Professor
Christian Medical College Vellore, Ida Scudder Road, Vellore – 632004, Tamil Nadu, India
Kannangai R, Ramalingam S, Prakash KJ, Abraham OC, George R, Castillo RC, Schwartz DH, Jesudason MV, Sridharan G. A peptide enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of human immunodeficiency virus type-2 (HIV-2) antibodies: an evaluation on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) confirmed samples. J Clin Virol. 2001 Aug;22(1):41-6. doi: 10.1016/s1386-6532(01)00170-6. PMID: 11418351. Link
Salphale P, Danda D, Chandrashekar L, Peter D, Jayaseeli N, George R. The study of Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus Disease Area and Severity Index in Indian patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus. 2011 Dec;20(14):1510-7. doi: 10.1177/0961203311418789. Epub 2011 Oct 13. PMID: 21997966.
Ramassamy S, Agrawal P, Sathishkumar D, Mathew L, Peter JV, Mani T, George R. Clinical, immunological profile and follow up of patients with pemphigus: A study from India. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2018 Jul-Aug;84(4):408-413. doi: 10.4103/ijdvl.IJDVL_323_17. PMID: 29536971.
Paul WB, Ramya I, George R, Viggeswarpu S. Diagnosis of Calciphylaxis by Imaging with Low-energy-X-rays (Mammographic Technique). J Assoc Physicians India. 2015 Dec;63(12):69. PMID: 27666907.
Agarwala MK, George R, Sudarsanam TD, Chacko RT, Thomas M, Nair S. Clinical course of disseminated Kaposi sarcoma in a HIV and hepatitis B co-infected heterosexual male. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2015 Jul-Aug;6(4):280-3. doi: 10.4103/2229-5178.160271. PMID: 26225336; PMCID: PMC4513411. Link
George A, George R, Varghese SS, Telugu RB. Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Lymph Node Metastasis with Hypertrophic Lichen Planus in a 12 Year Old Boy. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2019 Nov 1;10(6):695-697. doi: 10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_27_19. PMID: 31807451; PMCID: PMC6859748. Link
Kannangai R, Ramalingam S, Prakash KJ, Abraham OC, George R, Castillo RC, Schwartz DH, Jesudason MV, Sridharan G. A peptide enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of human immunodeficiency virus type-2 (HIV-2) antibodies: an evaluation on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) confirmed samples. J Clin Virol. 2001 Aug;22(1):41-6. doi: 10.1016/s1386-6532(01)00170-6. PMID: 11418351. Link
Salphale P, Danda D, Chandrashekar L, Peter D, Jayaseeli N, George R. The study of Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus Disease Area and Severity Index in Indian patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus. 2011 Dec;20(14):1510-7. doi: 10.1177/0961203311418789. Epub 2011 Oct 13. PMID: 21997966.
Ramassamy S, Agrawal P, Sathishkumar D, Mathew L, Peter JV, Mani T, George R. Clinical, immunological profile and follow up of patients with pemphigus: A study from India. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2018 Jul-Aug;84(4):408-413. doi: 10.4103/ijdvl.IJDVL_323_17. PMID: 29536971.
Paul WB, Ramya I, George R, Viggeswarpu S. Diagnosis of Calciphylaxis by Imaging with Low-energy-X-rays (Mammographic Technique). J Assoc Physicians India. 2015 Dec;63(12):69. PMID: 27666907.
Agarwala MK, George R, Sudarsanam TD, Chacko RT, Thomas M, Nair S. Clinical course of disseminated Kaposi sarcoma in a HIV and hepatitis B co-infected heterosexual male. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2015 Jul-Aug;6(4):280-3. doi: 10.4103/2229-5178.160271. PMID: 26225336; PMCID: PMC4513411. Link
George A, George R, Varghese SS, Telugu RB. Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Lymph Node Metastasis with Hypertrophic Lichen Planus in a 12 Year Old Boy. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2019 Nov 1;10(6):695-697. doi: 10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_27_19. PMID: 31807451; PMCID: PMC6859748. Link
Dincy CV, George R, Jacob M, Mathai E, Pulimood S, Eapen EP. Clinicopathologic profile of normocomplementemic and hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis: a study from South India. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2008 Jul;22(7):789-94. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2007.02641.x. Epub 2008 Mar 7. PMID: 18331318.
Knnangai, R., Shaji, R. V., Ramalingam, S., Jesudason, M. V., Abraham, O. C., George, R., Shanmugam, A. P., Schwartz, D. H. and Sridharan, G. HIV-2 subtype circulating in India (south) J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr; 2003, 33 (2): 219-22 Link
Mruthyunjaya MD, Chapla A, Shetty S, Shyamasunder AH, Mathew L, George R, Paul TV, Thomas N. The H syndrome: molecular diagnosis using next-generation sequencing. A case report published at Genodermatosis in Diabetes. AACE Clinical Case Rep. 2016;2 (No. 1) e.65-69.
Nirmal B, George R. Blink sign in dermatoscopy of cicatricial alopecia. Int J Dermatol. 2019 Nov;58(11):e231-e232. doi: 10.1111/ijd.14601. Epub 2019 Jul 27. PMID: 31350756
Goel A, Christudoss P, George R, Ramakrishna B, Amirtharaj GJ, Keshava SN, Ramachandran A, Balasubramanian KA, Mackie I, Fleming JJ, Elias E, Eapen CE. Arsenicosis, possibly from contaminated groundwater, associated with noncirrhotic intrahepatic portal hypertension. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2016 May;35(3):207-15. doi: 10.1007/s12664-016-0660-1. Epub 2016 May 26. PMID: 27225799. Link
Himadri, George R, Mathew L, Shanmugam V, Mani T, Jeyaseelan L. The role of thymus and activation-regulated chemokine as a marker of severity of atopic dermatitis. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 Feb;84(2):545-547. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.05.052. Epub 2020 May 19. PMID: 32439469.
Mittal GS, Kumar S, Thomas M, Jeyaseelan V, George R. The expression of interleukin-17 in cutaneous lesions of lupus erythematosus in pediatric-onset systemic lupus erythematosus. Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2017 Jul-Sep;60(3):447-448. doi: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_655_16. PMID: 28937401. Link
Singh BE, Thomas M, George R. Pediatric onset keratosis lichenoides chronica: a case report. Pediatr Dermatol. 2012 Jul-Aug;29(4):511-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01538.x. Epub 2011 Oct 20. PMID: 22011337. Link
Agarwala MK, George R, Mathews V, Balasubramanian P, Thomas M, Nair S. Role of imatinib in the treatment of pediatric onset indolent systemic mastocytosis: a case report. J Dermatolog Treat. 2013 Dec;24(6):481-3. doi: 10.3109/09546634.2013.802274. Epub 2013 May 30. PMID: 23659595.
Raychaudhury T, George R, Mandal K, Srivastava VM, Thomas M, Bornholdt D, Grzeschik KH, Koehler A. A novel X-chromosomal microdeletion encompassing congenital hemidysplasia with ichthyosiform erythroderma and limb defects. Pediatr Dermatol. 2013 Mar-Apr;30(2):250-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2012.01729.x. Epub 2012 Apr 4. PMID: 22471832.
Balasundaram A, George R, Abraham A, Michael JS. Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis due to signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (STAT 1) mutation in an indian patient – A case report. Indian Dermatol Online J 2022;13:90-3. DOI: 10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_898_20
Varala S, George R, Mathew L, Russell P, Koshy B, Oommen SP, Thomas M, Muthusamy K, Yoganathan S, Jeyaseelan L, Muliyil J. The Diagnostic Value of Congenital and Nevoid Cutaneous Lesions Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Indian Children- A Case-Control Study. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2021 Jan 16;12(1):84-89. doi: 10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_275_20. PMID: 33768027; PMCID: PMC7982006
Ramassamy S, Agrawal P, Sathishkumar D, Mathew L, Peter JV, Mani T, George R. Clinical, immunological profile and follow up of patients with pemphigus: A study from India. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2018 Jul-Aug;84(4):408-413. doi: 10.4103/ijdvl.IJDVL_323_17. PMID: 29536971.
Abraham SSC, Yoganathan S, Koshy B, Oommen SP, Simon A, Mathai S, Korula S, Mathew L, Sathishkumar D, Jasper A, George R, Danda S. Phenotypic variability of a TREX1 variant in Aicardi-Goutieres type 1 patients from the Indian subcontinent. Eur J Med Genet. 2021 Sep;64(9):104291. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2021.104291. Epub 2021 Jul 22. PMID: 34303877.
Thomas M, Jebaraj JI, Thomas M, George R. Acral pigmentation in alkaptonuria resembling degenerative collagenous plaques of the hands: a report of five cases. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2011 Aug;65(2):e45-e46. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.12.041. PMID: 21763547. Link
Thomas M, George R, Thomas M. Linear epidermolytic acanthoma of vulva: an unusual presentation. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2010 Jan-Feb;76(1):49-51. doi: 10.4103/0378-6323.58679. PMID: 20061731.
Mani V, George R. Satoyoshi syndrome-A case report from India. Pediatr Dermatol. 2017 Nov;34(6):e296-e298. doi: 10.1111/pde.13271. Epub 2017 Sep 22. PMID: 28940615.
Nirmal B, George R, Telugu RB. Polymorphous Cutaneous Sarcoidosis Associated with Peripheral Vascular Disease and its Dermatoscopic Findings. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2018 Jul-Aug;9(4):256-258. doi: 10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_315_17. PMID: 30050815; PMCID: PMC6042178.
Boddu D, George R, Nair S, Bindra M, G Mathew L. Hydroa vacciniforme-like lymphoma: a case report from India. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2015 May;37(4):e223-6. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000000221. PMID: 25072366.
Nirmal B, George R, Bindra MS. Acquired cutis laxa associated with inflammatory bowel disease, inflammatory arthritis and IgA nephropathy. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2018 Nov-Dec;84(6):763. doi: 10.4103/ijdvl.IJDVL_904_16. PMID: 29536978.
Priyadarshini A, George R, Daniel D, Varughese S, Jayaseelan V. Association between human leukocyte antigen-DRB1 and human leukocyte antigen-DQB1 alleles and pemphigus vulgaris in Indian patients: A case-control study. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2018 May-Jun;84(3):280-284. doi: 10.4103/ijdvl.IJDVL_1014_16. PMID: 29582787. Link
Nakasaki M, Hwang Y, Xie Y, Kataria S, Gund R, Hajam EY, Samuel R, George R, Danda D, M J P, Nakamura T, Shen Z, Briggs S, Varghese S, Jamora C. The matrix protein Fibulin-5 is at the interface of tissue stiffness and inflammation in fibrosis. Nat Commun. 2015 Oct 15;6:8574. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9574. PMID: 26469761; PMCID: PMC4634219.
Sathishkumar D, George R, Daniel D, Peter JV. Clinical profile of childhood-onset psoriasis and prevalence of HLA-Cw6: a hospital-based study from India. Postgrad Med J. 2015 Jun;91(1076):309-14. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2014-133188. Epub 2015 May 6. PMID: 25947201.
Agrawal P, George R, Thomas M, Has C, Pas H, Schmidt E, Leverkus M. A childhood subepidermal autoimmune bullous disease resembling mechanobullous epidermolysis bullosa acquisita. Br J Dermatol. 2015 Sep;173(3):871-4. doi: 10.1111/bjd.13833. Epub 2015 Jul 26. PMID: 25865032.
Sathishkumar D, Agrawal P, Baitule AM, Thomas M, Eapen A, Kumar S, George R. Paraneoplastic Autoimmune Multiorgan Syndrome: A Retrospective Study from a Tertiary Care Center in South India. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2021 Jun 20;12(4):572-576. doi: 10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_640_20. PMID: 34430462; PMCID: PMC8354390. Link
Williams A, Chandrashekar L, Srivastava VM, Thomas M, Horo S, George R. Incontinentia pigmenti, an x-linked dominant disorder, in a 2-year-old boy with Klinefelter syndrome. Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2017 Jul-Sep;60(3):424-426. doi: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_91_16. PMID: 28937389.
Yoganathan S, Sudhakar SV, Arunachal G, Thomas M, Subramanian A, George R, Danda S. Menkes disease and response to copper histidine: An Indian case series Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2017 Jan-Mar;20(1):62-68. doi: 10.4103/0972-2327.199907. PMID: 28298846; PMCID: PMC5341272.
Arora S, Akhil R, Chacko RT, George R. Palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia: An uncommon adverse effect of everolimus. Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol. 2016 Apr-Jun;37(2):116-8. doi: 10.4103/0971-5851.180143. PMID: 27168711; PMCID: PMC4854043. Link
Nirmal B, George R, Kodiatte TA. Invisible Lichen Planopilaris Unmasked by Dermatoscopy. Int J Trichology. 2017 Apr-Jun;9(2):76-78. doi: 10.4103/ijt.ijt_81_16. PMID: 28839393; PMCID: PMC5551312.
Sathishkumar D, Balasundaram A, Mathew SM, Mathew L, Thomas M, Balasubramanian P, George R. Clinicopathological Profile of Childhood Onset Cutaneous Mastocytosis from a Tertiary Care Center in South India. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2021 Sep 10;12(5):706-713. doi: 10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_924_20. PMID: 34667757; PMCID: PMC8456265.
George R, George A, Kumar TS. Update on Management of Morphea (Localized Scleroderma) in Children. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2020 Mar 9;11(2):135-145. doi: 10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_284_19. PMID: 32477969; PMCID: PMC7247622.
Sathishkumar D, George R, Irodi A, Thomas M. PHACES syndrome with moyamoya vasculopathy - a case report. Dermatol Online J. 2013 Aug 15;19(8):19271. PMID: 24021449.
Agrawal P, Peter JV, George R. Dermatological manifestations and relationship to outcomes of patients admitted to a medical intensive care unit: a study from a tertiary care hospital in India. Postgrad Med J. 2013 Sep;89(1055):501-7. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2012-131610. Epub 2013 Mar 28. PMID: 23538394.
Balasundaram A, George R, Abraham A, Michael JS. Chronic Mucocutaneous Candidiasis due to Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 1 (STAT 1) Mutation in an Indian Patient - A Case Report. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2022 Jan 24;13(1):90-93. doi: 10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_898_20. PMID: 35198474; PMCID: PMC8809172.
Priyadarshini A, George R, Daniel D, Varughese S, Jayaseelan V. Association between human leukocyte antigen-DRB1 and human leukocyte antigen-DQB1 alleles and pemphigus vulgaris in Indian patients: A case–control study. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2018;84:280-4. DOI:10.4103/ijdvl.IJDVL_1014_16
Heber Rew Bright1, Sujith J Chandy2, Renu George3, Meera Thomas4, Pradeep Rajkumar1, Anju George3 Long-term hydrochlorothiazide use and risk of cutaneous neoplasms Current Medical Issues 2021: 19(4): 264-8 Link
Nirmal B, George R, Bindra MS. Chronic paronychia with subungual purpura. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2020 Jul-Aug;86(4):463-465. doi: 10.4103/ijdvl.IJDVL_762_17. PMID: 30829296. Link
Himadri, George R, Mathew L, Shanmugam V, Mani T, Jeyaseelan L. The role of thymus and activation-regulated chemokine as a marker of severity of atopic dermatitis. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 Feb;84(2):545-547. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.05.052. Epub 2020 May 19. PMID: 32439469.
George L, John GT, Jacob CK, Eapen P, Pulimood S, George R. Skin lesions in renal transplant recipients: a single center analysis. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2009 May-Jun;75(3):255-61. doi: 10.4103/0378-6323.51241. PMID: 19439877.
Abraham SSC, Yoganathan S, Koshy B, Oommen SP, Simon A, Mathai S, Korula S, Mathew L, Sathishkumar D, Jasper A, George R, Danda S. Phenotypic variability of a TREX1 variant in Aicardi-Goutieres type 1 patients from the Indian subcontinent. Eur J Med Genet. 2021 Sep;64(9):104291. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2021.104291. Epub 2021 Jul 22. PMID: 34303877.
Bright HR, Chandy SJ, George R. Commentary on: "Chronic Use of Hydrochlorothiazide and Risk of Skin Cancer in Caucasian Adults: A PharmLines Initiative Inception Cohort Study. Acta Derm Venereol. 2023 Aug 16;103:adv13348. doi: 10.2340/actadv.v103.13348. PMID: 37587667; PMCID: PMC10442922.
Mittal GS, Kumar S, Thomas M, Jeyaseelan V, George R. The expression of interleukin-17 in cutaneous lesions of lupus erythematosus in pediatric-onset systemic lupus erythematosus. Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2017 Jul-Sep;60(3):447-448. doi: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_655_16. PMID: 28937401.
George R, Santhanam S, Samuel R, Chapla A, Hilmarsen HT, Braathen GJ, Reinholt FP, Jahnsen F, Khnykin D. Ichthyosis prematurity syndrome caused by a novel missense mutation in FATP4 gene-a case report from India. Clin Case Rep. 2015 Dec 1;4(1):87-9. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.462. PMID: 26783444; PMCID: PMC4706401.
Rana I, Kataria S, Tan TL, Hajam EY, Kashyap DK, Saha D, Ajnabi J, Paul S, Jayappa S, Ananthan ASHP, Kumar P, Zaarour RF, Haarshaadri J, Kansagara G, Rizvi A, Zirmire RK, Badarinath K, Khedkar SU, Chandra Y, Samuel R, George R, Danda D, Jacob PM, Dey R, Dhandapany PS, He YW, Varga J, Varghese S, Jamora C. Mindin (SPON2) Is Essential for Cutaneous Fibrogenesis in a Mouse Model of Systemic Sclerosis. J Invest Dermatol. 2023 May;143(5):699-710.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2022.10.011. Epub 2022 Dec 15. PMID: 36528128. Link
Philip AS, George A, Mathew V, George R, Mani AM, Jeyaseelan L, Alexander M. Facial nerve and branch dysfunction in leprosy-a study from India Leprosy Review; 2022, 93 (4): 377-391. doi: 10.47276/lr.93.4.377.
George A, George R, Mathew AJ, Telugu RB. Dowling-Degos Disease with Hidradenitis Suppurativa and Inflammatory Arthritis in Two Generations. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2020 May 10;11(3):413-415. doi: 10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_337_19. PMID: 32695705; PMCID: PMC7367576.
Ramassamy S, Gibikote S, George RE. Anonychia with absent phalanges and brachydactyly: A report of two unrelated cases. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2016 Nov-Dec;82(6):693-695. doi: 10.4103/0378-6323.184198. PMID: 27320764.
Muthusamy K, Thomas MM, George RE, Alexander M, Mani S, Benjamin RN. Siblings with fucosidosis. J Pediatr Neurosci. 2014 May;9(2):156-8. doi: 10.4103/1817-1745.139331. PMID: 25250075; PMCID: PMC4166842.
George S, George R, Jacob M. Skin biopsy: Technique, indications and use. Natl Med J India. 1991 Jul-Aug;4(4):194-195. PMID: 29772638. Link
Chiramel MJ, Sathishkumar D, Edison ES, George R. Two cases of CARD14-associated papulosquamous eruption from India. Pediatr Dermatol. 2020 Jul;37(4):692-694. doi: 10.1111/pde.14172. Epub 2020 Apr 23. PMID: 32323375.
Mathew L, George R, Sudhakar S, Keshava SN, Fouzia NA. Clinical Profile of Overgrowth Syndromes Consistent with PROS (PIK3CA-Related Overgrowth Syndromes)-A Case Series. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2020 Sep 19;11(5):738-746. doi: 10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_520_19. PMID: 33235839; PMCID: PMC7678549.
George A, George R. Nivolumab (PD-1 Inhibitor) Induced Exacerbation of Psoriasis. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2020 Mar 9;11(2):261-262. doi: 10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_47_19. PMID: 32477996; PMCID: PMC7247661. Link