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developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 2

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A developmental and epileptic encephalopathy characterized by X-linked dominant inheritance of seizure onset in the first months of life, intellectual disability, and poor motor control that has_material_basis_in mutation in the CDKL5 gene on chromosome Xp22.

Signs and symptoms

  • EEG with generalized slow activity
  • Global developmental delay
  • Scoliosis
  • Generalized myoclonic seizure
  • Seizure
  • Infantile spasms
  • Motor stereotypy
  • Constipation
  • Generalized-onset seizure
  • Hyperventilation

Also known as: DEE2; EIEE2; X-linked infantile spasm syndrome 2; early infantile epileptic encephalopathy 2