The spectrum of SCN1A-related infantile epileptic encephalopathies (original) (raw)

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1Department of Genetic Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia2Department of Paediatrics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia3Department of Medicine and Epilepsy Research Centre, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia4Fraser of Allander Neurosciences Unit, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, UK5Departments of Paediatrics, Capital Coast Health and University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand6Neurogenetics Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, and Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada7TY Nelson Department of Neurology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia8Department of Neurology, British Columbia Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada9Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia10Athena Diagnostics Inc., Worcester, MD, USA11School of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australia12Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health and Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria13Department of Neurosciences, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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1Department of Genetic Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia2Department of Paediatrics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia3Department of Medicine and Epilepsy Research Centre, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia4Fraser of Allander Neurosciences Unit, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, UK5Departments of Paediatrics, Capital Coast Health and University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand6Neurogenetics Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, and Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada7TY Nelson Department of Neurology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia8Department of Neurology, British Columbia Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada9Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia10Athena Diagnostics Inc., Worcester, MD, USA11School of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australia12Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health and Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria13Department of Neurosciences, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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1Department of Genetic Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia2Department of Paediatrics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia3Department of Medicine and Epilepsy Research Centre, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia4Fraser of Allander Neurosciences Unit, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, UK5Departments of Paediatrics, Capital Coast Health and University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand6Neurogenetics Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, and Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada7TY Nelson Department of Neurology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia8Department of Neurology, British Columbia Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada9Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia10Athena Diagnostics Inc., Worcester, MD, USA11School of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australia12Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health and Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria13Department of Neurosciences, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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1Department of Genetic Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia2Department of Paediatrics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia3Department of Medicine and Epilepsy Research Centre, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia4Fraser of Allander Neurosciences Unit, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, UK5Departments of Paediatrics, Capital Coast Health and University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand6Neurogenetics Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, and Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada7TY Nelson Department of Neurology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia8Department of Neurology, British Columbia Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada9Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia10Athena Diagnostics Inc., Worcester, MD, USA11School of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australia12Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health and Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria13Department of Neurosciences, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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1Department of Genetic Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia2Department of Paediatrics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia3Department of Medicine and Epilepsy Research Centre, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia4Fraser of Allander Neurosciences Unit, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, UK5Departments of Paediatrics, Capital Coast Health and University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand6Neurogenetics Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, and Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada7TY Nelson Department of Neurology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia8Department of Neurology, British Columbia Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada9Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia10Athena Diagnostics Inc., Worcester, MD, USA11School of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australia12Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health and Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria13Department of Neurosciences, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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1Department of Genetic Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia2Department of Paediatrics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia3Department of Medicine and Epilepsy Research Centre, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia4Fraser of Allander Neurosciences Unit, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, UK5Departments of Paediatrics, Capital Coast Health and University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand6Neurogenetics Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, and Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada7TY Nelson Department of Neurology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia8Department of Neurology, British Columbia Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada9Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia10Athena Diagnostics Inc., Worcester, MD, USA11School of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australia12Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health and Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria13Department of Neurosciences, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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1Department of Genetic Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia2Department of Paediatrics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia3Department of Medicine and Epilepsy Research Centre, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia4Fraser of Allander Neurosciences Unit, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, UK5Departments of Paediatrics, Capital Coast Health and University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand6Neurogenetics Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, and Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada7TY Nelson Department of Neurology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia8Department of Neurology, British Columbia Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada9Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia10Athena Diagnostics Inc., Worcester, MD, USA11School of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australia12Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health and Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria13Department of Neurosciences, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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1Department of Genetic Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia2Department of Paediatrics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia3Department of Medicine and Epilepsy Research Centre, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia4Fraser of Allander Neurosciences Unit, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, UK5Departments of Paediatrics, Capital Coast Health and University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand6Neurogenetics Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, and Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada7TY Nelson Department of Neurology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia8Department of Neurology, British Columbia Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada9Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia10Athena Diagnostics Inc., Worcester, MD, USA11School of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australia12Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health and Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria13Department of Neurosciences, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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1Department of Genetic Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia2Department of Paediatrics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia3Department of Medicine and Epilepsy Research Centre, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia4Fraser of Allander Neurosciences Unit, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, UK5Departments of Paediatrics, Capital Coast Health and University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand6Neurogenetics Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, and Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada7TY Nelson Department of Neurology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia8Department of Neurology, British Columbia Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada9Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia10Athena Diagnostics Inc., Worcester, MD, USA11School of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australia12Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health and Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria13Department of Neurosciences, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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1Department of Genetic Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia2Department of Paediatrics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia3Department of Medicine and Epilepsy Research Centre, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia4Fraser of Allander Neurosciences Unit, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, UK5Departments of Paediatrics, Capital Coast Health and University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand6Neurogenetics Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, and Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada7TY Nelson Department of Neurology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia8Department of Neurology, British Columbia Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada9Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia10Athena Diagnostics Inc., Worcester, MD, USA11School of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australia12Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health and Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria13Department of Neurosciences, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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13 November 2006

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13 December 2006

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04 January 2007

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Louise A. Harkin, Jacinta M. McMahon, Xenia Iona, Leanne Dibbens, James T. Pelekanos, Sameer M. Zuberi, Lynette G. Sadleir, Eva Andermann, Deepak Gill, Kevin Farrell, Mary Connolly, Thorsten Stanley, Michael Harbord, Frederick Andermann, Jing Wang, Sat Dev Batish, Jeffrey G. Jones, William K. Seltzer, Alison Gardner, The Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy Referral Consortium,, Grant Sutherland, Samuel F. Berkovic, John C. Mulley, Ingrid E. Scheffer, The spectrum of _SCN1A_-related infantile epileptic encephalopathies, Brain, Volume 130, Issue 3, March 2007, Pages 843–852, https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awm002
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Abstract

The relationship between severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (SMEI or Dravet syndrome) and the related syndrome SMEI-borderland (SMEB) with mutations in the sodium channel alpha 1 subunit gene SCN1A is well established. To explore the phenotypic variability associated with SCN1A mutations, 188 patients with a range of epileptic encephalopathies were examined for SCN1A sequence variations by denaturing high performance liquid chromatography and sequencing. All patients had seizure onset within the first 2 years of life. A higher proportion of mutations were identified in patients with SMEI (52/66; 79%) compared to patients with SMEB (25/36; 69%). By studying a broader spectrum of infantile epileptic encephalopathies, we identified mutations in other syndromes including cryptogenic generalized epilepsy (24%) and cryptogenic focal epilepsy (22%). Within the latter group, a distinctive subgroup designated as severe infantile multifocal epilepsy had SCN1A mutations in three of five cases. This phenotype is characterized by early onset multifocal seizures and later cognitive decline. Knowledge of an expanded spectrum of epileptic encephalopathies associated with SCN1A mutations allows earlier diagnostic confirmation for children with these devastating disorders.

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Topic:

• phenotype
• epilepsy
• seizures
• mutation
• child
• epilepsies, partial
• epilepsy, generalized
• genes
• seizure, myoclonic
• infantile severe myoclonic epilepsy
• encephalopathic epilepsy

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