Atypical glycine encephalopathy in an extremely low birth weight infant: description of a new mutation and clinical and electroencephalographic analysis.

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We present the clinical course and EEG evolution of an extreme low birth weight preterm neonate with an uncommon type of glycine encephalopathy. The patient presented with myoclonic jerks, apnea and encephalopathy three months after birth without satisfactory therapeutic response. During the first days of clinical symptoms the patient presented a paroxystic burst-attenuation EEG pattern which progressively...

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