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Epilepsy and BRAF Mutations: Phenotypes, Natural History and Genotype-Phenotype Correlations
Objective: Cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome (CFCS) is a rare developmental disorder caused by upregulated signaling through the RAS-mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, mostly resulting from de novo activating BRAF mutations. Children with CFCS are prone to epilepsy, which is a major life-t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470450/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34573299 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes12091316 |
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author | Battaglia, Domenica I. Gambardella, Maria Luigia Veltri, Stefania Contaldo, Ilaria Chillemi, Giovanni Veredice, Chiara Quintiliani, Michela Leoni, Chiara Onesimo, Roberta Verdolotti, Tommaso Radio, Francesca Clementina Martinelli, Diego Trivisano, Marina Specchio, Nicola Dravet, Charlotte Tartaglia, Marco Zampino, Giuseppe |
author_facet | Battaglia, Domenica I. Gambardella, Maria Luigia Veltri, Stefania Contaldo, Ilaria Chillemi, Giovanni Veredice, Chiara Quintiliani, Michela Leoni, Chiara Onesimo, Roberta Verdolotti, Tommaso Radio, Francesca Clementina Martinelli, Diego Trivisano, Marina Specchio, Nicola Dravet, Charlotte Tartaglia, Marco Zampino, Giuseppe |
author_sort | Battaglia, Domenica I. |
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description | Objective: Cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome (CFCS) is a rare developmental disorder caused by upregulated signaling through the RAS-mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, mostly resulting from de novo activating BRAF mutations. Children with CFCS are prone to epilepsy, which is a major life-threatening complication. The aim of our study was to define the natural history of epilepsy in this syndrome and exploring genotype–phenotype correlations. Methods: We performed an observational study, including 34 patients with molecularly confirmed diagnosis (11 males, mean age: 15.8 years). The mean follow-up period was 9.2 years. For all patients, we performed neurological examination, cognitive assessment when possible, neuroimaging, electrophysiological assessment and systematic assessment of epilepsy features. Correlation analyses were performed, taking into account gender, age of seizure onset, EEG features, degree of cognitive deficits, type of mutation, presence of non-epileptic paroxysmal events and neuroimaging features. Results: Epilepsy was documented in 64% of cases, a higher prevalence compared to previous reports. Patients were classified into three groups based on their electroclinical features, long-term outcome and response to therapy. A genotype–phenotype correlation linking the presence/severity of epilepsy to the nature of the structural/functional consequences of mutations was observed, providing a stratification based on genotype to improve the clinical management of these patients. |
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spelling | pubmed-84704502021-09-27 Epilepsy and BRAF Mutations: Phenotypes, Natural History and Genotype-Phenotype Correlations Battaglia, Domenica I. Gambardella, Maria Luigia Veltri, Stefania Contaldo, Ilaria Chillemi, Giovanni Veredice, Chiara Quintiliani, Michela Leoni, Chiara Onesimo, Roberta Verdolotti, Tommaso Radio, Francesca Clementina Martinelli, Diego Trivisano, Marina Specchio, Nicola Dravet, Charlotte Tartaglia, Marco Zampino, Giuseppe Genes (Basel) Article Objective: Cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome (CFCS) is a rare developmental disorder caused by upregulated signaling through the RAS-mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, mostly resulting from de novo activating BRAF mutations. Children with CFCS are prone to epilepsy, which is a major life-threatening complication. The aim of our study was to define the natural history of epilepsy in this syndrome and exploring genotype–phenotype correlations. Methods: We performed an observational study, including 34 patients with molecularly confirmed diagnosis (11 males, mean age: 15.8 years). The mean follow-up period was 9.2 years. For all patients, we performed neurological examination, cognitive assessment when possible, neuroimaging, electrophysiological assessment and systematic assessment of epilepsy features. Correlation analyses were performed, taking into account gender, age of seizure onset, EEG features, degree of cognitive deficits, type of mutation, presence of non-epileptic paroxysmal events and neuroimaging features. Results: Epilepsy was documented in 64% of cases, a higher prevalence compared to previous reports. Patients were classified into three groups based on their electroclinical features, long-term outcome and response to therapy. A genotype–phenotype correlation linking the presence/severity of epilepsy to the nature of the structural/functional consequences of mutations was observed, providing a stratification based on genotype to improve the clinical management of these patients. MDPI 2021-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8470450/ /pubmed/34573299 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes12091316 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Battaglia, Domenica I. Gambardella, Maria Luigia Veltri, Stefania Contaldo, Ilaria Chillemi, Giovanni Veredice, Chiara Quintiliani, Michela Leoni, Chiara Onesimo, Roberta Verdolotti, Tommaso Radio, Francesca Clementina Martinelli, Diego Trivisano, Marina Specchio, Nicola Dravet, Charlotte Tartaglia, Marco Zampino, Giuseppe Epilepsy and BRAF Mutations: Phenotypes, Natural History and Genotype-Phenotype Correlations |
title | Epilepsy and BRAF Mutations: Phenotypes, Natural History and Genotype-Phenotype Correlations |
title_full | Epilepsy and BRAF Mutations: Phenotypes, Natural History and Genotype-Phenotype Correlations |
title_fullStr | Epilepsy and BRAF Mutations: Phenotypes, Natural History and Genotype-Phenotype Correlations |
title_full_unstemmed | Epilepsy and BRAF Mutations: Phenotypes, Natural History and Genotype-Phenotype Correlations |
title_short | Epilepsy and BRAF Mutations: Phenotypes, Natural History and Genotype-Phenotype Correlations |
title_sort | epilepsy and braf mutations: phenotypes, natural history and genotype-phenotype correlations |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470450/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34573299 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes12091316 |
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