Cedars Sinai; UCLA School of Medicine; Member, Pediatric Neurologist/Scientist, CTSI

Neurology

Doctor Tyler M. Pierson, MD works in the field of Neurology. He researched medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Doctor Tyler M. Pierson, MD is a published doctor. He has 22 publications published. The most current publication "Acid ceramidase deficiency associated with spinal muscular atrophy with progressive myoclonic epilepsy."

Publications

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• Acid ceramidase deficiency associated with spinal muscular atrophy with progressive myoclonic Epilepsy.
• Pharmacologic rescue of axon growth defects in a human iPSC model of hereditary spastic paraplegia SPG3A.
• Lysosomal abnormalities in hereditary spastic paraplegia types SPG15 and SPG11.
• GRIN2A mutation and early-onset epileptic encephalopathy: personalized therapy with memantine.
• Functional analysis of a de novo GRIN2A missense mutation associated with early-onset epileptic encephalopathy.
• Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Type 43 (SPG43) is Caused by Mutation in C19orf12.
• Novel SNP array analysis and exome sequencing detect a homozygous exon 7 deletion of MEGF10 causing early onset myopathy, areflexia, respiratory distress and dysphagia...
• Auditory analysis of xeroderma pigmentosum 1971-2012: hearing function, sun sensitivity and DNA repair predict neurological degeneration.
• Juvenile-onset motor neuron disease caused by novel mutations in ?-hexosaminidase.
• Exome sequencing as a diagnostic tool in a case of undiagnosed juvenile-onset GM1-gangliosidosis.
• Exome sequencing and SNP analysis detect novel compound heterozygosity in fatty acid hydroxylase-associated neurodegeneration.
• VAR-MD: a tool to analyze whole exome-genome variants in small human pedigrees with mendelian inheritance.
• The National Institutes of Health Undiagnosed Diseases Program: insights into rare diseases.
• Increased frequency of congenital heart defects in Menkes disease.
• Whole-Exome Sequencing Identifies Homozygous AFG3L2 Mutations in a Spastic Ataxia-Neuropathy Syndrome Linked to Mitochondrial m-AAA Proteases.
• Unrelated umbilical cord blood transplant for juvenile metachromatic leukodystrophy: a 5-year follow-up in three affected siblings.
• Umbilical cord blood transplantation for juvenile metachromatic leukodystrophy.
• Inhibin A is an endocrine stimulator of bone mass and strength.
• Infantile-onset spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress-1 diagnosed in a 20-year-old man.
• Mega-corpus callosum, polymicrogyria, and psychomotor retardation: confirmation of a syndromic entity.
• Regulable expression of inhibin A in wild-type and inhibin alpha null mice.

Schools

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• Baylor University

Conditions Treated

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• Ataxia
• Convulsions
• Dystonia
• Epilepsy
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Doctors Specialties

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• Pediatric Neurology
• Neurology

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Baylor College of Medicine

Hospital

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• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
• Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

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