James M. Killian, M.D.
Professor of Neurology
Clinical Service Area
Neurology
Specialty
Multiple Sclerosis
General Neurology
Electromyography
Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology
Clinic Appointments
713-798-7422
Consult
713-798-7422
Medical School
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Internship
Charity Hospital of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA
Residency
Neurology, Charity Hospital and Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Fellowship
Neurology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen's Square, London
, England
Clinical Interests
Multiple Sclerosis, peripheral neuropathy, EMG and nerve conduction studies in the evaluation of neuromuscular and musculoskeletal disorders
Clinic Location
- Baylor Neurology
Neurosensory Building
6501 Fannin, Suite NB 336
Houston, TX 77030
Publications
- Zang YC, Li S, Rivera VM, Hong J, Robinson RR, Breitbach WT, Killian J, Zhang JZ. Increased CD8+ cytotoxic T cell responses to myelin basic protein in multiple sclerosis. J Immunol 2004;172:5120-7.
- Zang YC, Hong J, Rivera VM, Killian J, Zhang JZ. Human anti-idiotypic T cells induced by TCR peptides corresponding to a common CDR3 sequence motif in myelin basic protein-reactive T cells. Int Immunol 2003;15:1073-80.
- Tejada-Simon MV, Zang YC, Hong J, Rivera VM, Killian JM, Zhang JZ. Detection of viral DNA and immune responses to the human herpesvirus 6 101-kilodalton virion protein in patients with multiple sclerosis and in controls. J Virol 2002;76:6147-54.
- Zhang JZ, Rivera VM, Tejada-Simon MV, Yang D, Hong J, Li S, Haykal H, Killian J, Zang YC. T cell vaccination in multiple sclerosis: results of a preliminary study. J Neurol 2002;249:212-8.
- Killian JM, Foreman PJ. Clinical utility of dorsal sural nerve conduction studies. Muscle Nerve 2001;24:817-20.
- Greenberg F, Lewis RA, Potocki L, Glaze D, Parke J, Killian J, Murphy MA, Williamson D, Brown F, Dutton R, McCluggage C, Friedman E, Sulek M, Lupski JR. Multi-disciplinary clinical study of Smith-Magenis syndrome (deletion 17p11.2). Am J Med Genet 1996;62:247-54.
- Killian JM, Tiwari PS, Jacobson S, Jackson RD, Lupski JR. Longitudinal studies of the duplication form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth polyneuropathy. Muscle Nerve 1996;19:74-8.
- Warner LE, Hilz MJ, Appel SH, Killian JM, Kolodry EH, Karpati G, Carpenter S, Watters GV, Wheeler C, Witt D, Bodell A, Nelis E, Van Broeckhoven C, Lupski JR. Clinical phenotypes of different MPZ (P0) mutations may include Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1B, Dejerine-Sottas, and congenital hypomyelination. Neuron 1996;17:451-60.
- Killian JM, Wilfong AA, Burnett L, Appel SH, Boland D. Decremental motor responses to repetitive nerve stimulation in ALS. Muscle Nerve 1994;17:747-54.
- Roa BB, Garcia CA, Pentao L, Killian JM, Trask BJ, Suter U, Snipes GJ, Ortiz-Lopez R, Shooter EM, Patel PI, Lupski JR. Evidence for a recessive PMP22 point mutation in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A. Nat Genet 1993;5:189-94.
- Lupski JR, de Oca-Luna RM, Slaugenhaupt S, Pentao L, Guzzetta V, Trask BJ, Saucedo-Cardenas O, Barker DF, Killian JM, Garcia CA, Chakravarti A, Patel PI. DNA duplication associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A. Cell 1991;66:219-32.
- Engelhardt JI, Appel SH, Killian JM. Motor neuron destruction in guinea pigs immunized with bovine spinal cord ventral horn homogenate: experimental autoimmune gray matter disease. J Neuroimmunol 1990;27:21-31.
- Engelhardt JI, Appel SH, Killian JM. Experimental autoimmune motoneuron disease. Ann Neurol 1989;26:368-76.
- Hayman LA, Taber KH, Jhingran SG, Killian JM, Carroll RG. Cerebral infarction: diagnosis and assessment of prognosis by using 123IMP-SPECT and CT. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1989;10:557-62.
- Killian JM, Bressler RB, Armstrong RM, Huston DP. Controlled pilot trial of monthly intravenous cyclophosphamide in multiple sclerosis. Arch Neurol 1988;45:27-30.
Contact Information
James M. Killian, M.D.
Department of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza, MS NB302
Houston, Texas 77030
Tel: 713-798-7422
Fax: 713-798-3091
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