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GENATLAS PHENOTYPE
last update : 17-11-2016
Symbol EIEE40
Location 4p12
Name epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile, 40
Corresponding gene GUF1
Main clinical features
  • onset of refractory seizures associated with hypsarrhythmia between 4 and 6 months of age
  • onset of seizures was associated with psychomotor arrest and poor neurologic outcome, including poor or absent eye contact, hypotonia, spasticity, spastic tetraparesis and choreoathetosis
  • brain imaging was normal at first, but later showed diffuse cortical atrophy
  • Genetic determination autosomal recessive
    Function/system disorder neurology
    Type disease
    Remark(s)