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Congenital cataract in a child with pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy.
Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus - 1 Jun 2013
Yusuf Imran H, Sandford Victoria, Hildebrand Göran Darius
Abstract excerpt
Pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy (PDE) is a cause of neonatal epileptic encephalopathy not previously known to cause ophthalmic disease. We describe the novel observation of a 5-year-old girl with pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy and bilateral cataracts. PDE is the result of mutations in the ALDH7A1 gene encoding antiquitin, an enzyme protective against cellular dehydration and osmotic stress. Accumulating metabolic...
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