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Skeletal anomaly and opisthotonus in early-onset epileptic encephalopathy with KCNQ2 abnormality.
Brain & development - 1 Apr 2023
Kawano Osamu, Saito Takashi, Sumitomo Noriko, Takeshita Eri, Shimizu-Motohashi Yuko, Nakagawa Eiji, Mizuma Kanako, Tanifuji Sachiko, Itai Toshiyuki, Miyatake Satoko, Matsumoto Naomichi, Takahashi Yuji, Mizusawa Hidehiro, Sasaki Masayuki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Heterozygous KCNQ2 variants cause benign familial neonatal seizures and early-onset epileptic encephalopathy in an autosomal dominant manner; the latter is called KCNQ2 encephalopathy. No case of KCNQ2 encephalopathy with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita has been reported. Furthermore, early-onset scoliosis and opisthotonus have not been documented as characteristics of KCNQ2 encephalopathy. CASE...
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