Professor
Christian Medical College Vellore, Ida Scudder Road, Vellore – 632004, Tamil Nadu, India
Sarkar S, Rajaratnam S, Chacko G, Mani S, Hesargatta AS, Chacko AG. Pure endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for functional pituitary adenomas: outcomes with Cushing's disease. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2016 Jan;158(1):77-86; discussion 86. doi: 10.1007/s00701-015-2638-7. Epub 2015 Nov 17. PMID: 26577636.
Paul TV, Asha HS, Thomas N, Seshadri MS, Rupali P, Abraham OC, Pulimood SA, Jose A. Hypovitaminosis D and bone mineral density in human immunodeficiency virus-infected men from India, with or without antiretroviral therapy. Endocr Pract. 2010 Jul-Aug;16(4):547-53. doi: 10.4158/EP09197.OR. PMID: 20150027.
Sooragonda B, Cherian KE, Jebasingh FK, Dasgupta R, Asha HS, Kapoor N, Thomas N, Paul TV. Longitudinal changes in bone mineral density and trabecular bone score following yearly zoledronic acid infusion in postmenopausal osteoporosis-a retrospective-prospective study from southern India. Arch Osteoporos. 2019 Jul 18;14(1):79. doi: 10.1007/s11657-019-0630-1. PMID: 31321603.
Binu AJ, Cherian KE, Kapoor N, Jebasingh FK, Asha HS, Paul TV. Bone Health after Fifth Decade in Rural Ambulatory South Indian Postmenopausal Women. Indian J Community Med. 2019 Jul-Sep;44(3):205-208. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_161_18. PMID: 31602103; PMCID: PMC6776936.
Asha HS, Seshadri MS, Paul TV, Abraham OC, Rupali P, Thomas N. Human immunodeficiency virus-associated lipodystrophy: an objective definition based on dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry-derived regional fat ratios in a South Asian population. Endocr Pract. 2012 Mar-Apr;18(2):158-69. doi: 10.4158/EP11139.OR. PMID: 21856599.
Chapla A, Mruthyunjaya MD, Asha HS, Varghese D, Varshney M, Vasan SK, Venkatesan P, Nair V, Mathai S, Paul TV, Thomas N. Maturity onset diabetes of the young in India - a distinctive mutation pattern identified through targeted next-generation sequencing. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2015 Apr;82(4):533-42. doi: 10.1111/cen.12541. Epub 2014 Aug 7. PMID: 25041077.
Sarkar S, Rajaratnam S, Chacko G, Mani S, Hesargatta AS, Chacko AG. Pure endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for functional pituitary adenomas: outcomes with Cushing's disease. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2016 Jan;158(1):77-86; discussion 86. doi: 10.1007/s00701-015-2638-7. Epub 2015 Nov 17. PMID: 26577636.
Paul TV, Asha HS, Thomas N, Seshadri MS, Rupali P, Abraham OC, Pulimood SA, Jose A. Hypovitaminosis D and bone mineral density in human immunodeficiency virus-infected men from India, with or without antiretroviral therapy. Endocr Pract. 2010 Jul-Aug;16(4):547-53. doi: 10.4158/EP09197.OR. PMID: 20150027.
Sooragonda B, Cherian KE, Jebasingh FK, Dasgupta R, Asha HS, Kapoor N, Thomas N, Paul TV. Longitudinal changes in bone mineral density and trabecular bone score following yearly zoledronic acid infusion in postmenopausal osteoporosis-a retrospective-prospective study from southern India. Arch Osteoporos. 2019 Jul 18;14(1):79. doi: 10.1007/s11657-019-0630-1. PMID: 31321603.
Binu AJ, Cherian KE, Kapoor N, Jebasingh FK, Asha HS, Paul TV. Bone Health after Fifth Decade in Rural Ambulatory South Indian Postmenopausal Women. Indian J Community Med. 2019 Jul-Sep;44(3):205-208. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_161_18. PMID: 31602103; PMCID: PMC6776936.
Asha HS, Seshadri MS, Paul TV, Abraham OC, Rupali P, Thomas N. Human immunodeficiency virus-associated lipodystrophy: an objective definition based on dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry-derived regional fat ratios in a South Asian population. Endocr Pract. 2012 Mar-Apr;18(2):158-69. doi: 10.4158/EP11139.OR. PMID: 21856599.
Chapla A, Mruthyunjaya MD, Asha HS, Varghese D, Varshney M, Vasan SK, Venkatesan P, Nair V, Mathai S, Paul TV, Thomas N. Maturity onset diabetes of the young in India - a distinctive mutation pattern identified through targeted next-generation sequencing. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2015 Apr;82(4):533-42. doi: 10.1111/cen.12541. Epub 2014 Aug 7. PMID: 25041077.
Lau SL, Debarm R, Thomas N, Asha HS, Vasan KS, Alex RG, Gnanaraj J. Healthcare planning in north-east India: a survey on diabetes awareness, risk factors and health attitudes in a rural community. J Assoc Physicians India. 2009 Apr;57:305-9. PMID: 19702036. 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.
Naik D, Asha HS, Mathews SS, Paul TV. Two siblings with Paget's disease of bone. BMJ Case Rep. 2014 May 20;2014:bcr2013203219. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-203219. PMID: 24849637; PMCID: PMC4039939.
Anuradha C, Manipadam MT, Asha HS, Dukhabandhu N, Abraham D, Paul MJ. Can New Ultrasound Signs Help in Identifying Follicular Variant of Papillary Carcinoma of Thyroid? - A Pilot Study. Ultrasound Int Open. 2016 May;2(2):E47-53. doi: 10.1055/s-0036-1582304. Epub 2016 Apr 28. PMID: 27689170; PMCID: PMC5032849.
Cherian, K. E., Kapoor, N., Asha, H. S., Thomas, N. and Paul, T. V. Influence of Different Reference Databases on Categorization of Bone Mineral Density: A Study on Rural Postmenopausal Women from Southern India Indian J Endocrinol Metab; 2018, 22 (5): 579-583 DOI: 10.4103/ijem.IJEM_77_18
Cherian, K. E., Kapoor, N., Shetty, S., Jebasingh, F. K., Asha, H. S., Hephzibah, J., Prabhu, A. J., Rajaratnam, S., Thomas, N. and Paul, T. V. Paget's Disease of Bone: An Entity Still Exists in India Indian J Endocrinol Metab; 2018, 22 (3): 368-372 10.4103/ijem.IJEM_19_18 DOI: 10.4103/ijem.IJEM_19_18
Thakur P, Kuriakose C, Cherian KE, Asha HS, Kapoor N, Paul TV. Knowledge gap regarding osteoporosis among medical professionals in Southern India. J Eval Clin Pract. 2020 Feb;26(1):272-280. doi: 10.1111/jep.13164. Epub 2019 May 6. PMID: 31062414.
Senthilraja M, Cherian KE, Jebasingh FK, Kapoor N, Paul TV, Asha HS Osteoporosis knowledge and beliefs among postmenopausal women: A cross-sectional study from a teaching hospital in southern India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Apr;8(4):1374-1378. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_95_19. PMID: 31143724; PMCID: PMC6510091.
Antony G, Kamleshkumar H, Verma S, Kapoor N, Asha HS, Peter D, Paul TV. VISUAL VIGNETTE. Endocr Pract. 2019 Mar;25(3):293. doi: 10.4158/EP-2018-0383. Epub 2018 Aug 14. PMID: 30106634.
Goyal-Honavar A, Sarkar S, Asha HS, Kapoor N, Thomas R, Balakrishnan R, Chacko G, Chacko AG. Impact of Experience on Outcomes After Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery for Acromegaly. World Neurosurg. 2021 Jul;151:e1007-e1015. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.05.030. Epub 2021 May 21. PMID: 34023462.
Sathyakumar S, Paul TV, Asha HS, Gnanamuthu BR, Paul MJ, Abraham DT, Rajaratnam S, Thomas N. ECTOPIC CUSHING SYNDROME: A 10-YEAR EXPERIENCE FROM A TERTIARY CARE CENTER IN SOUTHERN INDIA. Endocr Pract. 2017 Aug;23(8):907-914. doi: 10.4158/EP161677.OR. Epub 2017 Jun 14. PMID: 28614007. Link
Asha HS. Hypocortisolemic crisis: Case scenarios. Curr Med Issues 2018;16:69-74.doi:10.4103/cmi.cmi_19_18
Asha HS, Sudeep K, Alexander M, Korula A, Gnanamuthu BR, Thomas N. Cushing's syndrome in a case of thymic carcinoma. Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Oct;15(4):346-8. doi: 10.4103/2230-8210.85601. PMID: 22029011; PMCID: PMC3193789. Link
Doddabelavangala Mruthyunjaya M, Chapla A, Hesarghatta Shyamasunder A, Varghese D, Varshney M, Paul J, Inbakumari M, Christina F, Varghese RT, Kuruvilla KA, V Paul T, Jose R, Regi A, Lionel J, Jeyaseelan L, Mathew J, Thomas N. Comprehensive Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY) Gene Screening in Pregnant Women with Diabetes in India. PLoS One. 2017 Jan 17;12(1):e0168656. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168656. PMID: 28095440; PMCID: PMC5240948.
Gupta RD, Ramachandran R, Gangadhara P, Anoop S, Singh SH, Satyaraddi A, Sathyakumar S, Asha HS, Thomas N. Clinical characteristics, beta-cell dysfunction and treatment outcomes in patients with A-β+ Ketosis-Prone Diabetes (KPD): The first identified cohort amongst Asian Indians. J Diabetes Complications. 2017 Sep;31(9):1401-1407. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2017.06.008. Epub 2017 Jun 23. PMID: 28668376.
Barnabas R, Gauda BS, Cherian KE, Kapoor N, Asha HS, Paul TV. An uncommon cause of osteoporosis. J Family Med Prim Care. 2018 Mar-Apr;7(2):455-457. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_350_17. PMID: 30090794; PMCID: PMC6060917.
Goyal-Honavar A, Sarkar S, Chacko G, Balakrishnan R, Asha HS, Chacko AG. Growth hormone storm following infarction of a residual growth hormone secreting pituitary macroadenoma. Br J Neurosurg. 2021 Oct 7:1-4. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2021.1988055. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34615430.
Kuriakose C, Cherian KE, Jebasingh F, Kapoor N, Asha HS, Jose A, Thomas N, Paul TV. The prevalence of vertebral fractures among Indian perimenopausal women and its association with ovarian biomarkers. J Bone Miner Metab. 2022 Jan;40(1):142-149. doi: 10.1007/s00774-021-01266-7. Epub 2021 Sep 17. PMID: 34532782.
Ravichandran L, Korula S, Asha HS, Varghese D, Parthiban R, Johnson J, Ishwarya J, Shetty S, Cherian KE, Jebasingh F, Kapoor N, Pachat D, Mathai S, Simon A, Rajaratnam S, Paul TV, Thomas N, Chapla A. Allele-specific PCR and Next-generation sequencing based genetic screening for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia in India. Eur J Med Genet. 2021 Dec;64(12):104369. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2021.104369. Epub 2021 Oct 27. PMID: 34718183. Link
Rajan R, Kapoor N, Asha HS, Paul TV, Thomas N. Idiopathic systemic capillary leak syndrome - An often missed diagnosis. Trop Doct. 2021 Apr;51(2):246-248. doi: 10.1177/0049475520979299. Epub 2020 Dec 22. PMID: 33349162
Johnson JT, Paul J, Cherian KE, Kapoor N, Asha HS, Paul TV. Familial hypercholesterolemia: The skin speaks. J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Aug 25;9(8):4451-4453. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_819_20. PMID: 33110883; PMCID: PMC7586528.
Naik D, Hesarghatta Shyamasunder A, Doddabelavangala Mruthyunjaya M, Gupta Patil R, Paul TV, Christina F, Inbakumari M, Jose R, Lionel J, Regi A, Jeyaseelan PV, Thomas N. Masked hypoglycemia in pregnancy. J Diabetes. 2017 Aug;9(8):778-786. doi: 10.1111/1753-0407.12485. Epub 2016 Nov 14. PMID: 27625296.
Vanlalhruaii, Dasgupta R, Ramachandran R, Mathews JE, Regi A, Thomas N, Gupta V, Visalakshi P, Asha HS, Paul T, Thomas N. How safe is metformin when initiated in early pregnancy? A retrospective 5-year study of pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus from India. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2018 Mar;137:47-55. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2018.01.002. Epub 2018 Jan 8. PMID: 29325773.
Goyal-Honavar A, Sarkar S, Asha HS, Kapoor N, Balakrishnan R, Vanjare H, Chacko G, Chacko AG. A clinicoradiological analysis of silent corticotroph adenomas after the introduction of pituitary-specific transcription factors. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2021 Nov;163(11):3143-3154. doi: 10.1007/s00701-021-04911-2. Epub 2021 Jun 28. PMID: 34181087.
Sooragonda BG, Agarwal S, Benjamin RN, Prabhakar AT, Sivadasan A, Kapoor N, Cherian KE, Jebasingh FK, Aaron S, Thomas N, Mathew V, Asha HS, Paul TV. Bone Mineral Density and Body Composition in Males with Motor Neuron Disease: A Study from Teaching Hospital in Southern Part of India. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2021 Mar-Apr;24(2):211-216. doi: 10.4103/aian.AIAN_293_20. Epub 2020 Aug 28. PMID: 34220065; PMCID: PMC8232495.
Johnson JT, Cherian KE, Kapoor N, Jebasingh FK, Asha HS, Mathai T, Nithyananth M, Oommen AT, Daniel AJ, Thomas N, Paul TV. Does hip structural analysis confer additional benefit to routine BMD assessment in postmenopausal women with hip fracture? A study from a tertiary center in southern India. Arch Osteoporos. 2022 Feb 5;17(1):32. doi: 10.1007/s11657-022-01070-4. PMID: 35122523.
Shyamasunder AH, Pai R, Ramamoorthy H, Sakhti D, Manipadam MT, Kapoor N, Paul TV, Jebasingh F, Thomas N, Abraham DT, Paul MJ, Chacko AG, Prabhu K, Rajaratnam S. Clinical Profile and Mutations Associated with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia-Type1 (MEN1) and Their First-Degree Relatives at Risk of Developing MEN1: A Prospective Study. Horm Metab Res. 2021 Apr;53(4):245-256. doi: 10.1055/a-1402-0183. Epub 2021 Apr 14. PMID: 33853118.
Cherian KE, Kapoor N, Paul TV, Asha HS. Functioning Endocrine Tumors in Pregnancy: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges. Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Jul-Aug;25(4):299-304. doi: 10.4103/ijem.ijem_310_21. Epub 2021 Dec 15. PMID: 35136736; PMCID: PMC8793957.
Sarkar S, Chacko SR, Korula S, Hesarghatta A, Balakrishnan R, Mathai S, Simon A, Chacko G, Prabhu K, Chacko AG. A Comparison of Long-Term Treatment Outcomes Between Giant and Nongiant Craniopharyngiomas. World Neurosurg. 2022 Mar 20:S1878-8750(22)00363-1. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.03.073. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35321841.
Rajan R, Cherian KE, Asha HS, Paul TV. McCune Albright syndrome: an endocrine medley. BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Jul 15;12(7):e229141. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-229141. PMID: 31308184; PMCID: PMC6663252.
Gupta RD, Haobam SS, Krishna A, Ramchandran R, Satyaraddi A, Shetty S, Asha HS, Paul TV, Thomas N. Clinico-radiological characteristics and not laboratory markers are useful in diagnosing diabetic myonecrosis in Asian Indian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A 10-year experience from South India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2018 Nov-Dec;7(6):1243-1247. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_4_18. PMID: 30613504; PMCID: PMC6293897. Link
Thomas L, Asha HS, Amalraj RE, Prakash R, Abraham P, Thomas N. The utility of Problem Areas in Diabetes (PAID) scale amongst patients with Type 2 diabetes (T2DM): An experience from a teaching hospital in Southern India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2021 Apr;10(4):1687-1693. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1891_20. Epub 2021 Apr 29. PMID: 34123913; PMCID: PMC8144792.
Abraham AP, Pai R, Beno DL, Chacko G, Asha HS, Rajaratnam S, Kapoor N, Thomas N, Chacko AG. USP8, USP48, and BRAF mutations differ in their genotype-phenotype correlation in Asian Indian patients with Cushing's disease. Endocrine. 2021 Oct 18. doi: 10.1007/s12020-021-02903-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34664215.
Joseph A, Cherian KE, Kapoor N, Cherian VM, Asha HS, Paul TV. Bilateral Avascular Necrosis of Hip: An Oddity in Endogenous Hypercortisolemia. AACE Clin Case Rep. 2022 Feb 5;8(4):183-184. doi: 10.1016/j.aace.2022.01.005. PMID: 35959090; PMCID: PMC9363513.
Goyal-Honavar A, Sarkar S, Chacko G, Balakrishnan R, Asha HS, Chacko AG. Growth hormone storm following infarction of a residual growth hormone secreting pituitary macroadenoma. Br J Neurosurg. 2021 Oct 7:1-4. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2021.1988055. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34615430. Link
Shetty S, Cherian KE, Shetty S, Kapoor N, Jebasingh FK, Cherian A, Hephzibah J, Chandramohan A, John RA, Asha HS, Paul MJ, Manipadam MT, Abraham DT, Thomas N, Paul TV. Does Baseline PTH Influence Recovery of Bone Mineral Density, Trabecular Bone Score and Bone Turnover Markers? A Prospective Study Following Curative PArathyroidectomy in Primary Hyperparathyroidism. Endocr Pract. 2020 Dec;26(12):1442-1450. doi: 10.4158/EP-2020-0148. PMID: 33471736.
Ravichandran L, Varghese D, R P, S AH, Korula S, Thomas N, Chapla A. Allele-specific and multiplex PCR based tools for cost-effective and comprehensive genetic testing in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. MethodsX. 2022 May 31;9:101748. doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2022.101748. PMID: 35756349; PMCID: PMC9213767.
Jose A, Binu AJ, Cherian KE, Kapoor N, Asha HS, Paul TV. Vitamin D assessment and precision of clinical referrals: Insights gained from a teaching hospital in southern India. J Postgrad Med. 2020 Oct-Dec;66(4):194-199. doi: 10.4103/jpgm.JPGM_599_19. PMID: 33037169; PMCID: PMC7819383.
Kapoor N, Shetty S, Asha HH, Paul TV. An unusual presentation of a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia- 1. J Clin Diagn Res. 2014 Dec;8(12):MJ01-2. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/9549.5253. Epub 2014 Dec 5. PMID: 25653982; PMCID: PMC4316288.
Dasgupta R, Atri A, Jebasingh F, Hepzhibah J, Christudoss P, Asha H, Paul TV, Thomas N. Platelet-Lymphocyte Ratio as a Novel Surrogate Marker to Differentiate Thyrotoxic Patients with Graves Disease from Subacute Thyroiditis: a Cross-Sectional Study from South India. Endocr Pract. 2020 Sep;26(9):939-944. doi: 10.4158/EP-2020-0086. PMID: 33471697.
Gupta RD, Shetty S, Asha HS, Albert S, Paul TV. Images in medicine - bisphosphonate induced atypical fracture. J Clin Diagn Res. 2014 Jan;8(1):327-8. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/6963.3961. Epub 2014 Jan 12. PMID: 24596808; PMCID: PMC3939577.
Cherian KE, Kapoor N, Shetty S, Jebasingh FK, Asha HS, Hephzibah J, Prabhu AJ, Rajaratnam S, Thomas N, Paul TV. Paget's Disease of Bone: An Entity Still Exists in India. Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2018 May-Jun;22(3):368-372. doi: 10.4103/ijem.IJEM_19_18. PMID: 30090729; PMCID: PMC6063169.
Koshy G, Varghese RT, Naik D, Asha HS, Thomas N, Seshadri MS, Alexander M, Thomas M, Aaron S, Paul TV. Derangements in bone mineral parameters and bone mineral density in south Indian subjects on antiepileptic medications. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2014 Jul;17(3):272-6. doi: 10.4103/0972-2327.138489. PMID: 25221394; PMCID: PMC4162011.
Gupta RD, Haobam SS, Krishna A, Ramchandran R, Satyaraddi A, Shetty S, Asha HS, Paul TV, Thomas N. Clinico-radiological characteristics and not laboratory markers are useful in diagnosing diabetic myonecrosis in Asian Indian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A 10-year experience from South India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2018 Nov-Dec;7(6):1243-1247. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_4_18. PMID: 30613504; PMCID: PMC6293897.
Rajan R, Chacko AG, Verma S, Kapoor N, Paul T, Thomas N, Jebasingh F, Cherian KE, Sahu S, Shyamasunder AH. Predictors of Delayed Hyponatraemia After Surgery for Pituitary Tumour. Horm Metab Res. 2023 Jun;55(6):395-401. doi: 10.1055/a-2074-9329. Epub 2023 Jun 9. PMID: 37295415.
Sooragonda, Basavaraj G et al. “Do Bone Mineral Density, Trabecular Bone Score, and Hip Structural Analysis Differ in Indian Men with Parkinson's Disease? A Case-Control Pilot Study from a Tertiary Center in Southern India.” Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology vol. 26,4 (2023): 496-501. doi:10.4103/aian.aian_29_23
Ravichandran L, Paul S, A R, Hs A, Mathai S, Simon A, Danda S, Thomas N, Chapla A. High carrier frequency of CYP21A2 gene mutations in Southern India - underscoring the need for genetic testing in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. Endocrine. 2024 Mar 5. doi: 10.1007/s12020-024-03747-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38441846. Link