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ArticleChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2020

Vanishing white matter disease with different faces.

Gülay Güngör, Olcay Güngör, Seda Çakmaklı, Hülya Maraş Genç, Hülya İnce, Gözde Yeşil, Cengiz Dilber, Kürşad Aydın

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Article in Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Gülay GüngörDepartment of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey.
Olcay GüngörDepartment of Pediatric Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, 20100, Denizli, Turkey. drolcaygungor@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-8665-6008
Seda ÇakmaklıDepartment of Medical Genetics, Necip Fazıl City Hospital, Kahramanmaras, Turkey.
Hülya Maraş GençDepartment of Pediatric Neurology, Ümraniye Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
Hülya İnceDepartment of Pediatric Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Park University, Samsun, Turkey.
Gözde YeşilDepartment of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakıf University, İstanbul, Turkey.
Cengiz DilberDepartment of Pediatric Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Medipol University, İstanbul, Turkey.
Kürşad AydınDepartment of Pediatric Neurology, Marash Life Hospital, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey.
Pamukkale University · TRBezmiâlem Vakıf Üniversitesi · TRIstanbul Medipol University · TRŞanlıurfa Mehmet Akif İnan Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi · TRÜmraniye Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi · TR

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purposeThe goal of this study was to better understand vanishing white matter (VWM) disease, which is one of the most common hereditary white matter disorders, and its relationship to radiologic features, genetic analyses, and clinical findings.

methodsWe performed a study on 11 patients to describe the clinical and neuroimaging features of VWM. Patients were grouped into "infantile," "early childhood," and "juvenile" based on their onset age. EIF2B1-5 genes encoding five subunits of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B (eIF2B) were analyzed in all patients with clinically suspected VWM disease.

resultsIn brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), all patients showed white matter abnormalities with various degrees. The initial clinical presentation in five of patients was ataxia, with severe refractory epilepsy in three patients. In children with infantile-onset VWM, a rapid deterioration of motor function was detected, and the frequency of epilepsy was higher. Two patients showed manifestations of end-stage VWM disease, and one of them had chronic subdural hematoma. One of our patients and his father were diagnosed with Brugada syndrome. Sequencing of the exons and exon-intron boundaries of the EIF2B1-5 genes revealed mutations in the genes EIF2B5 (5 cases), EIF2B3 (3 cases), and EIF2B4 (2 cases). We also found a novel mutation in one patient: c.323_325delGAA in the EIF2B1 gene.

conclusionsIn this study, in addition to classical clinical and radiological findings, we wanted to emphasize that we may be confronted with refractory epilepsy (early infancy), cardiac problems, and intracranial complications that may occur in advanced stages.

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EpilepsyLeukoencephalopathiesBrainChildChild, PreschoolHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMutationBrugada syndromeEIF2B geneEpilepsyMRIVanishing white matter (VWM)

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