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A Korean Kindred With Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy and Mental Retardation

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Author(s)
Yong-Won ChoGholam K. MotamediIris LaufenbergSung-Il SohnJeong-Geun LimHyung LeeSang-Doe YiJu-Hwa LeeDae-Kwang KimRichard RebaWilliam D. GaillardWilliam H. TheodoreRonald P. LesserOrtrud K. Steinlein
Keimyung Author(s)
Cho, Yong WonSohn, Sung IlLim, Jeong GeunLee, HyungYi, Sang DoKim, Dae Kwang
Department
Dept. of Neurology (신경과학)
Dept. of Medical Genetics(의학유전학)
Journal Title
Archives of Neurlogy
Issued Date
2003
Volume
60
Issue
11
Abstract
Background A Korean family had distinctive clinical and neuroimaging features and carried the same genetic mutation that was found in a previously described Japanese kindred with autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy.

Objective To describe the first Korean family with autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy.

Methods Members of a large family, including 9 affected individuals from 3 generations, underwent a comprehensive genetic, clinical, electroencephalographic, neuropsychological, and neuroimaging evaluation. Affected members were tested for possible mutations in transmembrane regions 1 through 3 of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α4 subunit (CHRNA4) by direct sequencing and subsequent restriction analysis.

Results Seizures began in childhood, presenting as nocturnal episodes of staring, confusion, shouting, perioral movements, unintelligible speech, and hand waving. Some patients had ictal or interictal epileptiform activity in the temporal and/or frontocentral areas. Neurological examination and brain magnetic resonance imaging results showed no abnormalities, except that all patients available for testing had mild to moderate mental retardation. Fluorodeoxyglucose F 18 with positron emission tomography showed mild decreased glucose uptake in the superior and middle frontal regions, more so on the left than on the right. Patient response to carbamazepine was poor. All affected members were heterozygous for the CHRNA4 Ser252Leu mutation.

Conclusions Disorders associated with mutations in the transmembrane region 2 of CHRNA4 are genetically and phenotypically heterogeneous. Distinctive features of this kindred include (1) mental retardation in all affected members available for testing, (2) abnormal brain findings on fluorodeoxyglucose F 18 with positron emission tomography, (3) poor response to carbamazepine, and (4) full penetrance.
Keimyung Author(s)(Kor)
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손성일
임정근
이형
이상도
김대광
Publisher
School of Medicine
Citation
Yong-Won Cho et al. (2003). A Korean Kindred With Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy and Mental Retardation. Archives of Neurlogy, 60(11), 1625–1632. doi: 10.1001/archneur.60.11.1625
Type
Article
ISSN
0003-9942
Source
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/784902
DOI
10.1001/archneur.60.11.1625
URI
https://kumel.medlib.dsmc.or.kr/handle/2015.oak/35077
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1. School of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Medical Genetics (의학유전학)
1. School of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Neurology (신경과학)
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