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Epilepsy in Rett syndrome—Lessons from the Rett networked database

Andreea Nissenkorn
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Rachel S. Levy-Drummer
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Ori Bondi
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Alessandra Renieri
Francesca Mari
Maria A. Mencarelli
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Caterina Lo Rizzo
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Ilaria Meloni
Mercedes Pineda
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Judith Armstrong
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Angus Clarke
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Bosnjak Vlatka Mejaski
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Milena Djuric
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Alexsandra Djukic
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Giorgio Pini
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Anne Marie Bisgaard
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Aglaia Vignoli
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Cristina Anghelescu
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Edvige Veneselli
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Bruria Ben-Zeev
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Abstract

Objective: Rett syndrome is an X-linked dominant neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in the MECP2 gene, and characterized by cognitive and communicative regression, loss of hand use, and midline hand stereotypies. Epilepsy is a core symptom, but literature is controversial regarding genotype–phenotype correlation. Analysis of data from a large cohort should overcome this shortcoming. Methods: Data from the Rett Syndrome Networked Database on 1,248 female patients were included. Data on phenotypic and genotypic parameters, age of onset, severity of epilepsy, and type of seizures were collected. Statistical analysis was done using the IBM SPSS Version 21 software, logistic regression, and Kaplan-Meier survival curves. Results: Epilepsy was present in 68.1% of the patients, with uncontrolled seizures in 32.6% of the patients with epilepsy. Mean age of onset of epilepsy was 4.68 AE (standard deviation) 3.5 years. Younger age of onset was correlated to severity of epilepsy (Spearman correlation r = 0.668, p < 0.01). Patients with late truncating deletions had lower prevalence of epilepsy. Compared to them, the p.R133C mutation, associated with a milder Rett phenotype, increased the risk for epilepsy (odds ratio [OR] 2.46, confidence interval [CI] 95% 1.3–4.66), but not for severe epilepsy. The p.R255X mutation conferred an increased risk for epilepsy (OR 2.07, CI 95% 1.2–3.59) as well as for severe epilepsy (OR 3.4, CI 95% 1.6–7.3). The p.T158M and p.C306C mutations relatively increased the risk for severe epilepsy (OR 3.09 and 2.69, CI 95% 1.48–6.4 and 1.19–6.05, respectively), but not for epilepsy occurrence.
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hal-01664319 , version 1 (14-12-2017)

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Andreea Nissenkorn, Rachel S. Levy-Drummer, Ori Bondi, Alessandra Renieri, Laurent Villard, et al.. Epilepsy in Rett syndrome—Lessons from the Rett networked database. Epilepsia, 2015, 56 (4), pp.569 - 576. ⟨10.1111/epi.12941⟩. ⟨hal-01664319⟩
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