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MED23-associated refractory epilepsy successfully treated with the ketogenic diet.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Sept 2016
Lionel Anath C, Monfared Nasim, Scherer Stephen W, Marshall Christian R, Mercimek-Mahmutoglu Saadet
Abstract excerpt
We report a new patient with refractory epilepsy associated with a novel pathogenic homozygous MED23 variant. This 7.5-year-old boy from consanguineous parents had infantile onset global developmental delay and refractory epilepsy. He was treated with the ketogenic diet at 2.5 years of age and became seizure free on the first day. He had microcephaly and truncal hypotonia. His brain MRI showed delayed myelination...
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