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ArticleNeurology. Genetics2021

Migrating Focal Seizures and Myoclonic Status in

Francesca Darra, Tommaso Lo Barco, Roberta Opri, Elena Parrini, Claudia Bianchini, Elena Fiorini, Alessandro Simonati, Bernardo Dalla Bernardina, Gaetano Cantalupo, Renzo Guerrini

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Article in Neurology. Genetics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Francesca DarraChild Neuropsychiatry Unit(F.D.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; Child Neuropsychiatry Unit(T.L.B.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; PhD Program in Clinical and Experimental Medicine (T.L.B.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Pediatric Unit (R.O.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; Pediatric Neurology (E.P.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence; Pediatric Neurology (C.B.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence; Child Neuropsychiatry Unit (E.F.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona; Neurology (Child Neurology and Neuropathology) (A.S.), Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement, University of Verona; CREP (Research Center for Pediatric Epilepsies) (B.D.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona; and Pediatric Neurology (R.G.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence, Italy.
Tommaso Lo BarcoChild Neuropsychiatry Unit(F.D.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; Child Neuropsychiatry Unit(T.L.B.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; PhD Program in Clinical and Experimental Medicine (T.L.B.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Pediatric Unit (R.O.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; Pediatric Neurology (E.P.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence; Pediatric Neurology (C.B.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence; Child Neuropsychiatry Unit (E.F.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona; Neurology (Child Neurology and Neuropathology) (A.S.), Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement, University of Verona; CREP (Research Center for Pediatric Epilepsies) (B.D.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona; and Pediatric Neurology (R.G.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence, Italy.
Roberta OpriChild Neuropsychiatry Unit(F.D.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; Child Neuropsychiatry Unit(T.L.B.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; PhD Program in Clinical and Experimental Medicine (T.L.B.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Pediatric Unit (R.O.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; Pediatric Neurology (E.P.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence; Pediatric Neurology (C.B.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence; Child Neuropsychiatry Unit (E.F.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona; Neurology (Child Neurology and Neuropathology) (A.S.), Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement, University of Verona; CREP (Research Center for Pediatric Epilepsies) (B.D.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona; and Pediatric Neurology (R.G.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence, Italy.
Elena ParriniChild Neuropsychiatry Unit(F.D.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; Child Neuropsychiatry Unit(T.L.B.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; PhD Program in Clinical and Experimental Medicine (T.L.B.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Pediatric Unit (R.O.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; Pediatric Neurology (E.P.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence; Pediatric Neurology (C.B.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence; Child Neuropsychiatry Unit (E.F.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona; Neurology (Child Neurology and Neuropathology) (A.S.), Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement, University of Verona; CREP (Research Center for Pediatric Epilepsies) (B.D.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona; and Pediatric Neurology (R.G.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence, Italy.
Claudia BianchiniChild Neuropsychiatry Unit(F.D.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; Child Neuropsychiatry Unit(T.L.B.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; PhD Program in Clinical and Experimental Medicine (T.L.B.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Pediatric Unit (R.O.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; Pediatric Neurology (E.P.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence; Pediatric Neurology (C.B.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence; Child Neuropsychiatry Unit (E.F.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona; Neurology (Child Neurology and Neuropathology) (A.S.), Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement, University of Verona; CREP (Research Center for Pediatric Epilepsies) (B.D.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona; and Pediatric Neurology (R.G.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence, Italy.
Elena FioriniChild Neuropsychiatry Unit(F.D.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; Child Neuropsychiatry Unit(T.L.B.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; PhD Program in Clinical and Experimental Medicine (T.L.B.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Pediatric Unit (R.O.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; Pediatric Neurology (E.P.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence; Pediatric Neurology (C.B.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence; Child Neuropsychiatry Unit (E.F.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona; Neurology (Child Neurology and Neuropathology) (A.S.), Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement, University of Verona; CREP (Research Center for Pediatric Epilepsies) (B.D.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona; and Pediatric Neurology (R.G.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence, Italy.
Alessandro SimonatiChild Neuropsychiatry Unit(F.D.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; Child Neuropsychiatry Unit(T.L.B.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; PhD Program in Clinical and Experimental Medicine (T.L.B.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Pediatric Unit (R.O.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; Pediatric Neurology (E.P.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence; Pediatric Neurology (C.B.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence; Child Neuropsychiatry Unit (E.F.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona; Neurology (Child Neurology and Neuropathology) (A.S.), Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement, University of Verona; CREP (Research Center for Pediatric Epilepsies) (B.D.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona; and Pediatric Neurology (R.G.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence, Italy.
Bernardo Dalla BernardinaChild Neuropsychiatry Unit(F.D.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; Child Neuropsychiatry Unit(T.L.B.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; PhD Program in Clinical and Experimental Medicine (T.L.B.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Pediatric Unit (R.O.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; Pediatric Neurology (E.P.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence; Pediatric Neurology (C.B.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence; Child Neuropsychiatry Unit (E.F.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona; Neurology (Child Neurology and Neuropathology) (A.S.), Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement, University of Verona; CREP (Research Center for Pediatric Epilepsies) (B.D.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona; and Pediatric Neurology (R.G.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence, Italy.
Gaetano CantalupoChild Neuropsychiatry Unit(F.D.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; Child Neuropsychiatry Unit(T.L.B.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; PhD Program in Clinical and Experimental Medicine (T.L.B.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Pediatric Unit (R.O.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; Pediatric Neurology (E.P.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence; Pediatric Neurology (C.B.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence; Child Neuropsychiatry Unit (E.F.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona; Neurology (Child Neurology and Neuropathology) (A.S.), Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement, University of Verona; CREP (Research Center for Pediatric Epilepsies) (B.D.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona; and Pediatric Neurology (R.G.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence, Italy.
Renzo GuerriniChild Neuropsychiatry Unit(F.D.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; Child Neuropsychiatry Unit(T.L.B.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; PhD Program in Clinical and Experimental Medicine (T.L.B.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Pediatric Unit (R.O.), Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics University of Verona; Pediatric Neurology (E.P.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence; Pediatric Neurology (C.B.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence; Child Neuropsychiatry Unit (E.F.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona; Neurology (Child Neurology and Neuropathology) (A.S.), Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement, University of Verona; CREP (Research Center for Pediatric Epilepsies) (B.D.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona; and Pediatric Neurology (R.G.), Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence, Italy.
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia · ITUniversity of Florence · ITUniversity of Verona · ITAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo report longitudinal clinical, EEG, and MRI findings in 2 sisters carrying compound heterozygous

methodsClinical course description, video-EEG polygraphic recordings, brain MRI, skin and muscle biopsies, whole-exome sequencing (WES), and brain neuropathology.

resultsSince their first months of life, both girls exhibited severe axial hypotonia, visual inattention, dyskinetic movements, severe developmental delay, and slow background EEG activity. Intractable nonmotor seizures started in both at the eighth month of life, exhibiting the electroclinical characteristics of epilepsy of infancy with migrating focal seizures (EIMFS). In the second year of life, continuous epileptiform EEG activity of extremely high amplitude appeared in association with myoclonic status, leading to severely impaired alertness and responsiveness. Repeated brain MRI revealed progressive atrophic changes and severe hypomyelination. WES identified a compound heterozygous in the

conclusionsThis report confirms that biallelic

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