Dr. Melissa Pittel Wasserstein MD
Geneticist | Clinical Biochemical Genetics
1 Gustave L Levy Pl Box 1497 New York NY, 10029Rating
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Clinical Interests: Medical Genetics, Pediatric Genetics, Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Lysosomal Storage Diseases, Newborn Screening, Urea Cycle Disorders, Hyperammonemia, Fatty Acid Oxidation Defects ...
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Maple syrup urine disease: identification and carrier-frequency determination of a novel founder mutation in the Ashkenazi Jewish population.
- Fabry disease (alpha-galactosidase A deficiency): renal involvement and enzyme replacement therapy.
- Fabry disease: clinical features and recent advances in enzyme replacement therapy.
- The demographics and distribution of type B Niemann-Pick disease: novel mutations lead to new genotype/phenotype correlations.
- Lipid abnormalities in children with types A and B Niemann Pick disease.
- Cerebral glucose metabolism in adults with early treated classic phenylketonuria.
- Natural history of Type A Niemann-Pick disease: possible endpoints for therapeutic trials.
- Combined liver-kidney transplant for the management of methylmalonic aciduria: a case report and review of the literature.
- Newborn screening for Krabbe disease: the New York State model.
- High prevalence of structural heart disease in children with cblC-type methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria.
- Resolution of cor pulmonale after medical management in a patient with cblC-type methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria: a case report.
- Identification and characterization of eight novel SMPD1 mutations causing types A and B Niemann-Pick disease.
- Morbidity and mortality in type B Niemann-Pick disease.
- Neurologic and neurodevelopmental phenotypes in young children with early-treated combined methylmalonic acidemia and homocystinuria, cobalamin C type.
- Types A and B Niemann-Pick disease.
Awards
- 2010-2011 New York Super Doctors
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- Galactosemia, Homocystinuria, Hypoglycemia (low Blood Sugar) And More
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