Nodoka Hinokuma, Mitsuko Nakashima, Hideyuki Asai, Kazuyuki Nakamura, Shinjiro Akaboshi, Masataka Fukuoka, Masami Togawa, Shingo Oana, Koyo Ohno, Mariko Kasai, Chikako Ogawa, Kazuna Yamamoto, Kiyohito Okumiya, Pin Fee Chong, Ryutaro Kira, Shumpei Uchino, Tetsuhiro Fukuyama, Tomoe Shinagawa, Yohane Miyata, Yuichi Abe, Akira Hojo, Kozue Kobayashi, Yoshihiro Maegaki, Nobutsune Ishikawa, Hiroko Ikeda, Masano Amamoto, Takeshi Mizuguchi, Kazuhiro Iwama, Toshiyuki Itai, Satoko Miyatake, Hirotomo Saitsu, Naomichi Matsumoto, Mitsuhiro Kato
OBJECTIVE: To elucidate the genetic background and genotype-phenotype correlations for epilepsy with myoclonic-atonic seizures, also known as myoclonic-astatic epilepsy (MAE) or Doose syndrome. METHODS: We collected clinical information and blood samples from 29 patients with MAE. We performed whole-exome sequencing for all except one MAE case in whom custom capture sequencing identified a variant. RESULTS: We newly identified four variants: SLC6A1 and HNRNPU missense variants and microdeletions at 2q24...
September 2020: Epilepsia Open