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Long-term treatment outcome of two patients with pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy caused by ALDH7A1 mutations: normal neurocognitive outcome.
Journal of child neurology - 1 Apr 2015
Nasr Enas, Mamak Eva, Feigenbaum Anette, Donner Elizabeth J, Mercimek-Mahmutoglu Saadet
Abstract excerpt
Pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy is an autosomal recessively inherited disorder of lysine catabolism caused by mutations in the ALDH7A1 gene. We report 2 patients with normal neurocognitive outcome (full-scale IQ of 108 and 74) and their more than 10 years' treatment outcome on pyridoxine monotherapy. Both patients had specific borderline impairments in visual processing speed. More long-term treatment outcome...
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