By Dr John Anthony Lawson

Journal articles

Xu Y; Hackett ML; Glozier N; Nikpour A; Bleasel A; Somerville E; Lawson J; Jan S; Hyde L; Todd L; Martiniuk A; Ireland C; Anderson CS, 2017, 'Frequency and predictors of psychological distress after a diagnosis of epilepsy: A community-based study', Epilepsy and Behavior, 75, pp. 190 - 195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.07.044

Von Spiczak S; Helbig KL; Shinde DN; Huether R; Pendziwiat M; Lourenço C; Nunes ME; Sarco DP; Kaplan RA; Dlugos DJ; Kirsch H; Slavotinek A; Cilio MR; Cervenka MC; Cohen JS; McClellan R; Fatemi A; Yuen A; Sagawa Y; Littlejohn R; McLean SD; Hernandez-Hernandez L; Maher B; Møller RS; Palmer E; Lawson JA; Campbell CA; Joshi CN; Kolbe DL; Hollingsworth G; Neubauer BA; Muhle H; Stephani U; Scheffer IE; Pena SDJ; Sisodiya SM; Helbig I; Palmer E, 2017, 'DNM1 encephalopathy', Neurology, 89, pp. 385 - 394, http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000004152

Platzer K; Yuan H; Schütz H; Winschel A; Chen W; Hu C; Kusumoto H; Heyne HO; Helbig KL; Tang S; Willing MC; Tinkle BT; Adams DJ; Depienne C; Keren B; Mignot C; Frengen E; Strømme P; Biskup S; Döcker D; Strom TM; Mefford HC; Myers CT; Muir AM; LaCroix A; Sadleir L; Scheffer IE; Brilstra E; van Haelst MM; van der Smagt JJ; Bok LA; Møller RS; Jensen UB; Millichap JJ; Berg AT; Goldberg EM; De Bie I; Fox S; Major P; Jones JR; Zackai EH; Abou Jamra R; Rolfs A; Leventer RJ; Lawson JA; Roscioli T; Jansen FE; Ranza E; Korff CM; Lehesjoki AE; Courage C; Linnankivi T; Smith DR; Stanley C; Mintz M; McKnight D; Decker A; Tan WH; Tarnopolsky MA; Brady LI; Wolff M; Dondit L; Pedro HF; Parisotto SE; Jones KL; Patel AD; Franz DN; Vanzo R; Marco E; Ranells JD; Di Donato N; Dobyns WB; Laube B; Traynelis SF; Lemke JR, 2017, 'GRIN2B encephalopathy: Novel findings on phenotype, variant clustering, functional consequences and treatment aspects', Journal of Medical Genetics, 54, pp. 460 - 470, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jmedgenet-2016-104509

de Vries P; Franz D; Curatolo P; Nabbout R; Berkowitz N; Neary M; Herbst F; Sully K; Brohan E; Lawson J, 2017, 'Psychometric evaluation of quality of life measures in a three-arm, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III study of everolimus as adjunctive therapy in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) who have refractory partial-onset seizures (EXIST-3) (P2.057)', Neurology, 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/wnl.88.16_supplement.p2.057

Williams RE; Adams HR; Blohm M; Cohen-Pfeffer JL; de los Reyes E; Denecke J; Drago K; Fairhurst C; Frazier M; Guelbert N; Kiss S; Kofler A; Lawson JA; Lehwald L; Leung MA; Mikhaylova S; Mink JW; Nickel M; Shediac R; Sims K; Specchio N; Topcu M; von Löbbecke I; West A; Zernikow B; Schulz A, 2017, 'Management Strategies for CLN2 Disease', Pediatric Neurology, 69, pp. 102 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2017.01.034

Kingswood JC; D'Augères GB; Belousova E; Ferreira JC; Carter T; Castellana R; Cottin V; Curatolo P; Dahlin M; De Vries PJ; Feucht M; Fladrowski C; Gislimberti G; Hertzberg C; Jozwiak S; Lawson JA; Macaya A; Nabbout R; O'Callaghan F; Benedik MP; Qin J; Marques R; Sander V; Sauter M; Takahashi Y; Touraine R; Youroukos S; Zonnenberg B; Jansen AC, 2017, 'TuberOus SClerosis registry to increase disease Awareness (TOSCA) - Baseline data on 2093 patients', Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 12, pp. 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13023-016-0553-5

French JA; Lawson JA; Yapici Z; Ikeda H; Polster T; Nabbout R; Curatolo P; de Vries PJ; Dlugos DJ; Voi M; Fan J; Ridolfi A; Pelov D; Franz DN, 2017, 'Outcomes in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex-associated treatment-refractory seizures, transitioning from placebo in core phase to everolimus during extension phase of the EXIST-3 trial', Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 381, pp. 87 - 87, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.293

French JA; Lawson JA; Yapici Z; Ikeda H; Polster T; Nabbout R; Curatolo P; de Vries PJ; Dlugos DJ; Berkowitz N; Voi M; Peyrard S; Pelov D; Franz DN, 2016, 'Adjunctive everolimus therapy for treatment-resistant focal-onset seizures associated with tuberous sclerosis (EXIST-3): a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study', The Lancet, 388, pp. 2153 - 2163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31419-2

Johnson AM; Sugo E; Barreto D; Hiew CC; Lawson JA; Connolly AM; Somerville E; Hasic E; Bye AM; Cunningham AM, 2016, 'The Severity of Gliosis in Hippocampal Sclerosis Correlates with Pre-Operative Seizure Burden and Outcome After Temporal Lobectomy', Molecular Neurobiology, 53, pp. 5446 - 5456, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12035-015-9465-y

Jenkins D; McCuaig C; Drolet BA; Siegel D; Adams S; Lawson JA; Wargon O, 2016, 'Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Associated with Vascular Anomalies or Overgrowth', Pediatric Dermatology, 33, pp. 536 - 542, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pde.12946

Chang FCF; Westenberger A; Dale RC; Smith M; Pall HS; Perez-Dueñas B; Grattan-Smith P; Ouvrier RA; Mahant N; Hanna BC; Hunter M; Lawson JA; Max C; Sachdev R; Meyer E; Crimmins D; Pryor D; Morris JGL; Münchau A; Grozeva D; Carss KJ; Raymond L; Kurian MA; Klein C; Fung VSC, 2016, 'Phenotypic insights into ADCY5-associated disease', Movement Disorders, 31, pp. 1033 - 1040, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mds.26598

Tantsis EM; Gill D; Griffiths L; Gupta S; Lawson J; Maksemous N; Ouvrier R; Riant F; Smith R; Troedson C; Webster R; Menezes MP, 2016, 'Eye movement disorders are an early manifestation of CACNA1A mutations in children', Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 58, pp. 639 - 644, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.13033

Schulz A; Adams HR; Blohm M; Cohen-Pfeffer JL; de los Reyes E; Denecke J; Drago K; Fairhurst C; Frazier M; Guelbert N; Kiss S; Kofler A; Lawson J; Lehwald L; Leung M-A; Mikhailova S; Mink JW; Nickel M; Shediac R; Sims K; Specchio N; Topcu M; von Löbbecke I; West A; Williams RE, 2016, 'Expert opinion on the management of CLN2 disease', Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 117, pp. S103 - S104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ymgme.2015.12.432

Connolly AM; Beavis E; Mugica-Cox B; Bye AME; Lawson JA, 2015, 'Exploring carer perceptions of training in out-of-hospital use of buccal midazolam for emergency management of seizures (2008-2012)', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 51, pp. 704 - 707, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.12811

Bowes E; Levy F; Lawson J; Mandalis A; Mohan A; Weickert CS, 2015, 'Anti-N-methyl-D-Aspartate encephalitis - a case study of symptomatic progression', Australasian Psychiatry, 23, pp. 422 - 425, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1039856215588229

Wibisono C; Rowe N; Beavis E; Kepreotes H; Mackie FE; Lawson JA; Cardamone M, 2015, 'Ten-year single-center experience of the ketogenic diet: Factors influencing efficacy, tolerability, and compliance', Journal of Pediatrics, 166, pp. 1030 - 1036.e1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.12.018

Johnson AM; Sugo E; Barreto D; Cunningham AM; Hiew CC; Lawson JA; Somerville ER; Connolly AM; Bye AME, 2014, 'Response to "About Focal Cortical Dysplasia (FCD) type IIIa"', Epilepsy Research, 108, pp. 1958 - 1959, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2014.09.027

Johnson AM; Sugo E; Barreto D; Cunningham AM; Hiew CC; Lawson JA; Somerville ER; Connolly AM; Bye AME, 2014, 'Clinicopathological associations in temporal lobe epilepsy patients utilising the current ILAE focal cortical dysplasia classification', Epilepsy Research, 108, pp. 1345 - 1351, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2014.06.013

Cardamone M; Flanagan D; Mowat D; Kennedy SE; Chopra M; Lawson JA, 2014, 'Mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors for intractable epilepsy and subependymal giant cell astrocytomas in tuberous sclerosis complex', Journal of Pediatrics, 164, pp. 1195 - 1200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.12.053

Lawson JA; Chan CF; Chi CS; Fan PC; Kim HD; Kim KJ; Likasitwatanakul S; Ortiz M; Riney K; Tay SKH; Tham CK, 2014, 'Managing tuberous sclerosis in the Asia-Pacific region: Refining practice and the role of targeted therapy', Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 21, pp. 1180 - 1187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2013.06.029

Johnson AM; Dale RC; Wienholt L; Hadjivassiliou M; Aeschlimann D; Lawson JA, 2013, 'Coeliac disease, epilepsy, and cerebral calcifications: Association with TG6 autoantibodies', Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 55, pp. 90 - 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04369.x

Kamien BA; Cardamone DM; Lawson JA; Sachdev RR, 2012, 'A genetic diagnostic approach to infantile epileptic encephalopathies', Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 19, pp. 934 - 941, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2012.01.017

Cohen SA; Lawson JA; Graudins LV; Pearson S; Gazarian M, 2012, 'Changes in Anticonvulsant Prescribing for Australian Children: Implications for Quality use of medicines', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (Vol. 48, Suppl. 2, 2012, 1–13), 48, pp. 490 - 495, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.2011.02223.x

Chopra M; Lawson JA; Wilson M; Kennedy SE; Taylor PJ; Buckley M; Wargon O; Parasivam G; Camphausen CK; Yates D; Mowat DR, 2011, 'An Australian tuberous sclerosis cohort: Are surveillance guidelines being met?', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 47, pp. 711 - 716, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.2011.02038.x

Frizzell C; Connolly AM; Beavis E; Lawson JA; Bye AM, 2010, 'Personalised epilepsy education intervention for adolescents and impact on knowledge acquisition and psychosocial function', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (Vol. 48, Suppl. 2, 2012, 1–13)

Sammons V; Jacobson E; Lawson JA, 2009, 'Resolution of hydrocephalus-associated sensorineural hearing loss after insertion of ventriculoperitoneal shunt: Case report', Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics, 4, pp. 394 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/2009.4.PEDS09103

Bye AM; Connolly AM; Farrar MA; Lawson JA; Lonergan A, 2009, 'Teaching paediatric epilepsy to medical students: A randomised crossover trial', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (Vol. 48, Suppl. 2, 2012, 1–13), 45, pp. 727 - 730

Bruggemann JM; Wilke M; Som SS; Bye AM; Bleasel AF; Lawson JA, 2009, 'Voxel-based morphometry in the detection of dysplasia and neoplasia in childhood epilepsy: Limitations of grey matter analysis', Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 16, pp. 780 - 785, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2008.08.025

Farrar M; Lawson J; Ziegler J; Johnston H, 2008, 'A teenager with mononeuritis multiplex: A case report and review of the literature', Clinical Neurophysiology, 119, pp. e22 - e23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2007.10.046

Farrar MA; Connolly AM; Lawson JS; Burgess AJ; Lonergan A; Bye AM, 2008, 'Teaching doctors how to diagnose paroxysmal events: a comparison of two educational methods', Medical Education, 42, pp. 909 - 914

Northcott E; Connolly AM; Berroya A; McIntyre J; Christie J; Taylor AJ; Bleasel AF; Lawson JA; Bye AM, 2007, 'Memory and phonological awareness in children with Benign Rolandic Epilepsy compared to a matched control group', Epilepsy Research, 75, pp. 57 - 62

Bruggemann JM; Wilke M; Som SS; Bye AM; Bleasel AF; Lawson JA, 2007, 'Voxel-based morphometry in the detection of dysplasia and neoplasia in childhood epilepsy: Combined grey/white matter analysis augments detection', Epilepsy Research, 77, pp. 93 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.09.004

Northcott E; Connolly AM; McIntyre J; Christie J; Berroya A; Taylor AJ; Batchelor J; Aaron G; Soe S; Bleasel AF; Lawson JA; Bye AM, 2006, 'Longitudinal assessment of neuropsychologic and language function in children with benign Rolandic epilepsy', Journal of Child Neurology, 21, pp. 518 - 522

Connolly AM; Northcott E; Cairns D; McIntyre J; Christie J; Berroya A; Lawson JA; Bleasel AF; Bye AM, 2006, 'Quality of life of children with benign rolandic epilepsy', Pediatric Neurology, 35, pp. 240 - 245

Sabaz M; Lawson JA; Cairns DR; Duchowny MS; Resnick TJ; Dean PM; Bleasel AF; Bye AM, 2006, 'The impact of epilepsy surgery on quality of life in children', Neurology, 66, pp. 557 - 561

Lawson JA; Birchansky S; Pacheco E; Jayakar P; Resnick TJ; Dean PM; Duchouny M, 2005, 'Distinct Clinicopathological subtypes of cortical dysplasia of Taylor', Neurology, 64, pp. 55 - 61

Northcott E; Connolly AM; Berroya A; Batchelor J; Taylor AJ; Christie J; McIntyre J; Aron G; Soe S; Bleasel AF; Lawson JA; Bye AM, 2005, 'Neuropsychological and language profile in benign rolandic epilepsy over time', Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 238, pp. S83 - S83

Connolly AM; Sabaz M; Lawson JA; Cairns DR, 2005, 'Quality of life in childhood epilepsy: Validating the QOLCE', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (Vol. 48, Suppl. 2, 2012, 1–13), 41, pp. 157 - 158

Berroya A; Bleasel AF; Stevermuer T; Lawson JA; Bye AM, 2005, 'Spike morphology, location, and frequency in benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes', Journal of Child Neurology, 20, pp. 188 - 194

Lawson JA; Sabaz M; Cairns DR; Duchowny MS; Resnick TJ; Dean PM; Bleasel AF; Bye AM, 2005, 'The impact of epilepsy surgery on quality of life in children: A prospective study', Epilepsia, 46, pp. 249 - 250

Northcott E; Connolly AM; Berroya A; Sabaz M; McIntyre J; Christie J; Taylor AJ; Batchelor J; Bleasel AF; Lawson JA; Bye AM, 2005, 'The neuropsychological and language profile of children with benign rolandic epilepsy', Epilepsia, 46, pp. 924 - 930

Bruggemann JM; Wilke M; Som SS; Bye AM; Bleasel AF; Lawson JA, 2005, 'Voxel based morphometry detects subtle dysplasia and neoplasia in childhood epilepsy', Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 238, pp. S259 - S260

MacLennan SC; Fahey MC; Lawson JA, 2004, 'Pharyngeal-cervical-brachial variant Guillain-Barré syndrome in a child', Journal of Child Neurology, 19, pp. 626 - 627, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/088307380401900812

Bruggemann JM; Som SS; Lawson JA; Haindi W; Cunningham AM; Bye AM, 2004, 'Application of statistical parametric mapping to SPET in the assessment of intractable childhood epilepsy', European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 31, pp. 369 - 377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00259-003-1366-z

Bruggemann JM; Som S; Bye AM; Bleasel AF; Haindl W; Lawson JA, 2004, 'Identification of focal cortical dysplasia and neoplasms in the MRI ofchildren with epilepsy rising voxel based morphometry', Epilepsia, 45, pp. 83 - 83

Nolan MA; Redoblado M; Lah S; Sabaz M; Lawson JA; Cunningham AM; Bleasel AF; Bye AM, 2004, 'Memory function in childhood epilepsy syndromes', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (Vol. 48, Suppl. 2, 2012, 1–13), 40, pp. 20 - 27

Berroya A; McIntyre J; Webster RI; Lah S; Sabaz M; Lawson JS; Bleasel AF; Bye AM, 2004, 'Speech and language deterioration in benign rolandic', Journal of Child Neurology, 19, pp. 53 - 58

Nolan MA; redobaldo MA; Lahz S; Sabaz M; Lawson JA; Cunningham AM; Bleasel AF; Bye AM, 2003, 'Intelligence in childhood epilepsy syndromes', Epilepsy Research, 53, pp. 139 - 150

Sabaz M; Cairns DR; Bleasel AF; Grinton B; Scheffer I; Bye AM, 2003, 'The health-related quality of life of childhood epilepsy syndromes', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (Vol. 48, Suppl. 2, 2012, 1–13), 39

Sabaz M; Lawson JA; Cairns DR; Duchowny MS; Resnick TJ; Dean PM; Bye AM, 2003, 'Validation of the quality of life in childhood epilepsy questionnairein American epilepsy patients', Epilepsy and Behavior, 4, pp. 680 - 691

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