By Professor Michelle Anne Farrar

Journal articles

Sampaio H; Wilcken B; Farrar M, 2018, 'Screening for spinal muscular atrophy', The Medical journal of Australia, 209, pp. 147 - 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja17.00772

Ho G; Carey K; Cardamone M; Farrar M, 2018, 'Myotonic dystrophy type 1: clinical manifestations in children and adolescents', Archives of Disease in Childhood, 104, pp. 48 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2018-314837

Farrar MA; Carey KA; Paguinto SG; Chambers G; Kasparian NA, 2018, 'Financial, opportunity and psychosocial costs of spinal muscular atrophy: an exploratory qualitative analysis of Australian carer perspectives.', BMJ Opem, 8, pp. e020907, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020907

Kandula T; Farrar MA; Cohn R; Mizrahi D; Carey K; Johnston K; Kiernan M; Krishnan A; Park SB, 2018, 'Chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy in long-term survivors of childhood cancer: neurophysiological, functional and patient reported outcomes.', JAMA Neurology, 75, pp. 980 - 988, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2018.0963

Oates E; Jones K; Donkervoort S; Charlton A; Brammah S; Smith J; Ware J; Yau K; Swanson L; Whiffin N; Peduto A; Bournazos A; Waddell L; Farrar M; Sampaio H; Teoh H; Lamont P; Mowat D; Fitzsimmons R; Corbett A; Ryan M; O'Grady G; Sandaradura S; Ghaoui R; Joshi H; Marshall J; Nolan M; Kaur S; Punetha J; Topf A; Harris E; Bakshi M; Genetti C; Marttila M; Werkauff U; Streichenberger N; Pestronk A; Mazanti I; Pinner J; Vuillerot C; Grosmann C; Camacho A; Mohassel P; Leach M; Foley A; Bharucha-Goeber D; Collins J; Connolly A; Gilbreath H; Iannaccone S; Castro D; Cummings B; Webster R; Lazaro L; Vissing J; Coppens S; Deconinck N; Luk H; Thomas N; Foulds N; Illingworth M; Ellard S; McLean C; Phadke R; Ravenscroft G; Witting N; Hackman P; Clarke N; Lek M; Beggs A; Bonnemann C; MacArthur D; Granzier H; Davis M; Laing N, 2018, 'Congenital titinopathy: comprehensive characterisation & pathogenic insights', Annals or Neurology, 83, pp. 1105 - 1124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ana.25241

Kariyawasam D; Carey K; Jones K; Farrar MA, 2018, 'New and developing therapies in spinal muscular atrophy', Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 28, pp. 3 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prrv.2018.03.003

Kandula T; Farrar MA; Krishnan AV; Murray J; Timmins HC; Goldstein D; Lin CSY; Kiernan MC; Park SB, 2018, 'Multimodal quantitative examination of nerve function in colorectal cancer patients prior to chemotherapy', Muscle and Nerve, 57, pp. 615 - 621, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mus.25968

Farrar MA; Teoh HL; Carey KA; Cairns A; Forbes R; Herbert K; Holland S; Jones KJ; Menezes MP; Morrison M; Munro K; Villano D; Webster R; Woodcock IR; Yiu EM; Sampaio H; Ryan MM, 2018, 'Nusinersen for SMA: expanded access programme', Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 89, pp. 937 - 942, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2017-317412

Palmer EE; Schofield D; Shrestha R; Kandula T; Macintosh R; Lawson JA; Andrews I; Sampaio H; Johnson AM; Farrar MA; Cardamone M; Mowat D; Elakis G; Lo W; Zhu Y; Ying K; Morris P; Tao J; Dias KR; Buckley M; Dinger ME; Cowley MJ; Roscioli T; Kirk EP; Bye A; Sachdev RK; Palmer E, 2018, 'Integrating exome sequencing into a diagnostic pathway for epileptic encephalopathy: Evidence of clinical utility and cost effectiveness', Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine, 6, pp. 186 - 199, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mgg3.355

Chen KA; Farrar MA; Cardamone M; Lawson J, 2018, 'Cannabis for paediatric epilepsy: challenges and conundrums', The Medical journal of Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja17.00699

Sampaio H; Kariyawasam D; Buckley M; Mowat D; Robinson J; Taylor P; Jones K; Farrar M, 2018, 'Genetic carrier screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy: the outcome of over forty years of genetic counselling on disease incidence in New South Wales Australia', NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS, 28, pp. S97 - S98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmd.2018.06.264

Sampaio H; Farrar M; Al Safar A, 2018, 'LGMD AUTOSOMAL RESSESSIVE AND DOMINANT', Neuromuscular Disorders, 28, pp. S60 - S60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmd.2018.06.129

Sampaio H; Farrar M; Al Safar A, 2018, 'Local experience of hyperCKaemia in a multidisciplinary neuromuscular clinic', NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS, 28, pp. S112 - S112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmd.2018.06.315

Finkel RS; Mercuri E; Darras BT; Connolly AM; Kuntz NL; Kirschner J; Chiriboga CA; Saito K; Servais L; Tizzano E; Topaloglu H; Tulinius M; Montes J; Glanzman AM; Bishop K; Zhong ZJ; Gheuens S; Bennett CF; Schneider E; Farwell W; De Vivo DC; Bradley WG; Schroth MK; Bodensteriner JB; Davis CS; Shell R; Hen J; Austin ED; Aziz-Zaman S; Cappell J; Constantinescu A; Cruz R; Dastgir J; Dunaway S; Engelstad K; Gormley M; Holuba La Marca N; Khandji A; Kramer S; Marra J; Ortiz-Miller C; Popolizio M; Salazar R; Sanabria L; Weimer L; Anand P; Gadeken R; Golumbek PT; Siener C; Zaidman CM; Al-Ghamdi F; Berde C; Ghosh P; Graham R; Harrington T; Koka A; Laine R; Liew W; Mirek E; Ordonez G; Pasternak A; Quigley J; Sethna N; Souris M; Szelag H; Wand L; Day JW; D'Souza G; Duong TT; Gee R; Kitsuwa-Lowe J; McFall D; Patnaik S; Paulose S; Perez J; Proud C; Purse B; Ramamurthi RJ; Sakamuri S; Sampson J; Sanjanwala B; Tesi Rocha AC; Watson K; Welsh L; Pena LDM; Case L; Coates J; DeArmey S; Homi MM; Milleson C; Nelson N; Ross A; Smith E; Taicher B; Wootton J; Finanger E; Benjamin D; Frank A; Roberts C; Russman B; Farrar M; Kandula T, 2017, 'Nusinersen versus sham control in infantile-onset spinal muscular atrophy', New England Journal of Medicine, 377, pp. 1723 - 1732, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1702752

Kandula T; Farrar MA; Park SB; Howells J; Carey K; Lin CS, 2017, 'Maturation of motor and sensory axonal biophysical properties occurs in parallel from early childhood', JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 381, pp. 497 - 497, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.3609

Burns J; Sman AD; Cornett KMD; Wojciechowski E; Walker T; Menezes MP; Mandarakas MR; Rose KJ; Bray P; Sampaio H; Farrar M; Refshauge KM; Raymond J; Baldwin J; McKay MJ; Mudge A; Purcell L; Miller C; Gray K; Harman M; Gabrael N; Ouvrier RA, 2017, 'Safety and efficacy of progressive resistance exercise for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in children: a randomised, double-blind, sham-controlled trial', Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 1, pp. 106 - 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(17)30013-5

Kandula T; Farrar MA; Kiernan MC; Krishnan AV; Goldstein D; Horvath L; Grimison P; Boyle F; Baron-Hay S; Park SB, 2017, 'Neurophysiological and clinical outcomes in chemotherapy-induced neuropathy in cancer', Clinical Neurophysiology, 128, pp. 1166 - 1175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2017.04.009

Farrar MA; Lee MJ; Howells J; Andrews PI; Lin CSY, 2017, 'Burning pain: Axonal dysfunction in erythromelalgia', Pain, 158, pp. 900 - 911, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000856

Farrar M; Carey K; Paguinto S-G; Chamber G; Kasparian N, 2017, 'Counting the uncounted costs of Spinal muscular atrophy (P4.120)', Neurology, 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/wnl.88.16_supplement.p4.120

Ho G; Widger J; Cardamone M; Farrar MA, 2017, 'Quality of life and excessive daytime sleepiness in children and adolescents with myotonic dystrophy type 1', Sleep Medicine, 32, pp. 92 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2016.12.005

Farrar MA; Park SB; Vucic S; Carey KA; Turner BJ; Gillingwater TH; Swoboda KJ; Kiernan MC, 2017, 'Emerging therapies and challenges in spinal muscular atrophy', Annals of Neurology, 81, pp. 355 - 368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ana.24864

Teoh HL; Carey K; Sampaio H; Mowat D; Roscioli T; Farrar M, 2017, 'Inherited Paediatric Motor Neuron Disorders: Beyond Spinal Muscular Atrophy', Neural Plasticity, 2017, pp. 6509493, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6509493

Mercuri E; Finkel R; Farrar M; Richman S; Foster R; Hughes S; Farwell W; Gheuens S, 2017, 'Infants and children with SMA treated with nusinersen in clinical trials: an integrated safety analysis', NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS, 27, pp. S210 - S210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmd.2017.06.419

Servais L; Farrar M; Finkel R; Kirschner J; Muntoni F; Sun P; Gheuens S; Schneider E; Farwell W, 2017, 'Nusinersen demonstrates greater efficacy in infants with shorter disease duration: End of study results from the ENDEAR study in infants with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)', NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS, 27, pp. S211 - S211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmd.2017.06.421

Farrar MA; Ho G; Widger J; Cardamone M, 2016, 'Quality of life and excessive daytime sleepiness in children and adolescents with Myotonic dystrophy type 1', Sleep Medicine, 32, pp. 92 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2016.12.005

Teoh HL; Sampaio H; Roscioli T; Farrar M, 2016, 'Approaches to genetic diagnosis in neuromuscular conditions in the era of next generation sequencing', Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 87, pp. 1384 - 1385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2016-313812

Farrar MA; Teoh HL; Brammah S; Roscioli T; Cardamone M, 2016, 'Glial mitochondropathy in infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy: Pathophysiological and therapeutic implications', Brain, 139, pp. e67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brain/aww174

Farrar MA; Vucic S; Nicholson G; Kiernan MC, 2016, 'Motor cortical dysfunction develops in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3', Clinical Neurophysiology, 127, pp. 3418 - 3424, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2016.09.005

Kandula T; Park SB; Cohn RJ; Krishnan AV; Farrar MA; Goldstein D, 2016, 'Pediatric chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy: A systematic review of current knowledge', Cancer Treatment Reviews, 50, pp. 118 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ctrv.2016.09.005

Teoh HL; Solyom A; Schuchman EH; Mowat D; Roscioli T; Farrar M; Sampaio H; Teoh HL, 2016, 'Polyarticular arthritis and spinal muscular atrophy in acid ceramidase deficiency', Pediatrics, 138, pp. e20161068, http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2016-1068

Chew K; Carey K; Ho G; Mallitt KA; Widger J; Farrar M, 2016, 'The relationship of body habitus and respiratory function in Duchenne muscular dystrophy', Respiratory Medicine, 119, pp. 35 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2016.08.018

Menezes MP; Rahman S; Bhattacharya K; Clark D; Christodoulou J; Ellaway C; Farrar M; Pitt M; Sampaio H; Ware TL; Wedatilake Y; Thorburn DR; Ryan MM; Ouvrier R, 2016, 'Neurophysiological profile of peripheral neuropathy associated with childhood mitochondrial disease', Mitochondrion, 30, pp. 162 - 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mito.2016.07.014

Perera N; Sampaio H; Woodhead H; Farrar M, 2016, 'Fracture in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Natural History and Vitamin D Deficiency', Journal of Child Neurology, 31, pp. 1181 - 1187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0883073816650034

Farrar MA; brewer M; Chaudhry R; Qi J; Kidambi A; Drew A; Menezes M; Ryan M; Mowat D; Subramanian G; Young H; Zuchner S; Reddel S; Nicholson G; Kennerson M, 2016, 'Whole Genome Sequencing Identifies a 78 kb Insertion from Chromosome 8 as the Cause of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Neuropathy CMTX3', PLoS Genetics, 12, pp. e1006177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1006177

Stoll M; Teoh H; Lee J; Reddel S; Zhu Y; Buckley M; Sampaio H; Roscioli T; Farrar M; Nicholson G; Teoh HL, 2016, 'Novel motor phenotypes in patients with VRK1 mutations without pontocerebellar hypoplasia', Neurology, 87, pp. 65 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000002813

Teoh HL; Mohammad SS; Britton PN; Kandula T; Lorentzos MS; Booy R; Jones CA; Rawlinson W; Ramachandran V; Rodriguez ML; Ian Andrews P; Dale RC; Farrar MA; Sampaio H, 2016, 'Clinical characteristics and functional motor outcomes of enterovirus 71 neurological disease in children', JAMA Neurology, 73, pp. 300 - 307, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.4388

Menezes MP; Farrar MA; Webster R; Antony J; O'Brien K; Ouvrier R; Kiernan MC; Burns J; Vucic S, 2016, 'Pathophysiology of motor dysfunction in a childhood motor neuron disease caused by mutations in the riboflavin transporter', Clinical Neurophysiology, 127, pp. 911 - 918, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2015.05.012

Farrar MA; Vucic S; Nicholson G; Kiernan MC, 2016, '3. Cortical dysfunction in Machado–Jospeh disease', Clinical Neurophysiology, 127, pp. e11 - e11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2015.11.023

Teoh HL; Sampaio H; Farrar M, 2015, 'Enterovirus 71 Neuroimaging: “The New Polio of the 21st Century”', Pediatrics & Therapeutics, 05, http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2161-0665.1000i111

Ho G; Cardamone M; Farrar M, 2015, 'Congenital and childhood myotonic dystrophy: Current aspects of disease and future directions.', World J Clin Pediatr, 4, pp. 66 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.5409/wjcp.v4.i4.66

Farrar MA; Kiernan MC, 2015, 'The Genetics of Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Progress and Challenges', Neurotherapeutics, 12, pp. 290 - 302, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13311-014-0314-x

Michelle Farrar NP, 2015, 'Bone Health in Children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: A Review', Pediatrics & Therapeutics, 05, http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2161-0665.1000252

Ghaoui R; Corbett A; Needham M; Farrar M; Sampaio H; Mowat D; Rajagopalan S; Liang C; Kaur S; Waddell L; Daly K; Thomas BP; Lek M; Daly MJ; North KN; MacArthur DG; Sue CM; Clarke NF, 2014, 'Diagnosing the limb-girdle muscular dystrophies using whole exome sequencing: An Australian cohort', NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS, 24, pp. 882 - 883, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmd.2014.06.295

Farrar MA; Park SB; Krishnan AV; Kiernan MC; Lin CSY, 2014, 'Axonal dysfunction, dysmyelination, and conduction failure in hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies', Muscle and Nerve, 49, pp. 858 - 865, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mus.24085

Teoh HL; Sampaio H; Farrar M, 2014, '22.', Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 21, pp. 2040 - 2040, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2014.06.036

Gupta VA; Ravenscroft G; Shaheen R; Todd EJ; Swanson LC; Shiina M; Ogata K; Hsu C; Clarke NF; Darras BT; Farrar MA; Hashem A; Manton ND; Muntoni F; North KN; Sandaradura SA; Nishino I; Hayashi YK; Sewry CA; Thompson EM; Yau KS; Brownstein CA; Yu TW; Allcock RJN; Davis MR; Wallgren-Pettersson C; Matsumoto N; Alkuraya FS; Laing NG; Beggs AH, 2013, 'Identification of KLHL41 mutations implicates BTB-Kelch-mediated ubiquitination as an alternate pathway to myofibrillar disruption in nemaline myopathy', American Journal of Human Genetics, 93, pp. 1108 - 1117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.10.020

Lin CSY; Farrar MA, 2013, 'No gain - No pain?', Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 84, pp. 364, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2012-304098

Farrar MA; Park SB; Lin CS-Y; Kiernan MC, 2013, 'Evolution of peripheral nerve function in humans: Novel insights from motor nerve excitability', The Journal of Physiology, 591, pp. 273 - 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2012.240820

Farrar M; Vucic O; Johnston H; du Sart D; Kiernan MC, 2013, 'Pathophysiological Insights Derived by Natural History and Motor Function of Spinal Muscular Atrophy.', Journal of Pediatrics, 162, pp. 155 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.05.067

Farrar M; Vucic O; Johnston H; Kiernan MC, 2012, 'Corticomotoneuronal Integrity and Adaption in Spinal Muscular Atrophy', Archives of Neurology, 69, pp. 467 - 473, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archneurol.2011.1697

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