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Laura Adang, MD, PhD
Areas of expertise: Leukodystrophy
About Laura Adang
Titles
Attending Physician
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Awards and Honors
2022, NINDS Clinical Trials Methodology Course Scholar
2022, Awarded ANA Travel Award
2022, SSIEM Top 10 Abstract Award
Leadership and Memberships
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
Child Neurology Society (CNS)
Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism (SSIEM)
Education & training
Graduate Degree
PhD in Microbiology - University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Medical Degree
MD - University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Residency
Pediatrics - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship
Pediatric Neurology - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Publications
Publications
2018
Helbig I, Adang L. Teaching NeuroImages: Atrophy in epileptic encephalopathy. Neurology. 2018 Jan 30;90(5):e442-e443.
Pizzino A, Whitehead M, Sabet Rasekh P, Murphy J, Helman G, Bloom M, Evans SH, Murnick JG, Conry J, Taft RJ, Simons C, Vanderver A, Adang LA. Mutations in SZT2 result in early-onset epileptic encephalopathy and leukoencephalopathy. Am J Med Genet A. 2018 Jun;176(6):1443-1448.
Ahrens-Nicklas R, Schlotawa L, Ballabio A, Brunetti-Pierri N, De Castro M, Dierks T, Eichler F, Ficicioglu C, Finglas A, Gaertner J, Kirmse B, Klepper J, Lee M, Olsen A, Parenti G, Vossough A, Vanderver A, Adang LA. Complex care of individuals with multiple sulfatase deficiency: Clinical cases and consensus statement. Mol Genet Metab. 2018 Mar;123(3):337-346. Epub 2018 Jan 31.
2017
Adang LA, Sherbini O, Ball L, Bloom M, Darbari A, Amartino H, DiVito D, Eichler F, Escolar M, Evans SH, Fatemi A, Fraser J, Hollowell L, Jaffe N, Joseph C, Karpinski M, Keller S, Maddock R, Mancilla E, McClary B, Mertz J, Morgart K, Langan T, Leventer R, Parikh S, Pizzino A, Prange E, Renaud DL, Rizzo W, Shapiro J, Suhr D, Suhr T, Tonduti D, Waggoner J, Waldman A, Wolf NI, Zerem A, Bonkowsky JL, Bernard G, van Haren K, Vanderver A; Global Leukodystrophy Initiative (GLIA) Consortium. Revised consensus statement on the preventive and symptomatic care of patients with leukodystrophies. Mol Genet Metab. 2017 Sep;122(1-2):18-32. Epub 2017 Aug 20.
2015
Adang L, Berger J. Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy. F1000Res. 2015 Dec 10;4. pii: F1000 Faculty Rev-1424. eCollection 2015.
2014
Adang LA, Lynch DR, Panzer JA. Pediatric anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is seasonal. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2014 Nov;1(11):921-5. Epub 2014 Oct 30.
2011
Nichols LA, Adang LA, Kedes DH. Rapamycin blocks production of KSHV/HHV8: insights into the anti-tumor activity of an immunosuppressant drug. PLoS One. 2011 Jan 14;6(1):e14535.
2006
Parsons CH, Adang LA, Overdevest J, O'Connor CM, Taylor JR Jr, Camerini D, Kedes DH. KSHV targets multiple leukocyte lineages during long-term productive infection in NOD/SCID mice. J Clin Invest. 2006 Jul;116(7):1963-73. Epub 2006 Jun 22.
Adang LA, Parsons CH, Kedes DH. Asynchronous progression through the lytic cascade and variations in intracellular viral loads revealed by high-throughput single-cell analysis of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection. J Virol. 2006 Oct;80(20):10073-82.