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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-3-18
pubmed:abstractText
We report on a male proband with pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy (PDE) and neonatal seizure onset. At the age of 31 months, a prolonged status epilepticus led to severe neurological regression with cortical blindness, loss of speech and muscular hypotonia with slow recovery over the following 3 months. At 33 months of age pyridoxine therapy was initiated with excellent response and the boy remained seizure-free on pyridoxine monotherapy, except for two occasions with seizure recurrence 10 days after accidental pyridoxine withdrawal. alpha-aminoadipic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (antiquitin) deficiency was indicated by elevated pipecolic acid concentrations in plasma and alpha-aminoadipic semialdehyde excretion in urine. Molecular analysis of the antiquitin gene revealed a novel missense mutation c.57insA, while the mutation of the other allele remained unidentified so far. Despite the delay in diagnosis and prolonged status epilepticus, neuropsychological evaluations at the ages of 11 and 18 years demonstrated full-scale IQ of 93 and 92, respectively, with better verbal IQ (103 and 101) than performance IQ (85 and 82).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0174-304X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
276-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19294602-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:19294602-Aldehyde Dehydrogenase, pubmed-meshheading:19294602-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:19294602-Anticonvulsants, pubmed-meshheading:19294602-Blindness, Cortical, pubmed-meshheading:19294602-Child, pubmed-meshheading:19294602-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:19294602-Diagnosis, Differential, pubmed-meshheading:19294602-Drug Therapy, Combination, pubmed-meshheading:19294602-Electroencephalography, pubmed-meshheading:19294602-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:19294602-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19294602-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:19294602-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:19294602-Intelligence, pubmed-meshheading:19294602-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19294602-Mutation, Missense, pubmed-meshheading:19294602-Neuropsychological Tests, pubmed-meshheading:19294602-Pyridoxine, pubmed-meshheading:19294602-Spasms, Infantile, pubmed-meshheading:19294602-Status Epilepticus
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy: normal outcome in a patient with late diagnosis after prolonged status epilepticus causing cortical blindness.
pubmed:affiliation
Klinik für Neuropädiatrie und Neurologische Rehabilitation, Epilepsiezentrum für Kinder und Jugendliche, BHZ Vogtareuth, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article