Professor Denise Mc Donald
Associate Professor Consultant, Paediatrics
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Allen, John, Isaza-Correa, Johana, Kelly, Lynne, Melo, Ashanty, Power, Conor, Mahony, Aoife, McDonald, Denise, Molloy, Eleanor J., Cytokine dysregulation in children with severe neurological impairment correlates with significant clinical outcomes, Frontiers in Pediatrics, 13, 2025
1. Lynch SA, Butterly D, Lambert DM, Clabby C, Johnston L, Kelly S, McDonald D, McDaid J,, Ward A., Waste not, want not: measuring waste and potential clinical risk from limited gatekeeping., Irish Medical Journal, 117, (10), 2024, p1046 - 1059
Allen J, Isaza-Correa J, Kelly L, Melo A, Mahony A, McDonald D, Molloy EJ., Severe neurological impairment and immune function: altered neutrophils, monocytes, T lymphocytes, and inflammasome activation., Pediatric research, 2024
Carter M, Tobin A, Coy L, McDonald D, Hennessy M, O'Rourke D, Room to improve: The diagnostic journey of Spinal Muscular Atrophy, European Journal of Paediatric Neurology, 42, 2023, p42 - 46
Zunera Zareen, John Allen, Lynne A. Kelly, Denise McDonald, Deirdre Sweetman, Eleanor J. Molloy, An observational study of sleep in childhood post"neonatal encephalopathy, Acta Paediatrica, 2021
Allen J, Zareen Z, Doyle S, Whitla L, Afzal Z, Stack M, Franklin O, Green A, James A, Leahy TR, Quinn S, Elnazir B, Russell J, Paran S, Kiely P, Roche EF, McDonnell C, Baker L, Hensey O, Gibson L, Kelly S, McDonald D, Molloy EJ., Multi-Organ Dysfunction in Cerebral Palsy., Frontiers in pediatrics, 9, 2021, p668544
Hurley, T., Zareen, Z., Stewart, P., McDonnell, C., McDonald, D., Molloy, E., Bisphosphonate use in children with cerebral palsy, The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 7, 2021, pCD012756
Allen J, Brenner M, Hauer J, Molloy E, McDonald D , Severe Neurological Impairment: A delphi consensus-based definition, European Journal of Pediatric Neurology, 2020
Zareen Z, Strickland T, Fallah L, McEneaney V, Kelly L, McDonald D, Molloy EJ., Cytokine dysregulation in children with cerebral palsy, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2020
John Allen, Eleanor Molloy, Denise McDonald, Severe neurological impairment: a review of the definition, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2019
McDonald DG, Najam Y, Keegan MB, Whooley M, Madden D, McMenamin JB, The use of lamotrigine, vigabatrin and gabapentin as add-on therapy in intractable epilepsy of childhood., Seizure, 2005
McDonald DG, Kelehan P, McMenamin JB, Gorman WA, Madden D, Tobbia IN, Mooney EE, Placental fetal thrombotic vasculopathy is associated with neonatal encephalopathy., Human pathology, 2004
McDonald DG, McMenamin JB, Farrell MA, Droogan O, Green AJ, Familial childhood onset neuropathy and cirrhosis with the 4977bp mitochondrial DNA deletion., American journal of medical genetics, 2002
McDonald DG, Kinali M, Gallagher AC, Mercuri E, Muntoni F, Roper H, Jardine P, Jones DH, Pike MG, Fracture prevalence in Duchenne muscular dystrophy., Developmental medicine and child neurology, 2002
McDonald D, Farrell, McMenamin J, Rasmussen's syndrome associated with chronic brain stem encephalitis., European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society, 2001
McDonald DG, McMenamin JB, Moving beyond birth asphyxia as the cause of cerebral palsy., Irish medical journal, 2001
McDonald DG, Farrell MA, McMenamin JB, Focal upper limb neuropathy in a child., European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society, 2000
Recognition
Memberships
Royal College of Physicians in Ireland (Paediatrics)