Thio Lab
Kwee Liu Lin Thio, MD, PhD
The research interests of Liu-Lin Thio, MD, PhD, are cellular neurophysiology, inhibitory glycine receptors and ketogenic diet. He holds clinic weekly, is consultant pediatric epileptologist for the Pediatric Cerebral Palsy Center and serves on the Pharmaceutical, Diagnostics and Therapeutics Subcommittee at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
Principal investigator

Kwee Liu Lin Thio, MD
Professor of Neurology
Chief, Pediatric Epilepsy
Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Center
- Phone: 314-454-6120
Top areas of pediatric care: ketogenic diet, glucose transporter 1 deficiency syndrome, pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency
Recent publications
- Quantitative determination of SLC2A1 variant functional effects in GLUT1 deficiency syndromeTayebi, N., Leon-Ricardo, B., McCall, K., Mehinovic, E., Engelstad, K., Huynh, V., Turner, T. N., Weisenberg, J., Thio, L. L., Hruz, P., Williams, R. S. B., De Vivo, D. C., Petit, V., Haller, G. & Gurnett, C. A., May 2023, In: Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 10, 5, p. 787-801 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Epilepsy Milestones 2.0: An updated framework for assessing epilepsy fellowships and fellowsThio, L. L., Edgar, L., Ali, I., Farooque, P., Holland, K. D., Mizrahi, E. M., Shahid, A. M., Shin, H. W., Yoo, J. Y. & Carlson, C., Aug 2022, In: Epilepsia. 63, 8, p. 2155-2163 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Visually sensitive seizures: An updated review by the Epilepsy FoundationFisher, R. S., Acharya, J. N., Baumer, F. M., French, J. A., Parisi, P., Solodar, J. H., Szaflarski, J. P., Thio, L. L., Tolchin, B., Wilkins, A. J. & Kasteleijn-Nolst Trenité, D., Apr 2022, In: Epilepsia. 63, 4, p. 739-768 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
- Association of ultra-rare coding variants with genetic generalized epilepsy: A case–control whole exome sequencing studyCanadian Epilepsy Network, Epi4K Consortium, Epilepsy Phenome/Genome Project, EpiPGX Consortium & EuroEPINOMICS-CoGIE Consortium, Mar 2022, In: Epilepsia. 63, 3, p. 723-735 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- A Better Blood Test to Differentiate Epileptic From Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures?Young, G. B. & Thio, L. L., Mar 9 2021, In: Neurology. 96, 10, p. 467-468 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial