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ArticleEpilepsia2023

History of familial adult myoclonus epilepsy/benign adult familial myoclonic epilepsy around the world.

Samuel F Berkovic, Pasquale Striano, Shoji Tsuji

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Article in Epilepsia, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Samuel F BerkovicDepartment of Medicine, Epilepsy Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4580-841X
Pasquale StrianoPediatric Neurology and Muscular Diseases Unit, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Scientific Institute for Research and Health Care, Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6065-1476
Shoji TsujiDepartment of Neurology, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Istituto Giannina Gaslini · ITThe University of Melbourne · AUUniversity of Tokyo Hospital · JP

Funding

National Health and Medical Research Council APP1196637
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Familial adult myoclonus epilepsy/benign adult familial myoclonic epilepsy (FAME/BAFME) has emerged as a specific and recognizable epilepsy syndrome with autosomal dominant inheritance found around the world. Here, we trace the history of this syndrome. Initially, it was likely conflated with other familial myoclonus epilepsies, especially the progressive myoclonus epilepsies. As the progressive myoclonus epilepsies became better understood clinically and genetically, this group began to stand out and was first recognized as such in Japan. Subsequently, families were recognized around the world and there was debate as to whether they represented one or multiple disorders. Clarification came with the identification of pentanucleotide repeats in Japanese families, and FAME/BAFME was quickly shown to be due to pentanucleotide expansions in at least six genes. These have geographic predilections and appear to have been caused by historically ancient initial mutations. Within and between families, there is some variation in the phenotype, explained in large part by expansion size, but whether there are features specific to individual genes remains uncertain.

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Epilepsies, MyoclonicMyoclonic Epilepsies, ProgressiveMyoclonusHumansJapanMutationPedigreePhenotypefamilial epilepsygeneticsmyoclonus epilepsy

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PMID36707971
PMCPMC10952646
OpenAlexW4318320753

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