Dr. Andrea L Gropman M.D.
Neurologist | Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology
Children's National Medical Center 111 Michigan Avenue, Washington DC, 20010About
Dr. Andrea Gropman, MD, specialist in clinical genetics (m.d.), neurology, pediatric neurology, and pediatrics, currently treats patients in Washington, District Of Columbia and Annandale, Virginia. Dr. ...
Board Certification
Medical GeneticsAmerican Board of Medical GeneticsABMG
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Diagnosis and treatment of childhood mitochondrial diseases.
- The neurological presentations of childhood and adult mitochondrial disease: established syndromes and phenotypic variations.
- Expanding the diagnostic and research toolbox for inborn errors of metabolism: the role of magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
- Neurologic and developmental features of the Smith-Magenis syndrome (del
- Atypical patterns of inheritance.
- New developments in Smith-Magenis syndrome (del 17p11.2).
- 1H MRS allows brain phenotype differentiation in sisters with late onset ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTCD) and discordant clinical presentations.
- A 2-year-old male with developmental delay, irritability, and failure to thrive.
- Neurodevelopment of children under 3 years of age with Smith-Magenis syndrome.
- Diffusion tensor imaging in arginase deficiency reveals damage to corticospinal tracts.
- The use of neuroimaging in the diagnosis of mitochondrial disease.
- A Hypomorphic Allele in the FGF8 Gene Contributes to Holoprosencephaly and Is Allelic to Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Deficiency in Humans.
- Expanding the clinical phenotype of the mitochondrial m.13513G>A mutation with the first report of a fatal neonatal presentation: importance of DNA collection for post-mortem diagnosis.
- New frontiers in neuroimaging applications to inborn errors of metabolism.
- Evidence report: Genetic and metabolic testing on children with global developmental delay: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Neurogenetics, Cerebral Palsy, Myasthenia Gravis And More
Professional Memberships
- Member Center for Neuroscience Research
Fellowships
- Neurology, George Washington University/Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC 1994
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