Toshiyuki Yamamoto
   Department   School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine
   Position   Professor
Article types Original article
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Three patients manifesting early infantile epileptic spasms associated with 2q24.3 microduplications.
Journal Formal name:Brain & development
Abbreviation:Brain Dev
ISSN code:(1872-7131)0387-7604(Linking)
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 37(9),pp.874-9
Author and coauthor Yoshitomi S, Takahashi Y, Ishizuka M, Yamaguchi T, Watanabe A, Nasu H, Ueda Y, Ohtani H, Ikeda H, Imai K, Shigematsu H, Inoue Y, Tanahashi Y, Aiba K, Ohta H, Shimada S, Yamamoto T
Publication date 2015/10
Summary We encountered three patients with 2q24.3 microduplication diagnosed by Array comparative genomic hybridization array (aCGH). They developed partial seizures and epileptic spasms in their early infantile periods and showed remarkable developmental delay, although their seizures disappeared from 11 to 14 months of age. One of three patients had 2q24.3 microduplication which excludes SCN1A. Therefore, characteristics of epilepsy with 2q24.3 microduplication do not necessarily need duplication of SCN1A. This study suggested that 2q24.3 microduplication is one of the causes for early infantile epileptic spasms. Epileptic spasms associated with 2q24.3 microduplications may have better seizure outcome comparing with other etiologies.
DOI 10.1016/j.braindev.2015.03.001
PMID 25843248