التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Angelman Syndrome: A Case Series Assessing Neurological Issues in Adulthood. |
| المؤلفون: |
Giroud, Marie, Daubail, Benoît, Khayat, Norbert, Chouchane, Mondher, Berger, Eric, Muzard, Emelyne, Medeiros de Bustos, Elisabeth, Thauvin-Robinet, Christel, Faivre, Laurence, Masurel, alice, Darmency-Stamboul, Véronique, Huet, Frédéric, Béjot, Yannick, Giroud, Maurice, Moulin, Thierry |
| المصدر: |
European Neurology; Jan2015, Vol. 73 Issue 1/2, p119-125, 7p, 1 Black and White Photograph, 1 Diagram, 1 Chart, 1 Graph |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
ANGELMAN syndrome, RETROSPECTIVE studies, ANESTHESIA in neurology, AGE factors in electroencephalography, CEREBELLAR ataxia |
| مستخلص: |
Background: This study aimed to evaluate the clinical symptoms of Angelman syndrome (AS) in adults and to identify the neurological pathways affected in this disease. AS is a neurogenetic disorder resulting due to the deletion or inactivation of the ubiquitin-protein-ligase E3A gene on maternal chromosome 15. Summary: A retrospective analysis of data from six adults patients with clinical, electroencephalographic and genetic confirmation of AS was performed. Movement disorders of the hands and mouth, laughing spells, severe expressive speech disorders, a happy nature, hyposomnia and anxiety are the major neurological characteristics of AS in adulthood. Cerebellar ataxia, muscle hypotonia and tremor, though constant in childhood, tend to be attenuated in adulthood. Epilepsy, one of the most frequent symptoms in childhood and in adulthood, is characterised by specific electroencephalographic patterns. Key Messages: These clinical characteristics are important to improve the clinical awareness and genetic diagnosis of AS. Clinicians must be better informed concerning the adult phenotype as it is not well described in the literature. We stress the importance of AS as one of the main causes of intractable epilepsy. The authors suggest frontal and cerebellar dysfunction. Further functional cerebral imaging studies are necessary. © 2014 S. Karger AG, Basel [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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