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developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 80

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A developmental and epileptic encephalopathy characterized by onset in the first year of life of refractory seizures, severe global developmental delay, and defective synthesis of glycosylphosphatidylinositol that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound h

A developmental and epileptic encephalopathy characterized by onset in the first year of life of refractory seizures, severe global developmental delay, and defective synthesis of glycosylphosphatidylinositol that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the PIGB gene on chromosome 15q21.3.

Signs and symptoms

  • Seizure
  • Global developmental delay
  • Elevated circulating alkaline phosphatase concentration
  • Generalized hypotonia
  • Peripheral axonal neuropathy
  • Hearing impairment
  • Sensorimotor neuropathy
  • Failure to thrive
  • Short distal phalanx of finger
  • Hypertelorism

Also known as: DEE80; GPIBD20; early infantile epileptic encephalopathy 80; glycosylphosphatidylinositol biosynthesis defect 20