Pyridoxine dependent epilepsy: Is late onset a predictor for favorable outcome? [PDF]
In pyridoxine dependent epilepsy (PDE), patients usually present with neonatal seizures. A small subgroup is characterized by late-onset beyond 2 months of age. We aim to analyze the observation of relatively good cognitive outcome in this subgroup of late-onset PDE patients.We retrospectively analyzed data from four metabolically and genetically ...
de Rooy, RLP +13 more
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KCNQ2-Related Neonatal Epilepsy Treated With Vitamin B6: A Report of Two Cases and Literature Review
Potassium Voltage-Gated Channel Subfamily Q Member 2 (KCNQ2) gene has been initially associated with “Benign familial neonatal epilepsy” (BFNE). Amounting evidence arising by next-generation sequencing techniques have led to the definition of new ...
Greta Amore +10 more
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Homozygosity for a missense mutation in the 67 kDa isoform of glutamate decarboxylase in a family with autosomal recessive spastic cerebral palsy: parallels with Stiff-Person Syndrome and other movement disorders [PDF]
Background Cerebral palsy (CP) is an heterogeneous group of neurological disorders of movement and/or posture, with an estimated incidence of 1 in 1000 live births.
A Lernmark +57 more
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"Electro-clinical Syndromes" with onset in Paediatric Age. the highlights of the clinical-EEG, genetic and therapeutic advances [PDF]
The genetic causes underlying epilepsy remain largely unknown, and the impact of available genetic data on the nosology of epilepsy is still limited.
PARISI, Pasquale +7 more
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Drugs that lower the seizure threshold [PDF]
Drugs with potential to lower the seizure threshold are numerous and diverse. Whether they contribute to clinically overt seizures depends on the dosage in which they are taken, the time-course of their effects and the susceptibility of the patient ...
Alper +48 more
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Clinical, Biochemical, and Molecular Studies and Treatment of Pyridoxine-Dependent Epilepsy
Researchers at Autonomous University of Madrid, and other centers in Spain studied the clinical, biochemical, and genetic spectrum of pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy (PDE) in 12 patients with the clinically proven diagnosis.
J. Gordon Millichap
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PRICKLE1-related early onset epileptic encephalopathy [PDF]
The PRICKLE1 (Prickle Planar Cell Polarity Protein 1-MIM 608500) gene is involved in different phases of human development. The related diseases include autosomal recessive progressive myoclonus epilepsy - ataxia syndrome, neural tube defects associated ...
DI NOIA, S +5 more
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Short-Term Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Term Neonates Treated with Phenobarbital versus Levetiracetam: A Single-Center Experience [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Phenobarbital (PB) has been traditionally used as the first-line treatment for neonatal seizures. More recently, levetiracetam (LEV) has been increasingly used as a promising newer antiepileptic medication for treatment of seizures in ...
Barbagallo, M. +7 more
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Infantile spams without hypsarrhythmia: A study of 16 cases [PDF]
In this study, we present the electroclinical features and evolution of patients with epileptic spasms (ES) in clusters without hypsarrhythmia and with or without focal or generalized paroxysmal discharges on the interictal EEG.
Caraballo, Roberto Horacio +7 more
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Biallelic pathogenic variants in ALDH7A1 are associated with pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy (PDE). ALDH7A1 encodes for the third enzyme of the lysine catabolism pathway.
Imke M.E. Schuurmans +4 more
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