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developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 48

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A developmental and epileptic encephalopathy characterized by seizure onset before 1 year of age, global developmental delay, intellectual disability, absent speech, and minimal or absent motor development that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound hete

A developmental and epileptic encephalopathy characterized by seizure onset before 1 year of age, global developmental delay, intellectual disability, absent speech, and minimal or absent motor development that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the AP3B2 gene on chromosome 15q25.

Signs and symptoms

  • Seizure
  • Reduced eye contact
  • Delayed ability to sit
  • Axial hypotonia
  • Delayed ability to walk
  • Global developmental delay
  • Microcephaly
  • Hyporeflexia
  • Generalized hypotonia
  • Status epilepticus

Also known as: DEE48; early infantile epileptic encephalopathy 48