Early Life Epilepsy and Episodic Apnea Revealing an ATP1A3 Mutation: Report of a Pediatric Case and Literature Review

Neuropediatrics. 2018 Oct;49(5):339-341. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1667024. Epub 2018 Jul 16.

Abstract

ATP1A3 mutations have now been recognized in infants, children, and adults presenting with a diverse group of neurological phenotypes, including rapid-onset dystonia-parkinsonism, alternating hemiplegia of childhood, and most recently, cerebellar ataxia, areflexia, pes cavus, optic atrophy, and sensorineural hearing loss syndrome. The phenotypic spectrum of ATP1A3-related neurological disorders continues to expand. In this case study, we report on early life epilepsy with episodic apnea potentially secondary to ATP1A3 mutation in a Tunisian child.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Apnea / genetics*
  • Epilepsy / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / genetics*

Substances

  • ATP1A3 protein, human
  • Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase