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Wang-Tso Lee is affiliated with National Taiwan University in Taiwan and has focused their research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, including Neurology, Genetics, Psychiatry and Mental health, Molecular Biology, and Clinical Psychology.

The scientist's research covers various main topics, including Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Epilepsy research and treatment, Metabolism and Genetic Disorders, Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues, Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders, Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research, and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research.

Recent publications by Wang-Tso Lee include:

  • Immunological Dysfunction in Tourette Syndrome and Related Disorders, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • CMAP changes upon symptom onset and during treatment in spinal muscular atrophy patients: lessons learned from newborn screening, 2020, Genetics in Medicine
  • Neuropsychiatric Disorders Due to Limbic Encephalitis: Immunologic Aspect, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Randomized Controlled Trial of Probiotic PS128 in Children with Tourette Syndrome, 2021, Nutrients
  • Evaluating brain white matter hyperintensity, IQ scores, and plasma neurofilament light chain concentration in early-treated patients with infantile-onset Pompe disease, 2022, Genetics in Medicine

Wang-Tso Lee has frequently collaborated with other researchers in the field. Coauthors with whom they have worked most often include:

  • Chia-Jui Hsu
  • Lee-Chin Wong
  • Wen-Chin Weng
  • Pi-Chuan Fan
  • Chun-Yi Lu

The scientist has published repeatedly in a number of venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Pediatrics & Neonatology
  • Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
  • Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • Variant non ketotic hyperglycinemia is caused by mutations in LIAS, BOLA3 and the novel gene GLRX5.

    Peter R. Baker;Marisa W. Friederich;Michael A. Swanson;Tamim Shaikh

  • Clinical and biochemical features of aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency.

    L. Brun;L. H. Ngu;W. T. Keng;G. S. Ch'ng

  • Consensus guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of aromatic l-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) deficiency

    Tessa Wassenberg;Marta Molero-Luis;Kathrin Jeltsch;Georg F. Hoffmann

  • Bronchopulmonary dysplasia predicts adverse developmental and clinical outcomes in very‐low‐birthweight infants

    Suh-Fang Jeng;Chyong-Hsin Hsu;Po-Nien Tsao;Hung-Chieh Chou

  • A psychometric study of the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development - 3rd Edition for term and preterm Taiwanese infants

    Yen-Ting Yu;Wu-Shiun Hsieh;Chyong-Hsin Hsu;Li-Chiou Chen

  • Tumor Necrosis Factor α Increases Neuronal Vulnerability to Excitotoxic Necrosis by Inducing Expression of the AMPA–Glutamate Receptor Subunit GluR1 via an Acid Sphingomyelinase- and NF-κB-Dependent Mechanism ☆

    ZaiFang Yu;Guanjun Cheng;Xiaoming Wen;Gary D. Wu

  • Neuroprotective effect of lamotrigine and MK-801 on rat brain lesions induced by 3-nitropropionic acid: evaluation by magnetic resonance imaging and in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy

    W.T. Lee;Y.Z. Shen;C. Chang

  • Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy in assessing 3-nitropropionic acid-induced brain lesions: an animal model of Huntington's disease.

    Wang-Tso Lee;Chen Chang

  • The correlation between neurological evaluations and neurological outcome in acute encephalitis: a hospital-based study.

    I-Jen Wang;Ping-Ing Lee;Li-Ming Huang;Chien-Jen Chen

  • Clinical features and factors of unfavorable outcomes for non-polio enterovirus infection of the central nervous system in northern Taiwan, 1994-2003.

    Tsou-Tong Yang;Li-Min Huang;Chun-Yi Lu;Chuan-Liang Kao

  • FOXG1-Related Syndrome: From Clinical to Molecular Genetics and Pathogenic Mechanisms

    Lee-Chin Wong;Shekhar Singh;Hsin-Pei Wang;Chia-Jui Hsu

  • Congenital intracranial teratoma

    Yin-Hsiu Chien;Po-Nien Tsao;Wang-Tso Lee;Shinn-Feng Peng

  • TBC1D24-TLDc-related epilepsy exercise-induced dystonia: rescue by antioxidants in a disease model

    Kevin Lüthy;Davide Mei;Baptiste Fischer;Maurizio De Fusco

  • Risk factors for postencephalitic epilepsy in children: A hospital-based study in Taiwan

    Wang-Tso Lee;Tsui-Wen Yu;Wen-Cheng Chang;Wen-Yi Shau

  • Mutation of mitochondrial DNA G13513A presenting with Leigh syndrome, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and cardiomyopathy.

    Shi-Bing Wang;Wen-Chin Weng;Ni-Chung Lee;Wuh-Liang Hwu

  • The mechanisms of neuronal death produced by mitochondrial toxin 3-nitropropionic acid: the roles of N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptors and mitochondrial calcium overload.

    W.T Lee;H.S Yin;Y.Z Shen

  • Immunological Dysfunction in Tourette Syndrome and Related Disorders.

    Chia-Jui Hsu;Lee-Chin Wong;Wang-Tso Lee

  • Concurrent validity of the Comprehensive Developmental Inventory for Infants and Toddlers with the Bayley Scales of Infant Development-II in preterm infants.

    Hua-Fang Liao;Tien-Miau Wang;Grace Yao;Wang-Tso Lee

  • Everolimus is better than rapamycin in attenuating neuroinflammation in kainic acid-induced seizures

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  • Poor outcome for neonatal-type nonketotic hyperglycinemia treated with high-dose sodium benzoate and dextromethorphan.

    Yin-Hsiu Chien;Chia-Chi Hsu;Aichu Huang;Shi-Ping Chou

  • The efficacy of perampanel in young children with drug-resistant epilepsy.

    Fu-Man Chang;Pi-Chaun Fan;Wen-Chin Weng;Chin-Hao Chang

  • Levetiracetam in continuous spike waves during slow-wave sleep syndrome.

    Shi-Bing Wang;Wen-Chin Weng;Pi-Chuan Fan;Wang-Tso Lee

  • Multiparametric MRI evaluation of kainic acid-induced neuronal activation in rat hippocampus.

    Yi-Hua Hsu;Wang-Tso Lee;Chen Chang

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan Shur-Fen Gau
Susan Shur-Fen Gau National Taiwan University
Jen Chuen Hsieh
Jen Chuen Hsieh National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Tzu Chen Yeh
Tzu Chen Yeh Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Phillip L. Pearl
Phillip L. Pearl Boston Children's Hospital

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