Unusual sensitivity to steroid treatment in intractable childhood epilepsy suggests GLUT1 deficiency syndrome.

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Glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) deficiency syndrome (DS) results from impaired glucose transport into brain. We describe the case of an 8-year-old girl with early-onset myoclonic epilepsy unresponsive to eight anticonvulsants. Oral steroid treatment achieved dramatic seizure control at the expense of Cushing syndrome and progressive fatty liver disease. Steroid withdrawal resulted in severe seizure exacerbation but...

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