BRAT1 encephalopathy: a recessive cause of epilepsy of infancy with migrating focal seizures.
Journal
Developmental medicine and child neurology
ISSN: 1469-8749
Titre abrégé: Dev Med Child Neurol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0006761
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2020
09 2020
Historique:
accepted:
04
11
2019
pubmed:
24
12
2019
medline:
15
12
2020
entrez:
24
12
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Epilepsy of infancy with migrating focal seizures (EIMFS), one of the most severe developmental and epileptic encephalopathy syndromes, is characterized by seizures that migrate from one hemisphere to the other. EIMFS is genetically heterogeneous with 33 genes. We report five patients with EIMFS caused by recessive BRAT1 variants, identified via next generation sequencing. Recessive pathogenic variants in BRAT1 cause the rigidity and multifocal seizure syndrome, lethal neonatal with hypertonia, microcephaly, and intractable multifocal seizures. The epileptology of BRAT1 encephalopathy has not been well described. All five patients were profoundly impaired with seizure onset in the first week of life and focal seizure migration between hemispheres. We show that BRAT1 is an important recessive cause of EIMFS with onset in the first week of life, profound impairment, and early death. Early recognition of this genetic aetiology will inform management and reproductive counselling.
Substances chimiques
BRAT1 protein, human
0
Nuclear Proteins
0
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1096-1099Commentaires et corrections
Type : CommentIn
Informations de copyright
© 2019 Mac Keith Press.
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