Journal
MOVEMENT DISORDERS
Volume 24, Issue 11, Pages 1684-1688Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22507
Keywords
paroxysmal dyskinesias; genotype phenotype; GLUT1; PED
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- Brain Research Trust. U.K.
- Bachmann Strauss Foundation
- MRC [G0701075] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G0701075] Funding Source: researchfish
- Parkinson's UK [G-0907] Funding Source: researchfish
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Paroxysmal exercise-induced dyskinesias (PED) are involuntary intermittent movements triggered by prolonged physical exertion. Autosomal dominant inheritance may occur. Recently, mutations in the glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) gene (chr. 1p35-p31.3) have been identified as a cause in some patients with autosomal dominant PED. Mutations in this gene have previously been associated with the GLUT1 deficiency, syndrome. We performed mutational analysis in 10 patients with apparently sporadic PED. We identified two novel GLUT1 mutations, at least one likely to be de-novo, in two of our patients. Onset was in early childhood. One of our patients had a predating history of childhood absence epilepsy and a current history of hemiplegic migraine as well as a family, history of migraine. The other patient had no other symptoms apart from PED. Brain MRI showed cerebellar atrophy in one case. Mutations in GLUT1 are one cause of apparently sporadic PED. The detection of this has important implications for treatment as ketogenic diet has been reported to be beneficial. (C) 2009 Movement Disorder Society
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