PMID: 36419651.
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    13. ElSheikh RH, Aravindhan A, Boysen S, Veerapandiyan A. Infantile-Onset Complex Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Due to a Novel Mutation in SPAST Gene. Pediatr Neurol. 2022 09; 134:71. PMID: 35841713.
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    14. Kwon JM, Arya K, Kuntz N, Phan HC, Sieburg C, Swoboda KJ, Veerapandiyan A, Assman B, Bader-Weder S, Dickendesher TL, Hansen J, Lin H, Yan Y, Rao VK. An expanded access program of risdiplam for patients with Type 1 or 2 spinal muscular atrophy. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2022 06; 9(6):810-818. PMID: 35567422.
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    15. Willis E, Moore SA, Cox MO, Stefans V, Aravindhan A, Gokden M, Veerapandiyan A. Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy R9 due to a Novel Complex Insertion/Duplication Variant in FKRP Gene. Child Neurol Open. 2022 Jan-Dec; 9:2329048X221097518. PMID: 35557983.
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    16. Veerapandiyan A, Rao VK. Palliative care in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Goals of care discussions and beyond. Muscle Nerve. 2022 06; 65(6):627-629. PMID: 35362613.
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    17. Steele JL, Morrow MM, Sarnat HB, Alkhunaizi E, Brandt T, Chitayat DA, DeFilippo CP, Douglas GV, Dubbs HA, Elloumi HZ, Glassford MR, Hannibal MC, H?ron B, Kim LE, Marco EJ, Mignot C, Monaghan KG, Myers KA, Parikh S, Quinonez SC, Rajabi F, Shankar SP, Shinawi MS, van de Kamp JJP, Veerapandiyan A, Waldman AT, Graf WD. Semaphorin-Plexin Signaling: From Axonal Guidance to a New X-Linked Intellectual Disability Syndrome. Pediatr Neurol. 2022 01; 126:65-73. PMID: 34740135.
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    18. Dhasakeerthi T, Aravindhan A, Woodall A, Mills W, Veerapandiyan A. Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome due to a Novel Mutation in CHAT Gene. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis. 2021 Sep 01; 23(1):54-55. PMID: 34431804.
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    19. Gill PS, Clothier JL, Veerapandiyan A, Dweep H, Porter-Gill PA, Schaefer GB. Molecular Dysregulation in Autism Spectrum Disorder. J Pers Med. 2021 Aug 27; 11(9). PMID: 34575625.
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    20. Samanta D, Veerapandiyan A, Burrow TA, Gokden M. Mitochondrial Ultrastructural Defects in NDUFS3-Related Disorder. J Pediatr Neurosci. 2021 Oct-Dec; 16(4):299-302. PMID: 36531773.
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    21. Gill PS, Yu FB, Porter-Gill PA, Boyanton BL, Allen JC, Farrar JE, Veerapandiyan A, Prodhan P, Bielamowicz KJ, Sellars E, Burrow A, Kennedy JL, Clothier JL, Becton DL, Rule D, Schaefer GB. Implementing Pharmacogenomics Testing: Single Center Experience at Arkansas Children's Hospital. J Pers Med. 2021 May 11; 11(5). PMID: 34064668.
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    22. Weerasinghe D, Veerapandiyan A, Stanton M, Herrmann DN, Akmyradov C, Logigian E. Recovery of foot drop in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). Muscle Nerve. 2021 07; 64(1):59-63. PMID: 33876440.
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    23. Harada Y, Rao VK, Arya K, Kuntz NL, DiDonato CJ, Napchan-Pomerantz G, Agarwal A, Stefans V, Katsuno M, Veerapandiyan A. Combination molecular therapies for type 1 spinal muscular atrophy. Muscle Nerve. 2020 10; 62(4):550-554. PMID: 32710634.
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    24. Ranabothu S, Onteddu S, Nalleballe K, Dandu V, Veerapaneni K, Veerapandiyan A. Spectrum of COVID-19 in children. Acta Paediatr. 2020 09; 109(9):1899-1900. PMID: 32538518.
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    25. Saylam E, Aravindhan A, Stefans V, Veerapandiyan A. Pseudometabolic Presentation of Dystrophinopathy in a Family Due to a Rare Nonsense Mutation. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis. 2020 Jun; 21(4):245-246. PMID: 32453103.
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    26. Malatesta L, Arya K, Gokden M, Stefans V, Veerapandiyan A. BAG3 Myopathy Presenting With Prominent Neuropathic Phenotype and No Cardiac or Respiratory Involvement: A Case Report and Literature Review. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis. 2020 Jun; 21(4):230-239. PMID: 32453099.
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    27. Feldman AG, Parsons JA, Dutmer CM, Veerapandiyan A, Hafberg E, Maloney N, Mack CL. Subacute Liver Failure Following Gene Replacement Therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1. J Pediatr. 2020 10; 225:252-258.e1. PMID: 32473148.
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    28. Veerapandiyan A, Wagner KR, Apkon S, McDonald CM, Mathews KD, Parsons JA, Wong BL, Eichinger K, Shieh PB, Butterfield RJ, Rao VK, Smith EC, Proud CM, Connolly AM, Ciafaloni E. The care of patients with Duchenne, Becker, and other muscular dystrophies in the COVID-19 pandemic. Muscle Nerve. 2020 07; 62(1):41-45. PMID: 32329920.
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    29. Harada Y, Zuchner SL, Herrmann DN, Veerapandiyan A. Clinical Reasoning: A case of bilateral foot drop in a 74-year-old man. Neurology. 2020 03 03; 94(9):405-409. PMID: 32041727.
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    30. Guess KE, Harada Y, Hill A, Ferry J, Veerapandiyan A. A Toddler With Bilateral Facial Weakness. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2020 05; 59(4-5):529-531. PMID: 31948285.
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    31. Saylam E, Moore SA, Aravindhan A, Marton H, Nagy PL, Gokden M, Cox MO, Stefans V, Veerapandiyan A. A novel noncoding FKRP mutation in early onset limb-girdle muscular dystrophy. Neurol Genet. 2020 Feb; 6(1):e388. PMID: 32042916.
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    32. Mulvey MA, Veerapandiyan A, Marks DA, Ming X. Electronic health record cue identifies epilepsy patients at risk for obstructive sleep apnea. Neurol Clin Pract. 2018 Dec; 8(6):468-471. PMID: 30588375.
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    33. Deeb R, Veerapandiyan A, Tawil R, Treidler S. Variable penetrance of Andersen-Tawil syndrome in a family with a rare missense KCNJ2 mutation. Neurol Genet. 2018 Dec; 4(6):e284. PMID: 30533530.
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    34. Veerapandiyan A, Pal R, D'Ambrosio S, Young I, Eichinger K, Collins E, Westesson PL, Kwon J, Ciafaloni E. Cervical puncture to deliver nusinersen in patients with spinal muscular atrophy. Neurology. 2018 08 14; 91(7):e620-e624. PMID: 30006410.
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    35. Sonderman KA, Wolf LL, Armstrong LB, Taylor K, Jiang W, Weil BR, Koehlmoos TP, Ricca RL, Weldon CB, Haider AH, Rice-Townsend SE. Testicular atrophy following inguinal hernia repair in children. Pediatr Surg Int. 2018 May; 34(5):553-560. PMID: 22115008.
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    36. Sonderman KA, Wolf LL, Armstrong LB, Taylor K, Jiang W, Weil BR, Koehlmoos TP, Ricca RL, Weldon CB, Haider AH, Rice-Townsend SE. Testicular atrophy following inguinal hernia repair in children. Pediatr Surg Int. 2018 May; 34(5):553-560. PMID: 29897043.
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    37. Sonderman KA, Wolf LL, Armstrong LB, Taylor K, Jiang W, Weil BR, Koehlmoos TP, Ricca RL, Weldon CB, Haider AH, Rice-Townsend SE. Testicular atrophy following inguinal hernia repair in children. Pediatr Surg Int. 2018 May; 34(5):553-560. PMID: 20648714.
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    38. Sonderman KA, Wolf LL, Armstrong LB, Taylor K, Jiang W, Weil BR, Koehlmoos TP, Ricca RL, Weldon CB, Haider AH, Rice-Townsend SE. Testicular atrophy following inguinal hernia repair in children. Pediatr Surg Int. 2018 May; 34(5):553-560. PMID: 31743256.
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    39. Sonderman KA, Wolf LL, Armstrong LB, Taylor K, Jiang W, Weil BR, Koehlmoos TP, Ricca RL, Weldon CB, Haider AH, Rice-Townsend SE. Testicular atrophy following inguinal hernia repair in children. Pediatr Surg Int. 2018 May; 34(5):553-560. PMID: 31773738.
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    40. Sonderman KA, Wolf LL, Armstrong LB, Taylor K, Jiang W, Weil BR, Koehlmoos TP, Ricca RL, Weldon CB, Haider AH, Rice-Townsend SE. Testicular atrophy following inguinal hernia repair in children. Pediatr Surg Int. 2018 May; 34(5):553-560. PMID: 22749608.
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    41. Sonderman KA, Wolf LL, Armstrong LB, Taylor K, Jiang W, Weil BR, Koehlmoos TP, Ricca RL, Weldon CB, Haider AH, Rice-Townsend SE. Testicular atrophy following inguinal hernia repair in children. Pediatr Surg Int. 2018 May; 34(5):553-560. PMID: 21305558.
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    42. Sonderman KA, Wolf LL, Armstrong LB, Taylor K, Jiang W, Weil BR, Koehlmoos TP, Ricca RL, Weldon CB, Haider AH, Rice-Townsend SE. Testicular atrophy following inguinal hernia repair in children. Pediatr Surg Int. 2018 May; 34(5):553-560. PMID: 30120686.
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    43. Sonderman KA, Wolf LL, Armstrong LB, Taylor K, Jiang W, Weil BR, Koehlmoos TP, Ricca RL, Weldon CB, Haider AH, Rice-Townsend SE. Testicular atrophy following inguinal hernia repair in children. Pediatr Surg Int. 2018 May; 34(5):553-560. PMID: 32329921.
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    44. Sonderman KA, Wolf LL, Armstrong LB, Taylor K, Jiang W, Weil BR, Koehlmoos TP, Ricca RL, Weldon CB, Haider AH, Rice-Townsend SE. Testicular atrophy following inguinal hernia repair in children. Pediatr Surg Int. 2018 May; 34(5):553-560. PMID: 36458808.
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    45. Sonderman KA, Wolf LL, Armstrong LB, Taylor K, Jiang W, Weil BR, Koehlmoos TP, Ricca RL, Weldon CB, Haider AH, Rice-Townsend SE. Testicular atrophy following inguinal hernia repair in children. Pediatr Surg Int. 2018 May; 34(5):553-560. PMID: 36844469.
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    46. Sonderman KA, Wolf LL, Armstrong LB, Taylor K, Jiang W, Weil BR, Koehlmoos TP, Ricca RL, Weldon CB, Haider AH, Rice-Townsend SE. Testicular atrophy following inguinal hernia repair in children. Pediatr Surg Int. 2018 May; 34(5):553-560. PMID: 39165391.
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    47. Sonderman KA, Wolf LL, Armstrong LB, Taylor K, Jiang W, Weil BR, Koehlmoos TP, Ricca RL, Weldon CB, Haider AH, Rice-Townsend SE. Testicular atrophy following inguinal hernia repair in children. Pediatr Surg Int. 2018 May; 34(5):553-560. PMID: 39098058.
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    48. Aravindhan A, Veerapandiyan A, Earley C, Thulasi V, Kresge C, Kornitzer J. Child Neurology: Type 1 sialidosis due to a novel mutation in NEU1 gene. Neurology. 2018 03 27; 90(13):622-624. PMID: 29581327.
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    49. Veerapandiyan A, Enner S, Thulasi V, Ming X. A Rare Syndrome of GRID2 Deletion in 2 Siblings. Child Neurol Open. 2017 Jan-Dec; 4:2329048X17726168. PMID: 28856174.
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    50. Thulasi V, Veerapandiyan A, Pletcher BA, Tong CM, Ming X. A Case of Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere Syndrome Due To a Novel Mutation in SLC52A3 Gene: Clinical Course and Response to Riboflavin. Child Neurol Open. 2017 Jan-Dec; 4:2329048X17725610. PMID: 28856173.
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    51. Leonard AS, Hyder SN, Kolls BJ, Arehart E, Ng KC, Veerapandiyan A, Mikati MA. Seizure predisposition after perinatal hypoxia: effects of subsequent age and of an epilepsy predisposing gene mutation. Epilepsia. 2013 Oct; 54(10):1789-800. PMID: 24032507.
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    52. Shashi V, Veerapandiyan A, Keshavan MS, Zapadka M, Schoch K, Kwapil TR, Hooper SR, Stanley JA. Altered development of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: an in vivo proton spectroscopy study. Biol Psychiatry. 2012 Oct 15; 72(8):684-91. PMID: 22633947.
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    53. Veerapandiyan A, Singh P, Mikati MA. Possible induction of West syndrome by oxcarbazepine therapy in a patient with complex partial seizures. Epileptic Disord. 2012 Mar; 14(1):99-103. PMID: 22425652.
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    54. Veerapandiyan A, Abdul-Rahman OA, Adam MP, Lyons MJ, Manning M, Coleman K, Kobrynski L, Taneja D, Schoch K, Zimmerman HH, Shashi V. Chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome in African-American patients: a diagnostic challenge. Am J Med Genet A. 2011 Sep; 155A(9):2186-95. PMID: 21834039.
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    55. McGoogan KE, Haafiz AB, Gonz?lez Peralta RP. Herpes simplex virus hepatitis in infants: clinical outcomes and correlates of disease severity. J Pediatr. 2011 Oct; 159(4):608-11. PMID: 27574709.
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    56. McGoogan KE, Haafiz AB, Gonz?lez Peralta RP. Herpes simplex virus hepatitis in infants: clinical outcomes and correlates of disease severity. J Pediatr. 2011 Oct; 159(4):608-11. PMID: 29055484.
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    57. McGoogan KE, Haafiz AB, Gonz?lez Peralta RP. Herpes simplex virus hepatitis in infants: clinical outcomes and correlates of disease severity. J Pediatr. 2011 Oct; 159(4):608-11. PMID: 29987971.
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    58. McGoogan KE, Haafiz AB, Gonz?lez Peralta RP. Herpes simplex virus hepatitis in infants: clinical outcomes and correlates of disease severity. J Pediatr. 2011 Oct; 159(4):608-11. PMID: 32917800.
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    59. McGoogan KE, Haafiz AB, Gonz?lez Peralta RP. Herpes simplex virus hepatitis in infants: clinical outcomes and correlates of disease severity. J Pediatr. 2011 Oct; 159(4):608-11. PMID: 30350008.
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    60. McGoogan KE, Haafiz AB, Gonz?lez Peralta RP. Herpes simplex virus hepatitis in infants: clinical outcomes and correlates of disease severity. J Pediatr. 2011 Oct; 159(4):608-11. PMID: 20887823.
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    61. McGoogan KE, Haafiz AB, Gonz?lez Peralta RP. Herpes simplex virus hepatitis in infants: clinical outcomes and correlates of disease severity. J Pediatr. 2011 Oct; 159(4):608-11. PMID: 37041082.
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    62. McGoogan KE, Haafiz AB, Gonz?lez Peralta RP. Herpes simplex virus hepatitis in infants: clinical outcomes and correlates of disease severity. J Pediatr. 2011 Oct; 159(4):608-11. PMID: 34828664.
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    63. McGoogan KE, Haafiz AB, Gonz?lez Peralta RP. Herpes simplex virus hepatitis in infants: clinical outcomes and correlates of disease severity. J Pediatr. 2011 Oct; 159(4):608-11. PMID: 35181192.
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    64. Holt RL, Provenzale JM, Veerapandiyan A, Moon WJ, De Bellis MD, Leonard S, Gallentine WB, Grant GA, Egger H, Song AW, Mikati MA. Structural connectivity of the frontal lobe in children with drug-resistant partial epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2011 May; 21(1):65-70. PMID: 21497558.
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    65. Veerapandiyan A, Gallentine WB, Winchester SA, Baker J, Kansagra SM, Mikati MA. Oculogyric crises secondary to lamotrigine overdosage. Epilepsia. 2011 Mar; 52(3):e4-6. PMID: 21395567.
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    66. Veerapandiyan A, Winchester SA, Gallentine WB, Smith EC, Kansagra S, Hyland K, Mikati MA. Electroencephalographic and seizure manifestations of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2011 Mar; 20(3):494-501. PMID: 21292558.
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    67. Veerapandiyan A, Shashi V, Jiang YH, Gallentine WB, Schoch K, Smith EC. Pseudometabolic presentation of dystrophinopathy due to a missense mutation. Muscle Nerve. 2010 Dec; 42(6):975-9. PMID: 21104870.
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