Abstract | BACKGROUND:
Epilepsy is a frequent and severe feature of Menkes disease (MD) but only few studies described the long-term evolution of these children. We report a series of 28 epileptic MD patients, with clinical characteristics, EEG abnormalities, brain malformations and long-term outcome. METHODS: EEG, clinical characteristics and neuroimaging features in 28 MD patients were analyzed at the onset of epilepsy and after long-term follow-up (at least 4 years). We subdivided the patients into two groups: Group 1, 16 patients who received a subcutaneous copper-histidine treatment, and Group 2 including 12 patients who did not get any therapies. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
Epilepsy in MD is a difficult to treat problem. At the onset, the most frequent type of seizures are FC and IS; in the next months, other kinds of seizures can appear. Many children are drug resistant. Institution of replacement therapy with copper-histidine seems to be not beneficial for epilepsy.
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Authors | Alberto Verrotti, Raffaella Cusmai, Francesca Darra, Paola Martelli, Patrizia Accorsi, Silvia Bergamo, Elsa Bevivino, Giangennaro Coppola, Elena Freri, Salvatore Grosso, Sara Matricardi, Pasquale Parisi, Stefano Sartori, Alberto Spalice, Nicola Specchio, Alessia Carelli, Daniela Zini, Bernardo Dalla Bernardina, Lucio Giordano |
Journal | Epilepsy research
(Epilepsy Res)
Vol. 108
Issue 9
Pg. 1597-603
(Nov 2014)
ISSN: 1872-6844 [Electronic] Netherlands |
PMID | 25218893
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Multicenter Study)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Age of Onset
- Anticonvulsants
(therapeutic use)
- Child, Preschool
- Electroencephalography
- Epilepsy
(diagnosis, etiology)
- Humans
- Infant
- Longitudinal Studies
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome
(complications, drug therapy, mortality)
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Retrospective Studies
- Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed
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