Eating-induced epileptic spasms in a boy with MECP2 duplication syndrome: Insights into pathogenesis of genetic epilepsies

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 414-417

  De Palma, Luca ^a,b   Boniver, Clementina ^a   Cassina, Matteo ^a   Toldo, Irene ^a   Nosadini, Margherita ^a   Clementi, Maurizio ^a   Sartori, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

CGH array; Eating induced epileptic spasm; Focal seizures; MECP2 duplication syndrome; Reflex epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; VALPROIC ACID;

CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOME XQ; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRUG MEGADOSE; EATING INDUCED EPILEPTIC SPASM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HAND MOVEMENT; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MALE; MECP2 GENE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE SPASM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SPEECH DISORDER; THETA RHYTHM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIDEORECORDING;

BRAIN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; EATING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION, X-LINKED; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2;

EID: 84874641391     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2012.0546     Document Type: Review

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