Wendy G Mitchell, MD

Title(s)Professor of Clinical Neurology
SchoolKeck School of Medicine of Usc
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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.

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    1. Sexual Health Education and Quality of Counseling in Pediatric-Onset Multiple Sclerosis. Pediatr Neurol. 2024 Aug; 157:108-113. Burk K, Pagarkar D, Khoshnood MM, Jafarpour S, Ahsan N, Mitchell WG, Santoro JD. PMID: 38905743.
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    2. Safety and tolerability of intravenous immunoglobulin infusion in Down syndrome regression disorder. Am J Med Genet A. 2024 05; 194(5):e63524. Santoro JD, Jafarpour S, Khoshnood MM, Boyd NK, Vogel BN, Nguyen L, Saucier LE, Partridge R, Tiongson E, Ramos-Platt L, Nagesh D, Ho E, Rosser T, Ahsan N, Mitchell WG, Rafii MS. PMID: 38169137.
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    3. An International Pediatric-Onset Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Ataxia Syndrome Registry and Clinical Research Network: Development, Progress, and Vision. Pediatr Neurol. 2023 11; 148:145-147. Kerr LM, Ryan ME, Lim M, Hearn S, Klein A, Deiva K, Hopkins SE, Bacchus MK, Sokol EA, Waanders AJ, Mitchell WG, Khakoo Y, Lotze TE, Zhang B, Gorman MP. PMID: 37716108.
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    4. Association of rare variants in genes of immune regulation with pediatric autoimmune CNS diseases. J Neurol. 2022 Dec; 269(12):6512-6529. Jafarpour S, Banerjee A, Boyd NK, Vogel BN, Paulsen KC, Ahsan N, Mitchell WG, Jeste SS, Santoro JD. PMID: 35960392; PMCID: PMC9372976.
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    5. m.3685T > C is a novel mitochondrial DNA variant that causes Leigh syndrome. Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud. 2022 02; 8(2). Jean J, Christodoulou E, Gai X, Tamrazi B, Vera M, Mitchell WG, Schmidt RJ. PMID: 35217561; PMCID: PMC8958915.
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    6. Diagnosis and Management of Opsoclonus-Myoclonus-Ataxia Syndrome in Children: An International Perspective. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2022 05; 9(3). Rossor T, Yeh EA, Khakoo Y, Angelini P, Hemingway C, Irani SR, Schleiermacher G, Santosh P, Lotze T, Dale RC, Deiva K, Hero B, Klein A, de Alarcon P, Gorman MP, Mitchell WG, Lim M, OMS Study Group. PMID: 35260471; PMCID: PMC8906188.
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    7. 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. Knupp KG, Coryell J, Singh RK, Gaillard WD, Shellhaas RA, Koh S, Mitchell WG, Harini C, Millichap JJ, May A, Dlugos D, Nickels K, Mytinger JR, Keator C, Yozawitz E, Singhal N, Lockrow J, Thomas JF, Juarez-Colunga E. PMID: 35044272.
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    8. Comparative Effectiveness of Initial Treatment for Infantile Spasms in a Contemporary US Cohort. Neurology. 2021 Sep 20; 97(12):e1217-e1228. Grinspan ZM, Knupp KG, Patel AD, Yozawitz EG, Wusthoff CJ, Wirrell EC, Valencia I, Singhal NS, Nordli DR, Mytinger JR, Mitchell WG, Keator CG, Loddenkemper T, Hussain SA, Harini C, Gaillard WD, Fernandez IS, Coryell J, Chu CJ, Berg AT, Shellhaas RA. PMID: 34266919; PMCID: PMC8480478.
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    9. Immunotherapy responsive SARS-CoV-2 infection exacerbating opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2021 May; 50:102855. Wiegand SE, Mitchell WG, Santoro JD. PMID: 33677410; PMCID: PMC7899919.
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    10. 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. Quindipan C, Cotter JA, Ji J, Mitchell WG, Moke DJ, Navid F, Thomas SM, VanHirtum-Das M, Wang L, Saitta SC, Biegel JA, Hiemenz MC. PMID: 33221597.
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    11. Loss-of-function mutations in UDP-Glucose 6-Dehydrogenase cause recessive developmental epileptic encephalopathy. Nat Commun. 2020 01 30; 11(1):595. Hengel H, Bosso-Lefèvre C, Grady G, Szenker-Ravi E, Li H, Pierce S, Lebigot É, Tan TT, Eio MY, Narayanan G, Utami KH, Yau M, Handal N, Deigendesch W, Keimer R, Marzouqa HM, Gunay-Aygun M, Muriello MJ, Verhelst H, Weckhuysen S, Mahida S, Naidu S, Thomas TG, Lim JY, Tan ES, Haye D, Willemsen MAAP, Oegema R, Mitchell WG, Pierson TM, Andrews MV, Willing MC, Rodan LH, Barakat TS, van Slegtenhorst M, Gavrilova RH, Martinelli D, Gilboa T, Tamim AM, Hashem MO, AlSayed MD, Abdulrahim MM, Al-Owain M, Awaji A, Mahmoud AAH, Faqeih EA, Asmari AA, Algain SM, Jad LA, Aldhalaan HM, Helbig I, Koolen DA, Riess A, Kraegeloh-Mann I, Bauer P, Gulsuner S, Stamberger H, Ng AYJ, Tang S, Tohari S, Keren B, Schultz-Rogers LE, Klee EW, Barresi S, Tartaglia M, Mor-Shaked H, Maddirevula S, Begtrup A, Telegrafi A, Pfundt R, Schüle R, Ciruna B, Bonnard C, Pouladi MA, Stewart JC, Claridge-Chang A, Lefeber DJ, Alkuraya FS, Mathuru AS, Venkatesh B, Barycki JJ, Simpson MA, Jamuar SS, Schöls L, Reversade B. PMID: 32001716; PMCID: PMC6992768.
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    12. 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. Jiang X, Raju PK, D'Avanzo N, Lachance M, Pepin J, Dubeau F, Mitchell WG, Bello-Espinosa LE, Pierson TM, Minassian BA, Lacaille JC, Rossignol E. PMID: 31468518.
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    13. Cancer and Autoimmunity: Paraneoplastic Neurological Disorders Associated With Neuroblastic Tumors. Semin Pediatr Neurol. 2017 08; 24(3):180-188. Mitchell WG, Blaes F. PMID: 29103425.
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    14. An Adolescent with Increased Plasma Methylmalonic Acid and Total Homocysteine. Clin Chem. 2017 06; 63(6):1069-1072. Fu X, Francisco C, Pattengale P, O'Gorman MR, Mitchell WG. PMID: 28550124.
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    15. Stimulant Medications and Cognition, Behavior and Quality of Life in Children and Youth with HIV. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Jan; 35(1):e12-8. Sirois PA, Aaron L, Montepiedra G, Pearson DA, Kapetanovic S, Williams PL, Garvie PA, Nozyce ML, Malee K, Nichols SL, Kammerer BL, Mitchell WG, Mintz M, Oleske JM, IMPAACTPACTG 219C Team. PMID: 26741589; PMCID: PMC4705843.
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    16. Treatment of pediatric chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: Challenges, controversies and questions. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2015 Jul-Sep; 18(3):327-30. Desai J, Ramos-Platt L, Mitchell WG. PMID: 26425012; PMCID: PMC4564469.
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    17. Clobazam is equally safe and efficacious for seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome across different age groups: Post hoc analyses of short- and long-term clinical trial results. Epilepsy Behav. 2015 May; 46:221-6. Ng YT, Conry J, Mitchell WG, Buchhalter J, Isojarvi J, Lee D, Drummond R, Chung S. PMID: 25940107.
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    18. How should children with West syndrome be efficiently and accurately investigated? Results from the National Infantile Spasms Consortium. Epilepsia. 2015 Apr; 56(4):617-25. Wirrell EC, Shellhaas RA, Joshi C, Keator C, Kumar S, Mitchell WG, Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium. PMID: 25779538.
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    19. Effect of Increased Immunosuppression on Developmental Outcome of Opsoclonus Myoclonus Syndrome (OMS). J Child Neurol. 2015 Jul; 30(8):976-82. Mitchell WG, Wooten AA, O'Neil SH, Rodriguez JG, Cruz RE, Wittern R. PMID: 25342308.
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    20. Stable dosages of clobazam for Lennox-Gastaut syndrome are associated with sustained drop-seizure and total-seizure improvements over 3 years. Epilepsia. 2014 Apr; 55(4):558-67. Conry JA, Ng YT, Kernitsky L, Mitchell WG, Veidemanis R, Drummond R, Isojarvi J, Lee D, Paolicchi JM, OV-1004 Study Investigators. PMID: 24580023; PMCID: PMC4303987.
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    21. Assessment of control in typical childhood absence epilepsy. J Child Neurol. 2013 May; 28(5):678-9. Desai J, Mitchell WG. PMID: 23529908.
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    22. Acute cerebellar ataxia, acute cerebellitis, and opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome. J Child Neurol. 2012 Nov; 27(11):1482-8. Desai J, Mitchell WG. PMID: 22805251.
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    23. Active comparator-controlled, rater-blinded study of corticotropin-based immunotherapies for opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome. J Child Neurol. 2012 Jul; 27(7):875-84. Tate ED, Pranzatelli MR, Verhulst SJ, Markwell SJ, Franz DN, Graf WD, Joseph SA, Khakoo YN, Lo WD, Mitchell WG, Sivaswamy L. PMID: 22378659.
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    24. Clinical associations of occipital intermittent rhythmic delta activity. J Child Neurol. 2012 Apr; 27(4):503-6. Desai J, Mitchell WG, Rosser T, Ramos-Platt L, Ahsan N, Langille MM, Toczek MT. PMID: 21940699.
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    25. Frontal intermittent rhythmic delta activity (FIRDA): is there a clinical significance in children and adolescents? Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 2012 Mar; 16(2):138-41. Desai JD, Toczek MT, Mitchell WG. PMID: 21775176.
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    26. Does one more medication help? Effect of adding another anticonvulsant in childhood epilepsy. J Child Neurol. 2011 Mar; 26(3):329-33. Desai J, Mitchell WG. PMID: 21183723.
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    27. Possible mitochondrial dysfunction and its association with antiretroviral therapy use in children perinatally infected with HIV. J Infect Dis. 2010 Jul 15; 202(2):291-301. Crain MJ, Chernoff MC, Oleske JM, Brogly SB, Malee KM, Borum PR, Meyer WA, Mitchell WG, Moye JH, Ford-Chatterton HM, Van Dyke RB, Seage Iii GR. PMID: 20533872; PMCID: PMC2913975.
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    28. Impact of medications prescribed for treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder on physical growth in children and adolescents with HIV. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2009 Oct; 30(5):403-12. Sirois PA, Montepiedra G, Kapetanovic S, Williams PL, Pearson DA, Malee K, Garvie PA, Kammerer BL, Nichols SL, Nozyce ML, Mintz M, Mitchell WG, Oleske JM, IMPAACT/PACTG 219C Team. PMID: 19827220; PMCID: PMC2836888.
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    29. Neurodevelopmental and epilepsy outcomes in a North American cohort of patients with infantile spasms. J Child Neurol. 2010 Apr; 25(4):423-8. Partikian A, Mitchell WG. PMID: 19749181.
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    30. Cortical dysplasia with prominent Rosenthal fiber formation in a case of intractable pediatric epilepsy. Hum Pathol. 2009 Aug; 40(8):1200-4. Khanlou N, Mathern GW, Mitchell WG, Salamon N, Pope WB, Yong WH, Vinters HV. PMID: 19427021.
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    31. Insights on chronic-relapsing opsoclonus-myoclonus from a pilot study of mycophenolate mofetil. J Child Neurol. 2009 Mar; 24(3):316-22. Pranzatelli MR, Tate ED, Travelstead AL, Baumgardner CA, Gowda NV, Halthore SN, Kerstan P, Kossak BD, Mitchell WG, Taub JW. PMID: 19258290.
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    32. Clobazam in the treatment of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Epilepsia. 2009 May; 50(5):1158-66. Conry JA, Ng YT, Paolicchi JM, Kernitsky L, Mitchell WG, Ritter FJ, Collins SD, Tracy K, Kormany WN, Abdulnabi R, Riley B, Stolle J. PMID: 19170737.
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    33. Reviews of infant botulism at childrens hospital los angeles. J Child Neurol. 2008 Aug; 23(8):968. Mitchell WG, Tseng-Ong L. PMID: 18660481.
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    34. Infant botulism: 20 years' experience at a single institution. J Child Neurol. 2007 Dec; 22(12):1333-7. Tseng-Ong L, Mitchell WG. PMID: 18174547.
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    35. Major adverse events associated with treatment of infantile spasms. J Child Neurol. 2007 Dec; 22(12):1360-6. Partikian A, Mitchell WG. PMID: 18174552.
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    36. Iatrogenic botulism in a child with spastic quadriparesis. J Child Neurol. 2007 Oct; 22(10):1235-7. Partikian A, Mitchell WG. PMID: 17940253.
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    37. Pharmacokinetics of levetiracetam in infants and young children with epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2007 Jun; 48(6):1117-22. Glauser TA, Mitchell WG, Weinstock A, Bebin M, Chen D, Coupez R, Stockis A, Lu ZS. PMID: 17442002.
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    38. Mood and behavioral dysfunction with opsoclonus-myoclonus ataxia. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2006; 18(2):239-41. Turkel SB, Brumm VL, Mitchell WG, Tavare CJ. PMID: 16720803.
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    39. Opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome in neuroblastoma a report from a workshop on the dancing eyes syndrome at the advances in neuroblastoma meeting in Genoa, Italy, 2004. Cancer Lett. 2005 Oct 18; 228(1-2):275-82. Matthay KK, Blaes F, Hero B, Plantaz D, De Alarcon P, Mitchell WG, Pike M, Pistoia V. PMID: 15922508.
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    40. Longitudinal neurodevelopmental evaluation of children with opsoclonus-ataxia. Pediatrics. 2005 Oct; 116(4):901-7. Mitchell WG, Brumm VL, Azen CG, Patterson KE, Aller SK, Rodriguez J. PMID: 16199699.
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    41. Catastrophic presentation of infant botulism may obscure or delay diagnosis. Pediatrics. 2005 Sep; 116(3):e436-8. Mitchell WG, Tseng-Ong L. PMID: 16140690.
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    42. Vigabatrin for infantile spasms. Pediatr Neurol. 2002 Sep; 27(3):161-4. Mitchell WG, Shah NS. PMID: 12393124.
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    43. Mitochondrial disorders: a potentially under-recognized etiology of infantile spasms. J Child Neurol. 2002 May; 17(5):369-72. Shah NS, Mitchell WG, Boles RG. PMID: 12150585.
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    44. Opsoclonus-ataxia caused by childhood neuroblastoma: developmental and neurologic sequelae. Pediatrics. 2002 Jan; 109(1):86-98. Mitchell WG, Davalos-Gonzalez Y, Brumm VL, Aller SK, Burger E, Turkel SB, Borchert MS, Hollar S, Padilla S. PMID: 11773546.
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    45. Status epilepticus and acute serial seizures in children. J Child Neurol. 2002 Jan; 17 Suppl 1:S36-43. Mitchell WG. PMID: 11918461.
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    46. Neurological and developmental effects of HIV and AIDS in children and adolescents. Ment Retard Dev Disabil Res Rev. 2001; 7(3):211-6. Mitchell W. PMID: 11553937.
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    47. Adherence to treatment in children with epilepsy: who follows "doctor's orders"? Epilepsia. 2000 Dec; 41(12):1616-25. Mitchell WG, Scheier LM, Baker SA. PMID: 11114221.
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    48. An open-label study of repeated use of diazepam rectal gel (Diastat) for episodes of acute breakthrough seizures and clusters: safety, efficacy, and tolerance. North American Diastat Group. Epilepsia. 1999 Nov; 40(11):1610-7. Mitchell WG, Conry JA, Crumrine PK, Kriel RL, Cereghino JJ, Groves L, Rosenfeld WE. PMID: 10565590.
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