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developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 49

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A developmental and epileptic encephalopathy characterized by neonatal onset of seizures, global developmental delay with intellectual disability and lack of speech, hypotonia, spasticity, and coarse facial features that has_material_basis_in homozygous or com

A developmental and epileptic encephalopathy characterized by neonatal onset of seizures, global developmental delay with intellectual disability and lack of speech, hypotonia, spasticity, and coarse facial features that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the DENND5A gene on chromosome 11p15.

Signs and symptoms

  • Bilateral tonic-clonic seizure
  • Tented upper lip vermilion
  • Coarse facial features
  • Microcephaly
  • EEG abnormality
  • Thick eyebrow
  • Everted lower lip vermilion
  • Open mouth
  • Severe global developmental delay
  • Prominent nose

Also known as: DEE49; early infantile epileptic encephalopathy 49