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Markovic I, Jocic-Jakubi B, Milenkovic Z. Early arteriopathy in Aicardi-Goutières syndrome 5. Case report and review of literature. Neuroradiol J 2023; 36:740-745. [PMID: 36722173 PMCID: PMC10649525 DOI: 10.1177/19714009231154677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Aicardi-Goutières syndrome (AGS) is an autosomal recessive disease that mimics congenital viral infection and mainly affects the brain, immune system, and skin. The dominant clinical symptom is the subacute onset of severe encephalopathy, which manifests as irritability, loss of ability, slowing of head growth, and poor nutrition. Arteriopathy in AGS is an uncommon manifestation usually associated with mutations in the SAMHD1 gene. We present a rare case of a 3-year-old male due to failure to thrive, global developmental delay, microcephaly, poor vision, upper and lower limbs spasticity, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), who harbored early stenotic lesions of the large and medium intracranial arteries with ischemic sequelae in the early postnatal life. Performed genetic testing confirmed homozygous gene mutation, SAMHD1 associated with AGS type 5. By reviewing the available literature, we were able to find only one patient whose arterial lesions were diagnosed after 6 months.
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- Ivana Markovic
- Department of Radiology and Molecular Imaging, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
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Jocic-Jakubi B, Jocic D, Poothrikovil RP, Al-Futaisi A. Childhood Absence Epilepsy Associated With Concomitant Centrotemporal Spikes. Cureus 2022; 14:e28489. [PMID: 36176877 PMCID: PMC9513283 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.28489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Markovic I, Milenkovic Z, Jocic-Jakubi B, Futaisi AA, Kakaria KA, Walli Y. Stroke in sickle cell disease in association with bilateral absence of the internal carotid arteries. Case report. BMC Neurol 2022; 22:182. [PMID: 35581570 PMCID: PMC9112539 DOI: 10.1186/s12883-022-02702-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Congenital absence of the internal carotid artery (ICA) is a highly infrequent congenital incidence and occurs in less than 0.01% of the population; bilateral absence is exceedingly rare, diagnosed below 10% of the unilateral absence of the ICA. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a serious disorder and carries a high risk of stroke. Case presentation We present a five-year-old child with SCD who experienced an ischemic stroke episode with epileptic seizures. Neuroimaging revealed the agenesis of both ICAs. The frequency, embryology, and collateral pathway of the vascular anomaly as the clinical presentation, of this rare hematologic disease, are discussed. Conclusions Sickle cell disease (SCD) carries a high risk of stroke. Congenital absence of ICA occurs in less than 0.01% of the population; bilateral absence is diagnosed below 10% of the unilateral absence of the ICA.
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- Ivana Markovic
- IvanaMarkovic, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Radiology Department, Muscat, Oman
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- General Hospital "Sava Surgery", Kej 29 Decembar 2, Niš, 18000, Serbia.
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- Hospital, Child Health, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Muscat, Oman
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- Department of Radiology and Molecular Imaging, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
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- Child Health Department, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
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Trenité DGKN, Volkers L, Strengman E, Schippers HM, Perquin W, de Haan GJ, Gkountidi AO, van’t Slot R, van de Graaf SF, Jocic-Jakubi B, Capovilla G, Covanis A, Parisi P, Veggiotti P, Brinciotti M, Incorpora G, Piccioli M, Cantonetti L, Berkovic SF, Scheffer IE, Brilstra EH, Sonsma AC, Bader AJ, de Kovel CG, Koeleman BP. Corrigendum to “Clinical and genetic analysis of a family with two rare reflex epilepsies” [Seizure – Eur. J. Epilepsy 29 (2015) 90–96]. Seizure 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2015.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Häusler M, Aksoy A, Alber M, Altunbasak S, Angay A, Arsene OT, Craiu D, Hartmann H, Hiz-Kurul S, Ichiyama T, Iliescu C, Jocic-Jakubi B, Korinthenberg R, Köse G, Lukban MB, Ozkan M, Patcheva I, Teichler J, Vintan M, Yaramis A, Yarar C, Yis U, Yuksel D, Anlar B. A Multinational Survey on Actual Diagnostics and Treatment of Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis. Neuropediatrics 2015; 46:377-84. [PMID: 26479761 DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1564618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a chronic infection of the central nervous system caused by the measles virus (MV). Its prevalence remains high in resource poor countries and is likely to increase in the Northern Europe as vaccination rates decrease. Clinical knowledge of this devastating condition, however, is limited. We therefore conducted this multinational survey summarizing experience obtained from more than 500 patients treated by 24 physicians in seven countries. SSPE should be considered in all patients presenting with otherwise unexplained acquired neurological symptoms. In most patients, the diagnosis will be established by the combination of typical clinical symptoms (characteristic repetitive myoclonic jerks), a strong intrathecal synthesis of antibodies to MV and typical electroencephalogram findings (Radermecker complexes). Whereas the therapeutic use of different antiviral (amantadine, ribavirin) and immunomodulatory drugs (isoprinosine, interferons) and of immunoglobulins has been reported repeatedly, optimum application regimen of these drugs has not been established. This is partly due to the absence of common diagnostic and clinical standards focusing on neurological and psychosocial aspects. Carbamazepine, levetiracetam, and clobazam are the drugs most frequently used to control myoclonic jerks. We have established a consensus on essential laboratory and clinical parameters that should facilitate collaborative studies. Those are urgently needed to improve outcome.
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- Martin Häusler
- Division of Pediatric Neurology and Social Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Clinics of Pediatric Neurology, Dr. Sami Ulus Research and Training Hospital of Women's and Children's Health and Diseases, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Neuropaediatrics, University Children's Hospital, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Cukurova University, Faculty of Medicine, Saricam/Adana, Turkey
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- Pediatric Neurology Clinic, Professor Doctor Alexandru Obregia Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
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- Pediatric Neurology Clinic, Professor Doctor Alexandru Obregia Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Division of Child Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tsudumigaura Handicapped Children's Hospital, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Pediatric Neurology Clinic, Professor Doctor Alexandru Obregia Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Clinical Center Nis, Pediatric Clinic, Nis, Serbia
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- Division of Neuropediatrics and Muscular Diseases, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Child Neurology, Health Ministery Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Manila Department of Pediatrics and Neurosciences, University of the Philippines College of Medicine, Manila, Philippines
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- Clinics of Pediatric Neurology, Dr. Sami Ulus Research and Training Hospital of Women's and Children's Health and Diseases, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatrics and Medical Genetics, Medical University-Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Department of Neuropediatrics, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj Napoca, Romania
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- Pediatric Neurology Department, Dicle University, Diyarbakır, Turkey
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- Child Neurology Unit, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Division of Child Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey
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- Clinics of Pediatric Neurology, Dr. Sami Ulus Research and Training Hospital of Women's and Children's Health and Diseases, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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Kasteleijn-Nolst Trenité DGA, Volkers L, Strengman E, Schippers HM, Perquin W, de Haan GJ, Gkountidi AO, van't Slot R, van de Graaf SF, de Graaf SF, Jocic-Jakubi B, Capovilla G, Covanis A, Parisi P, Veggiotti P, Brinciotti M, Incorpora G, Piccioli M, Cantonetti L, Berkovic SF, Scheffer IE, Brilstra EH, Sonsma ACM, Bader AJ, de Kovel CGF, Koeleman BPC. Clinical and genetic analysis of a family with two rare reflex epilepsies. Seizure 2015; 29:90-6. [PMID: 26076849 DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2015.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2014] [Revised: 03/26/2015] [Accepted: 03/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To determine clinical phenotypes, evolution and genetic background of a large family with a combination of two unusual forms of reflex epilepsies. METHOD Phenotyping was performed in eighteen family members (10 F, 8 M) including standardized EEG recordings with intermittent photic stimulation (IPS). Genetic analyses (linkage scans, Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) and Functional studies) were performed using photoparoxysmal EEG responses (PPRs) as affection status. RESULTS The proband suffered from speaking induced jaw-jerks and increasing limb jerks evoked by flickering sunlight since about 50 years of age. Three of her family members had the same phenotype. Generalized PPRs were found in seven members (six above 50 years of age) with myoclonus during the PPR. Evolution was typical: Sensitivity to lights with migraine-like complaints around adolescence, followed by jerks evoked by lights and spontaneously with dropping of objects, and strong increase of light sensitivity and onset of talking induced jaw jerks around 50 years. Linkage analysis showed suggestive evidence for linkage to four genomic regions. All photosensitive family members shared a heterozygous R129C mutation in the SCNM1 gene that regulates splicing of voltage gated ion channels. Mutation screening of 134 unrelated PPR patients and 95 healthy controls, did not replicate these findings. CONCLUSION This family presents a combination of two rare reflex epilepsies. Genetic analysis favors four genomic regions and points to a shared SCNM1 mutation that was not replicated in a general cohort of photosensitive subjects. Further genetic studies in families with similar combination of features are warranted.
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- Dorothée G A Kasteleijn-Nolst Trenité
- University Utrecht, Biomedical Genetics and Complex Genetics, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Sapienza University, Pediatrics, Child Neurology, Rome, Italy.
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- University Utrecht, Biomedical Genetics and Complex Genetics, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- University Utrecht, Biomedical Genetics and Complex Genetics, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Bronovo Ziekenhuis, Neurology, The Hague, The Netherlands
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- University Utrecht, Biomedical Genetics and Complex Genetics, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- University Utrecht, Biomedical Genetics and Complex Genetics, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- University Utrecht, Biomedical Genetics and Complex Genetics, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Sapienza University, Pediatrics, Child Neurology, Rome, Italy
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- Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Casimiro Mondino, Child Neuropsychiatry, Pavia, Italy
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- Sapienza University of Rome, Pediatrics and Child Neuropsychiatry, Rome, Italy
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- Epilepsy Research Institute, Medicine (Neurology), Melbourne, Australia
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- Epilepsy Research Institute, Medicine (Neurology), Melbourne, Australia
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- University Utrecht, Biomedical Genetics and Complex Genetics, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- University Utrecht, Biomedical Genetics and Complex Genetics, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- University Utrecht, Biomedical Genetics and Complex Genetics, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- University Utrecht, Biomedical Genetics and Complex Genetics, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- University Utrecht, Biomedical Genetics and Complex Genetics, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Galizia EC, Myers CT, Leu C, de Kovel CGF, Afrikanova T, Cordero-Maldonado ML, Martins TG, Jacmin M, Drury S, Krishna Chinthapalli V, Muhle H, Pendziwiat M, Sander T, Ruppert AK, Møller RS, Thiele H, Krause R, Schubert J, Lehesjoki AE, Nürnberg P, Lerche H, Palotie A, Coppola A, Striano S, Gaudio LD, Boustred C, Schneider AL, Lench N, Jocic-Jakubi B, Covanis A, Capovilla G, Veggiotti P, Piccioli M, Parisi P, Cantonetti L, Sadleir LG, Mullen SA, Berkovic SF, Stephani U, Helbig I, Crawford AD, Esguerra CV, Kasteleijn-Nolst Trenité DGA, Koeleman BPC, Mefford HC, Scheffer IE, Sisodiya SM. CHD2 variants are a risk factor for photosensitivity in epilepsy. Brain 2015; 138:1198-207. [PMID: 25783594 PMCID: PMC4407192 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awv052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2014] [Accepted: 01/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Photosensitivity in epilepsy is common and has high heritability, but its genetic basis remains uncertain. Galizia et al. reveal an overrepresentation of unique variants of CHD2 — which encodes the transcriptional regulator ‘chromodomain helicase DNA-binding protein 2’ — in photosensitive epilepsies, and show that chd2 knockdown in zebrafish causes photosensitivity. Photosensitivity is a heritable abnormal cortical response to flickering light, manifesting as particular electroencephalographic changes, with or without seizures. Photosensitivity is prominent in a very rare epileptic encephalopathy due to de novo CHD2 mutations, but is also seen in epileptic encephalopathies due to other gene mutations. We determined whether CHD2 variation underlies photosensitivity in common epilepsies, specific photosensitive epilepsies and individuals with photosensitivity without seizures. We studied 580 individuals with epilepsy and either photosensitive seizures or abnormal photoparoxysmal response on electroencephalography, or both, and 55 individuals with photoparoxysmal response but no seizures. We compared CHD2 sequence data to publicly available data from 34 427 individuals, not enriched for epilepsy. We investigated the role of unique variants seen only once in the entire data set. We sought CHD2 variants in 238 exomes from familial genetic generalized epilepsies, and in other public exome data sets. We identified 11 unique variants in the 580 individuals with photosensitive epilepsies and 128 unique variants in the 34 427 controls: unique CHD2 variation is over-represented in cases overall (P = 2·17 × 10−5). Among epilepsy syndromes, there was over-representation of unique CHD2 variants (3/36 cases) in the archetypal photosensitive epilepsy syndrome, eyelid myoclonia with absences (P = 3·50 × 10−4). CHD2 variation was not over-represented in photoparoxysmal response without seizures. Zebrafish larvae with chd2 knockdown were tested for photosensitivity. Chd2 knockdown markedly enhanced mild innate zebrafish larval photosensitivity. CHD2 mutation is the first identified cause of the archetypal generalized photosensitive epilepsy syndrome, eyelid myoclonia with absences. Unique CHD2 variants are also associated with photosensitivity in common epilepsies. CHD2 does not encode an ion channel, opening new avenues for research into human cortical excitability.
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- Elizabeth C Galizia
- 1 NIHR Biomedical Research Centre Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Institute of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK 2 Epilepsy Society, Bucks, UK
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- 1 NIHR Biomedical Research Centre Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Institute of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK 2 Epilepsy Society, Bucks, UK
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- 4 Department of Medical Genetics Research, University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- 5 Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- 5 Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- 5 Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- 6 North East Thames Regional Genetics Laboratories, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- 1 NIHR Biomedical Research Centre Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Institute of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK 2 Epilepsy Society, Bucks, UK
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- 7 Department of Neuropaediatrics, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein and Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- 7 Department of Neuropaediatrics, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein and Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- 8 Cologne Centre for Genomics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- 9 Danish Epilepsy Centre, Dianalund, Denmark 10 Institute for Regional Health Services, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- 8 Cologne Centre for Genomics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- 5 Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- 11 Deptartment of Neurology and Epileptology, Hertie Institut for Clinical Brain Research, Tübingen, Germany
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- 12 Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics and Neuroscience Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland 13 Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- 8 Cologne Centre for Genomics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- 11 Deptartment of Neurology and Epileptology, Hertie Institut for Clinical Brain Research, Tübingen, Germany
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- 14 Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK 15 Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland 16 Program in Medical and Population Genetics and Genetic Analysis Platform, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, USA
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- 1 NIHR Biomedical Research Centre Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Institute of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK 2 Epilepsy Society, Bucks, UK 17 Epilepsy Centre, Neurology Department, Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- 17 Epilepsy Centre, Neurology Department, Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- 17 Epilepsy Centre, Neurology Department, Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- 6 North East Thames Regional Genetics Laboratories, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- 18 Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- 6 North East Thames Regional Genetics Laboratories, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- 19 Department of Child Neurology, Paediatric Clinic, Clinical Centre Nis, Serbia 20 Department of Paediatric Neurology, Paediatric Clinic, Al Sabah Hospital, Kuwait
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- 21 Neurology Department, The Children's Hospital Agia Sophia, Athens, Greece
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- 23 Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry C. Mondino National Neurological Institute, Via Mondino, 2, 27100, Pavia, Italy 24 Brain and Behaviour Department, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- 25 Neurophysiopathology Unit, San Filippo Neri Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- 26 Child Neurology, NESMOS Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- 27 Neurorehabilitation Unit, Department of Neuroscience and Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS, Bambino Gesu' Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- 28 Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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- 29 Florey Institute of Neurosciences and Mental Health, and Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- 18 Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- 7 Department of Neuropaediatrics, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein and Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- 7 Department of Neuropaediatrics, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein and Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- 5 Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- 30 Chemical Neuroscience Group, Biotechnology Centre of Oslo, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway 31 Laboratory for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- 4 Department of Medical Genetics Research, University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- 18 Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia 29 Florey Institute of Neurosciences and Mental Health, and Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- 1 NIHR Biomedical Research Centre Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Institute of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK 2 Epilepsy Society, Bucks, UK
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Stevanovic D, Jovanovic M, Jocic-Jakubi B. Adverse effects of antiepileptic drugs and quality of life in pediatric epilepsy. Neurol India 2015; 63:353-9. [DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.158203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Jocic-Jakubi B, Jovanovic M. 13.Benign epilepsy of infancy: Importance of video EEG recording. Clin Neurophysiol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.11.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Stevanovic D, Tepavcevic DK, Jocic-Jakubi B, Jovanovic M, Pekmezovic T, Lakic A, Ronen GM. Health-Related Quality of Life Measure for Children with Epilepsy (CHEQOL-25): preliminary data for the Serbian version. Epilepsy Behav 2009; 16:599-602. [PMID: 19880353 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2009] [Revised: 10/02/2009] [Accepted: 10/02/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The objectives of this study were to translate into Serbian the Health-Related Quality of Life Measure for Children with Epilepsy (CHEQOL-25) and to provide preliminary data on its measurement properties. Translation, cultural adaptation, and pretesting were performed first, followed by evaluation of several reliability aspects of this version administered to 50 children with epilepsy and their parents. The mean scores of the CHEQOL-25 subscales ranged from 12.2 to 14.4 for children and from 12.4 to 15 for parents (possible range: 5-20). The internal consistency coefficients of the subscales ranged from 0.11 to 0.87. Between the children's and parents' reports, there was a moderate level of agreement (0.43-0.57). It was concluded that the Serbian version is a feasible measure, all subscales except one demonstrate sufficient reliability, and a parent form could be used as a proxy measure.
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This article reports on a female infant with Aicardi syndrome presenting with malignant migrating partial seizures from her first day of life. Initially, unilateral tonic seizures were seen with contralateral ictal electroencephalogram findings. Typically, these tonic seizures were accompanied by head and eye deviation and were followed by a tonic seizure on the other side of the body. At 6 months of age she developed epileptic spasms. She showed no motor development, did not respond to eye contact, and was nasogastric tube-fed. The epilepsy syndrome in this child is refractory to antiepileptic treatment and there is no psychomotor development. This case expands the phenotype of this catastrophic epileptic encephalopathy and suggests that the corpus callosum is not necessary for the 'migration' of partial seizures in this syndrome.
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- Bosanka Jocic-Jakubi
- Clinic of Mental Health and Child Neuropsychiatry, Medical School, University of Nis, Serbia
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Jocic-Jakubi B, Martinović Z, Kozić D. Epileptic encephalopathy with bilateral continuous spike-waves during slow sleep in a child with vacuolating megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy. Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2007; 11:181-4. [PMID: 17276710 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2006.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2006] [Revised: 12/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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This case report describes the clinical evolution of a symptomatic epileptic encephalopathy with bilateral continuous spike-waves during slow wave sleep (BCSWS) in a 3-year-old girl. Her epilepsy with focal motor seizures during sleep was later complicated by myoclonic, atonic and clonic seizures culminating in BCSWS. The clinical picture, clinical course and magnetic resonance imaging findings were characterstic of primary white matter disease, probably, vacuolated megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts (MLC). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of BSCWS in a patient with leukodystrophies or MLC. This case report indicates that epileptic encephalopathy with BSCWS may be a cause of neurological or neuropsychological deterioration in MLC.
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- Bosanka Jocic-Jakubi
- Clinic of Mental Health and Child Neuropsychiatry, Medical School, University of Nis, Serbia.
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Findings of both material- and hemisphere-specific influence on memory performance in children with epilepsy are inconsistent. Verbal memory of 80 children with focal epilepsy, aged 7 to 16, was assessed and compared with verbal memory of 80 healthy schoolchildren. The Verbal Selective Reminding test was used to distinguish between patients with left-sided (N=38) and patients with right-sided (N=42) electroencephalographic focal abnormalities. In addition, groups with temporal (N=36) and extratemporal (N=44) focal epilepsy were compared. Effects of seizure-related variables were also assessed. Children with focal epilepsy scored significantly lower on tests when compared with the healthy group. Lateralization of the EEG focus was not found to significantly affect verbal memory performance. Only the CLTR component of the Verbal Selective Reminding test was susceptible to lateralization and localization effects. Differences between the group with left and the group with right temporal epilepsy (P<0.03) and between the group with temporal and the group with extratemporal epilepsy (P<0.01) reached statistical significance.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bosanka Jocic-Jakubi
- Clinic of Mental Health and Child Neuropsychiatry, Medical School, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia
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