Table 1.
Patient | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inheritance | De novo | De novo | De novo | De novo | De novo | De novo |
Gender | F | M | F | M | F | M |
Age at onset | Birth | 3 months | 10 months | 9 months | 9.5 months | 5 months |
Seizure types |
Myoclonic Atypical absence GTCS |
Focal to bilateral tonic clonic Focal |
GTCS Focal Myoclonic |
Myoclonic Atypical absence Atonic GTCS |
Myoclonic |
Myoclonic GTCS Absence with myoclonus Focal to bilateral tonic clonic |
Response to treatment | Refractory | Response to LMT and VPA |
Refractory then response to VPA Clobazam Stiripentol |
Refractory to medication, response to VNS | Response to LEV and LMT | Response to VPA |
Age at walking | 2.5 years | 3 years | 2.5 years | 2 years | 2.5 years | 3 years |
Intelligible speech | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Cognitive Function | Severe ID | Moderate‐severe ID | Moderate‐severe ID | Moderate‐severe ID | Global developmental delayb | Moderate ID |
Neurological Features | Ataxiaa | Ataxiaa, severe hypotonia | Nil | Ataxiaa, mild decreased power, hypotonia | Ataxiaa, mild athetosis, hypotonia | Unsteady gait, hypotonia |
Co‐morbidities | Behavioural disturbance |
EsophagitisSleeping disturbance Failure to thrive Pectus excavatum |
Nil |
GERD, Chronic diarrhoea, Failure to thrive, Central sleep apnoea, Autism Functional B cell deficiency |
Nil |
Sleep disturbance Hypermobile joints Stereotypies |
Clinical course | Refractory seizures age 16 | Monthly seizures at 3 years | Seizure control improved age 15 | <1 seizure every 3 months post VNS | Seizures every 2–3 months | Seizure control improved at age 9 |
Abbreviations: GERD, gastro‐esophageal reflux disease; ID, intellectual disability; GTCS, generalized tonic clonic seizures; LEV, levetiracetam; LMT, lamotrigine; VNS, vagal nerve stimulator; VPA, sodium valproate.
Ataxia, where noted, was mild and non‐progressive.
Child too young for grading of intellectual disability.