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. 2019 Jul 22;4(3):504–510. doi: 10.1002/epi4.12350

Table 1.

Clinical and etiology findings in epidemiological cohort of infantile DEEs

Subject number/Gender age at last review Onset age of seizures
Syndrome
Clinical details Etiology
1/ F
2 y4 mo
8 mo
West syndrome
Epileptic spasms
Profound GDD
EEG: Hypsarrhythmia
MRI: Moderate lissencephaly, gradient: posterior more severe than anterior
Lissencephaly
Miller‐Dieker 17p13.3 microdeletion
2/ M
6 y1 mo
7 mo
West syndrome
Spasms, focal motor seizures
Profound GDD
EEG: Hypsarrhythmia
MRI: Moderate lissencephaly, gradient: posterior more severe than anterior, pontine hypoplasia
Lissencephaly
17p mosaic microduplication
3/ M
2 y6 mo
20 mo
DEE
Unifocal seizures
Regression with seizures. Surgery curative. Mild language delay
EEG: Left frontotemporal IEDs
MRI: Segmental focal cortical dysplasia, subependymal nodules
Focal cortical dysplasia
Genetic testing not done
4/ F
4 y4 mo
2 wk
DEE
Focal tonic, FIAS
Plateau with seizures. Mild language delay.
EEG: Multifocal IEDs.
MRI: Multifocal tubers.
Tuberous sclerosis complex
Genetic testing not done
5/ F
4 y1 mo
5 mo
West syndrome
Spasms, Focal motor seizures
Hemiplegia, regression with spasms
EEG: Hypsarrhythmia; unifocal centro‐temporal spike IEDs
MRI: Antenatal venous infarction with multicystic encephalomalacia
Antenatal clastic vascular
Genetic testing not done
6/ F
2 y3 mo
3 d
EIMFS
Focal seizures, migrating focal seizures
Mild GDD
EEG: Ictal rhythms migrating between hemispheres; 6 mo & 13 mo normal
MRI: Normal
KCNQ2
c.637C>T p.Arg213Trpa
de novo
Pathogenicb
7/ F
2 y1 mo
2 mo
West syndrome
Focal tonic seizures, spasms, multifocal myoclonia
Acquired microcephaly, dyskinesia, profound GDD
EEG: Hypsarrhythmia; multifocal discharges
MRI: Acquired moderate cerebral atrophy
KCNQ2
c.593G>A p.Arg198Glna
de novo
Pathogenicb
8/ M
19 mo
4 wk
DEE
Tonic‐clonic seizures, focal tonic seizures
Severe GDD
EEG: Bilateral occipital IEDs
MRI: Hypoplastic corpus callosum
ARX
c.1449‐1 G>C p.Leu484*c
Pathogenicb
9/ F
5 y4 mo
6 mo
DEE
Tonic‐clonic seizures, FBTC
Language delay
EEG: 11 mo‐Ictal rhythm midline to frontocentral regions; 2 y1 mo‐GSW, PSW
MRI: Normal
SCN8A
c. 5009T>G p.Met1670Argc
Uncertain significanceb
(de novo status unproven)
10/ F
5 y10 mo
6 mo
DEE
Absence with eyelid myoclonia, absence, eyelid myoclonia, myoclonic jerks, tonic‐clonic seizures, NCSE
Profound GDD, visual impairment
EEG: Marked photosensitivity, 3‐4Hz GSW, PSW, myoclonic‐atonic seizure
MRI: Normal
DHDDS
c.632G>A p.Arg211Glna
de novo
Pathogenicb
11/ M deceased 17 d 5 d
EME
Myoclonic jerks
Decreased activity, poor feeding, jitteriness
EEG: Burst suppression
MRI: Normal
GABRB2
c.851C>A p.Thr284Lysc
de novo
Likely pathogenicb
12/ F
8 y3 mo
7 mo
DEE
Febrile seizures, vibratory tonic seizures, tonic‐clonic seizures, absence
Profound GDD, hypotonia, truncal ataxia, ambulating with walker at 4 y
EEG: GSW, multifocal discharges, PSW
MRI: Normal, no cerebellar atrophy
CACNA1G
c.2727G>C p.Leu909Phec
Likely pathogenic (gain of function in vitro [unpublished]; de novo status unproven)b
13/ F
4 y7 mo
5 mo
West syndrome
Spasms
Remission at 8 mo, severe ID and GDD, seizure free without medication
EEG: Hypsarrhythmia
MRI: Normal
SNAP25
c. 526C>T p.Arg176Cysc
Uncertain significanceb
(de novo status unproven)
14/ F
4 y10 mo
13 mo
DEE
Myoclonic jerks; Focal motor seizures at 2 y
Hypotonia, delayed visual maturation, severe ID and GDD
EEG: Multifocal discharges, normal at 23 mo
MRI: Normal
Unknown
Candidate gene: FAT1
c.8626G>C p.Asp2876Hisc
c.7655A>G p.Glu2552Glyc
Uncertain significanceb
15/ M
4 y6 mo
9 mo
West syndrome
Spasms
Developmental plateau with spasms
EEG: Hypsarrhythmia
MRI: Normal
Unknown
16/ F
6 y9 mo
10 mo
DEE
Focal tonic seizures, tonic‐clonic seizures, FIAS
Specific learning difficulties
EEG: 15 mo‐normal; 21 mo‐occipital ictal rhythm; 22 mo‐occipital IEDs; 4 y‐normal
MRI: Normal
Unknown

Abbreviations: BS, burst suppression; DEE, developmental and epileptic encephalopathy; EIMFS, epilepsy of infancy with migrating focal seizures; EME, early myoclonic encephalopathy; FBTC, focal to bilateral tonic‐clonic seizure; FIAS, focal impaired awareness seizure; GDD, global developmental delay; GSW, generalized spike‐wave; ID, intellectual disability; IEDs, interictal epileptiform discharges; MFDs, multifocal discharges; NCSE, nonconvulsive status epilepticus; PSW, polyspike‐wave.

a

previously published variant.

b

ACMG classification.

c

Novel variant.