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BRAIN & DEVELOPMENT
Volume 36, Issue 5, Pages 402-407Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2013.06.008
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FOXG1; 14q12 thiplication; Infantile spasms; Epileptic encephalopathy
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Introduction: Duplications of 14q12 encompassing FOXG1 gene have been recently associated with developmental delay, severe speech impairment, epilepsy, aspecific neuroimaging findings and minor dysmorphisms. Aim and methods: In order to refine the epileptic phenotype associated with 14q12 duplications, we have performed a review of the electroclinical picture of the patients reported to date in the literature, adding a new personal case. A comprehensive set of clinical and instrumental data (with a particular focus on the electroclinical aspects including seizure type, age of onset, EEG at onset and after antiepileptic therapy, drug efficacy) has been taken into account. Results: 9/14 patients carrying 14q12 duplications developed seizures, all in the first months of life. Most of them developed infantile spasms (8/9 epileptic patients) and presented hypsarrhythmia or modified hypsarrhythmia on EEG. After therapy 5/9 patients became seizure free and 3/9 present a good seizure control. At last available follow up, 2/3 of the epileptic patients displayed an almost normal EEG, or a quite organized background activity, with diffuse or focal (mostly temporal) slowing. Conclusions: The review of the available data allowed to recognize a common epileptic core, characterized by early onset, age dependent epileptic encephalopathy with infantile spasms and typical, atypical or modified hypsarrhythmia. Antiepileptic therapy soon led to a good or complete control of seizures with a nearly normal background activity in most patients. (C) 2013 The Japanese Society of Child Neurology. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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