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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

Genetic Epilepsies and Developmental Epileptic Encephalopathies with Early Onset: A Multicenter Study.

Benedetta Cavirani, Carlotta Spagnoli, Stefano Giuseppe Caraffi, Anna Cavalli, Carlo Alberto Cesaroni, Gianni Cutillo, Valentina De Giorgis, Daniele Frattini, Giulia Bruna Marchetti, Silvia Masnada and 9 more

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Benedetta CaviraniChild Neuropsychiatry Unit, Azienda USL di Parma, 43121 Parma, Italy.
Carlotta SpagnoliChild Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Presidio Ospedaliero Santa Maria Nuova, AUSL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1828-4035
Stefano Giuseppe CaraffiMedical Genetics Unit, Presidio Ospedaliero Santa Maria Nuova, AUSL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5033-7854
Anna CavalliChild Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Presidio Ospedaliero Santa Maria Nuova, AUSL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5976-1873
Carlo Alberto CesaroniChild Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Presidio Ospedaliero Santa Maria Nuova, AUSL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0092-5604
Gianni CutilloPediatric Neurology Unit, Department of Pediatric Neurology, Buzzi Children's Hospital, 20154 Milan, Italy.
Valentina De GiorgisDepartment of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Daniele FrattiniChild Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Presidio Ospedaliero Santa Maria Nuova, AUSL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9513-3057
Giulia Bruna MarchettiMedical Genetics Unit, Woman-Child-Newborn Department, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Silvia MasnadaPediatric Neurology Unit, Department of Pediatric Neurology, Buzzi Children's Hospital, 20154 Milan, Italy.
Angela PeronMedical Genetics, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, 50139 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1769-6548
Susanna RizziChild Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Presidio Ospedaliero Santa Maria Nuova, AUSL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8856-9722
Costanza VaresioDepartment of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5645-021X
Luigina SpacciniClinical Genetics Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, V. Buzzi Children's Hospital, University of Milan, 20157 Milan, Italy.
Aglaia VignoliChild Neuropsychiatry Unit-Epilepsy Center, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, San Paolo Hospital, 20142 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4638-4663
Maria Paola CaneviniChild Neuropsychiatry Unit-Epilepsy Center, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, San Paolo Hospital, 20142 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2292-4015
Pierangelo VeggiottiPediatric Neurology Unit, Department of Pediatric Neurology, Buzzi Children's Hospital, 20154 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2851-3441
Livia GaravelliMedical Genetics Unit, Presidio Ospedaliero Santa Maria Nuova, AUSL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Carlo FuscoChild Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Presidio Ospedaliero Santa Maria Nuova, AUSL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9321-0952
Presidio Ospedaliero · ITUniversity of Milan · ITOspedale dei Bambini Vittore Buzzi · ITUniversity of Pavia · ITAzienda Unita' Sanitaria Locale di Parma · ITFondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico · ITOspedale San Paolo · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The genetic causes of epilepsies and developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEE) with onset in early childhood are increasingly recognized. Their outcomes vary from benign to severe disability. In this paper, we wished to retrospectively review the clinical, genetic, EEG, neuroimaging, and outcome data of patients experiencing the onset of epilepsy in the first three years of life, diagnosed and followed up in four Italian epilepsy centres (Epilepsy Centre of San Paolo University Hospital in Milan, Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit of AUSL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Pediatric Neurology Unit of Vittore Buzzi Children's Hospital, Milan, and Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia). We included 168 patients (104 with monogenic conditions, 45 with copy number variations (CNVs) or chromosomal abnormalities, and 19 with variants of unknown significance), who had been followed up for a mean of 14.75 years. We found a high occurrence of generalized seizures at onset, drug resistance, abnormal neurological examination, global developmental delay and intellectual disability, and behavioural and psychiatric comorbidities. We also documented differing presentations between monogenic issues versus CNVs and chromosomal conditions, as well as atypical/rare phenotypes. Genetic early-childhood-onset epilepsies and DEE show a very wide phenotypic and genotypic spectrum, with a high risk of complex neurological and neuropsychiatric phenotypes.

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EpilepsyEpilepsy, GeneralizedChild, PreschoolDNA Copy Number VariationsHumansRetrospective StudiesSeizuresbehaviourdevelopmental and epileptic encephalopathiesdevelopmental delaydrugresistanceepilepsygeneticsintellectual disabilityneurodevelopmental disordersoutcome

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