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ReviewActa epileptologica2025

The diagnosis and treatment of disorders of nucleic acid/nucleotide metabolism associated with epilepsy.

Yuqing Shi, Zihan Wei, Yan Feng, Yajing Gan, Guoyan Li, Yanchun Deng

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Review in Acta epileptologica, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Yuqing ShiXi'an Medical University, Xi'an, 710021, People's Republic of China.
Zihan WeiDepartment of Neurology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 West Changle Road, Xi'an, 710032, People's Republic of China.
Yan FengXi'an Medical University, Xi'an, 710021, People's Republic of China.
Yajing GanDepartment of Neurology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 West Changle Road, Xi'an, 710032, People's Republic of China.
Guoyan LiXi'an Medical University, Xi'an, 710021, People's Republic of China.
Yanchun DengDepartment of Neurology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 West Changle Road, Xi'an, 710032, People's Republic of China. yanchund@126.com.

Funding

National Key R&D Program of China 2022YFC2503801
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epilepsy is a prevalent paroxysmal disorder in the field of neurology. Among the six etiologies of epilepsy, metabolic causes are relatively uncommon in clinical practice. Metabolic disorders encompass amino acid metabolism disorders, organic acid metabolism disorders, and other related conditions. Seizures resulting from nucleic acid/nucleotide metabolism disorders are even more infrequent. This review provides an overview of several studies on nucleic acid/nucleotide metabolism disorders associated with epilepsy, including adenosine succinate lyase deficiency, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, and aminoimidazole carboxamide ribonucleotide transformylase/inosine monophosphate cyclohydrolase (ATIC) deficiency, among others. The potential pathogenesis, phenotypic features, diagnostic pathways, and therapeutic approaches of these diseases are discussed in this review. The goal is to help clinicians make an accurate diagnosis when encountering rare nucleic acid/nucleotide metabolism disorders with multi-system symptoms and manifestations of epilepsy.

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EpilepsyGene genetic variantsNucleic acid/nucleotide metabolism

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PMID40217360
PMCPMC11959797

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