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Toshiyuki Yamamoto
Department School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine Position Professor |
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| Article types | Case report |
| Language | English |
| Peer review | Peer reviewed |
| Title | Epilepsy phenotypes in siblings with Norrie disease. |
| Journal | Formal name：Brain & development Abbreviation：Brain Dev ISSN code：(1872-7131)0387-7604(Linking) |
| Domestic / Foregin | Foregin |
| Volume, Issue, Page | 37(10),pp.978-82 |
| Author and coauthor | Okumura A, Arai E, Kitamura Y, Abe S, Ikeno M, Fujimaki T, Yamamoto T, Shimizu T |
| Publication date | 2015/11 |
| Summary | Norrie disease is an X-linked recessive disorder that is characterized by congenital blindness. Although epileptic seizures are observed in some patients with Norrie disease, little is known about this phenomenon. Here, we report the manifestation of epilepsy in siblings with Norrie disease to increase our knowledge of epilepsy in this condition. Three brothers with congenital blindness were diagnosed with Norrie disease after genetic analyses indicated the deletion of exon 2 of the NDP gene. The eldest brother had suffered from epileptic seizures since the age of 11years, and his seizures were resistant to antiepileptic drugs. Although the second brother had no epileptic seizures, the youngest sibling had experiences epileptic seizures since the age of 8years. His seizures were controlled using lamotrigine and levetiracetam. An electroencephalography (EEG) revealed epileptiform discharges in the occipital areas in all three brothers. A study of these patients will increase our knowledge of epilepsy in patients with Norrie disease. |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.braindev.2015.04.004 |
| PMID | 25944760 |