Mutations in the X-linked cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5 (CDKL5) gene are responsible for a severe encephalopathy with early epilepsy. So far, the electroclinical phenotype remains largely unknown and no clear genotype-phenotype correlations have been established.
Département de Pédiatrie, Service de Neurologie Pédiatrique, Hopital Necker Enfants Malades, AP-HP, Paris V, Paris, France. nadia.bahi-buisson@nck.aphp.fr