Vykunta Raju

Dr Vykunta Raju is a paediatric neurologist in India who has worked extensively in the field of developmental neurology and developmental disorders in children.

Born near Kolar, Karnataka in 1975. He completed his MBBS from Bangalore Medical College, Karnataka in 1999 and went on to complete his DM (Doctorate of Medicine) in Paediatric Neurology in 2010 from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He has practised as a paediatric neurologist in various organisations, such as Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bangalore Child Neurology and Rehabilitation Center, BGS Global Hospital, Sagar Hospital, Fortis Hospital, Cloudnine Hospital and the Centre for Child Development and Disabilities. He is currently an associate professor at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bangalore. He is the founder and director of the Bangalore Child Neurology and Rehabilitation Centre. He has had numerous papers published.

Raju has done extensive work in the field of paediatrics for epilepsy, cerebral palsy, developmental disorders, critical conditions such as Myoclonic Seizure and Megaloblastic anemia. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2017 Jan;42(1):68-71. doi: 10.1111/ced.12997. Mid-face toddler excoriation syndrome (MiTES): a new paediatric diagnosis. Srinivas SM1, Gowda VK2, Owen CM3, Moss C4, Hiremagalore R5. J Pediatr Neurosci. 2016 Jul-Sep;11(3):258-260. Giant melanocytic nevi with neurocutaneous melanosis masquerading as neurofibromas.

Gowda VK1, Basude A2, Srinivas SM3, Bhat M4. He is also the editorial board member of Pediatrics and Therapeutics:Current Research.

• Vanishing White Matter Disease Associated With Ptosis and Myoclonic Seizures
• Acute onset flaccid quadriparesis in pediatric non-Hodgkin lymphoma: Vincristine induced or Guillain–Barré syndrome?
• Management of Raised Intracranial Pressure
• Renal agenesis and external iliac artery stenosis in an infant with moyamoya disease
• Thiamine Responsive Megaloblastic Anemia (TRMA) case series
• Efficacy of 4:1 (Classic) versus 2.5:1 Ketogenic Ratio Diets in Refractory Epilepsy in Young Children: A Randomized Open Labeled Study
• Comparison of heart rate variability among children with well controlled versus refractory epilepsy: a cross-sectional study. Vykunta Raju K.N. Epilepsy Res. 2012 Aug; 101(1-2):88-91.
• Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome with Subacute Sclerosing panencephalitis. Vykuntaraju K.N.Gowda, Pediatr Neurol. 2012 Nov; 47(5):379-81.
• Niemann Pick Disease Type A Presenting as Unilateral Tremors. Vykuntaraju KN, Indian Pediatr. 2012 Nov 8; 49(11):919-920.
• Parry-Romberg Syndrome. Vykuntaraju K.N. Indian Pediatr. 2013 Feb;50(2):255
• Incontinentia Pigmenti Presenting as Encephalopathy. Vykuntaraju K N Gowda .Indian J Pediatr. 2013 Nov 24; 80(11); 968-71.
• Symptomatic West Syndrome Secondary to Glucose Transporter -1(GLUT1) Deficiency with Complete Response to 4:1 Ketogenic Diet. Vykunta Raju KN Gowda. Indian J Pediatr. 2014 Sep. 81(9), 934-36.
• Disulfiram Poisoning Causing Acute Encephalopathy. Vykuntaraju K.N, Indian Pediatr. 2013 Sep 8; 50(9):887-888.
• "Inflammatory Granulomas: Most Common Cause of Acute Symptomatic Focal Seizures". Vykuntaraju K.N. Indian J Pediatr. 2014 Jun; 81(6):629-30. doi: 10.1007/s12098-013-1235-0. Epub 2013 Sep 21.
• Sjogren-Larsson Syndrome: A Study of Clinical Symptoms in Six Children. Indian dermatology online journal, Sahana, Vykuntaraju K N Gowda Ravi-April 2014.5:185-8. http://www.idoj.in/text.asp?2014/5/2/185/131099
• Parry Romberg Syndrome. Vykuntaraju K N, Sahana, Guest Editorial, J Neurosci Rural Pract [serial online] 2014 [cited 2014 Aug 23]; 5:187-8.
• Available from: http://www.ruralneuropractice.com/text.asp?2014/5/2/187/131676
• Paralytic rabies following cat scratch and intra-dermal anti-rabies vaccination. Vykuntaraju K Gowda, Pediatr Neurosci [serial online] 2014 [cited 2014 Aug 22]; 9:154-5. Available from: http://www.pediatricneurosciences.com/text.asp?2014/9/2/1
• Multiple exostoses presenting with high cervical myelopathy in the first decade of life. Vykuntaraju K Gowda, Praveen S, Rudraprasad, Pediatr Neurology-2014,51(6)-585-586
• Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Associated with Epstein–Barr Virus. Indian Journal of Pediatr, Vykuntaraju KN, Avinash, Jitendra S, Appaji L. Feb 2015.10.1007/s12098-015-1720-8
• Isolated Cerebellitis in Scrub Typhus. Bat MD, Vykuntaraju KN. Indian J Pediatr.2015 May 21.
• Clinical profile, predisposing factors, and associated co-morbidities of children with cerebral palsy in South India. Vykuntaraju.2015,10 (2) 108-113.
• Ohtahara syndrome associated with hemimegalencephaly and intracranial lipoma. Vykuntaraju K Gowda,.2015,10 ( 2)185-187.

Vykuntaraju K Gowda, Sukrita. Intermittent Ataxia with Early Onset Absence Epilepsy secondary to Glucose Transporter Type I Deficiency Syndrome. Indian Pediatr 2015; 52: 997. Developmental Dysplasia of Spastic Hip in Children with Cerebral Palsy in Southern India. Vykuntaraju KN, Varsha M, Ramesh R L, Premalatha R. Indian Pediatr 2016;53;259-60. Vykuntaraju K Gowda et al. Re-emergence of Tetanus: Epidemiological, Clinical profile and Outcome from South India. Indian J Pediatr 2016. Caregiver reported Health Related Quality of life of Children with Cerebral Palsy and their families and its association with Gross motor function: A South Indian study. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2016 Vykuntaraju K Gowda et al. A case of Canavan disease with microcephaly. Brain and dev 2016. Vykuntaraju K Gowda et al. Chromoblastomycosis associated with bone and central nervous system involvement in an immunocompetent child caused by exophiala spinifera. Indian J Dermatol 2016; 61: 324-8. SLC52A2 and SLC52A3 causing Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome in an Indian patient: First genetically proven case with mutation in two riboflavin transporters. Clinica Chimica Acta, 2016; 210-14. Vykuntaraju K Gowda et al. Giant Melano Cytic Nevi with Neurocutaneous Melanosis masquerading as Neurofibromas. J Pediatr Neurosci 2016; 11:258-60. Homocystinuria with Cerebral Venous Sins Thrombosis: Excellent recovery with Intravenous Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator. Iran J Child Neurol. 2017 in press Clin Exp Dermatol. 2017 Jan;42(1):68-71. doi: 10.1111/ced.12997.Mid-face toddler excoriation syndrome (MiTES): a new paediatric diagnosis. Srinivas SM1, Gowda VK2, Owen CM3, Moss C4, Hiremagalore R5.

• Shivananda, Vykunta Raju K.N. (2007). "Use of antimicrobials in special situations". Indian Journal of Practical Pediatrics. 9 (1): 8–16. 
• Gowda, Vykuntaraju K; Sarala, HS (2013). "Aicardi syndrome with Type 2b Interhemispheric Cyst". Journal of Pediatric Epilepsy. 2: 141–143. 
• Kearns-Sayre (2013). "Vykuntaraju KN, Bharath Reddy, Bhaskar V M, Premalatha R, Sarala HS, Govindraj M". Journal of Pediatric Epilepsy. 2: 259–261. 
• Vykuntaraju KN "Study of etiological profile of infantile and childhood partial seizures at tertiary care centre in south India. Epilepsia, Volume 54, Supplement 3, 2013, Page 347.
• Vykuntaraju, KN (2013). "Alternating hemiplegia of childhood during acute episode of gastroenteritis". J Pediatr Neurol. 11 (4): 257–9. 
• Vykuntaraju, KN; Sarala, HS (2013). "Study of etiological profile of infantile and childhood focal seizures at tertiary care center in south India". J Pediatr Neurol. 11 (4): 235–240. 
• Vykuntaraju, K N (2014). "Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension following Measles vaccine". J Pediatr Neurol. 12 (1): 55–58. 
• Gowda, Vykuntaraju K; Sarala, HS (2014). "Predictors of short term outcome at the time of discharge in non-traumatic coma in a pediatric cohort from South India at tertiary care center: Results of a multivariate analysis". J Pediatr Neurol. 12 (1): 35–43. 
• Vykuntaraju, K N (2014). "Lamellar Ichthyosis with Severe Vitamin D deficiency Rickets and Myopathy in siblings". J Pediatr Neurol. 12 (1): 101–104. 
• Gowda, Vykuntaraju K N (2014). "Clinicoradiological description of two children with hemiconvulsion Hemiplegia epilepsy syndrome". J Pediatr Neurol. 12 (1): 109–113. 
• Gowda, Vykuntaraju K; Sarala, HS (2014). "Atypical Vanishing white matter disease with microcephaly and hepatosplenomegaly provoked after first booster dose of DPwT vaccination". J Pediatr Neurol. 12 (1): 167–70. 

• Suvasini Sharma, Ravindra Arya, K. N. Vykunta Raju, Atin Kumar, Gert C. Scheper, Marjo S. Van der Knaap, and Sheffali Gulati (2010). "White Matter Disease Associated With Ptosis and Myoclonic Seizures". J Child Neurology, 26(3)366-368.  CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Ankur Bahl; Bishwaroop Chakrabarty; Sheffali Gulati; K.N.Vykunta Raju; Ali Raja; Sameer Bakhshi (2010). "Acute onset flaccid quadriparesis in pediatric non-Hodgkin lymphoma: Vincristine induced or Guillain–Barré syndrome?". Pediatric Blood Cancer 55:1234-1235. 
• Sankhyan N, Vykunta Raju KN, Sharma S, Gulati S (2010). "Management of Raised Intracranial Pressure". Indian Journal of Pediatrics 77; 1409-1416. 
• Konanki Ramesh; Suvasini Sharma; Vykunta Raju; Atin Kumar; Sheffali Gulati (2010). Renal agenesis and external iliac artery stenosis in an infant with moyamoya disease. Brain Development (Journal) 33(7);612-5. 
• Vykunta Raju KN, Shivananda, Govindraj, Naveen Sankyan (2011). Thiamine Responsive Megaloblastic Anemia (TRMA) case series. Indian Journal of Pediatrics.  CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Vykunta Raju K.N; Sheffali Gulati; Suvasini Sharma; Veena Kalra; Madhulika Kabra; Anuja Agarwala; R M Pandey (2011). Efficacy of 4:1 (Classic) versus 2.5:1 Ketogenic Ratio Diets in Refractory Epilepsy in Young Children: A Randomized Open Labeled Study. Epilepsy Research.