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developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 118

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A developmental and epileptic encephalopathy that is characterized by early-onset refractory epilepsy, severe global developmental delay usually with absent speech, hypotonia evolving to spastic quadriparesis, nystagmus, cortical visual impairment, and hematol

A developmental and epileptic encephalopathy that is characterized by early-onset refractory epilepsy, severe global developmental delay usually with absent speech, hypotonia evolving to spastic quadriparesis, nystagmus, cortical visual impairment, and hematologic abnormalities that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the TMEM63B gene on chromosome 6p21.

Signs and symptoms

  • Bilateral tonic-clonic seizure
  • Delayed CNS myelination
  • Recurrent lower respiratory tract infections
  • Focal impaired awareness seizure
  • Flexion contracture
  • Gait ataxia
  • Hypotonia
  • Ataxia
  • Myoclonic seizure
  • Generalized hypotonia