Case#:Patient 52, female, 3 years old

DiseaseAssertion:Neonatal/Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy (NIEE)

FamilyInfo:DeNovo. The family is Chinese

ParentalGenotype:The authors only conducted singleton and not trio-based exome sequencing so the parents' exomes were not sequenced.

CasePresentingHPOs:HP:0011344, HP:0002069, HP:0007359, HP:0011097, HP:0100704, HP:0001332, HP:0002072, HP:0012171.

CaseHPOFreeText:Patient 52 presents with severe global developmental delay and epilepsy.

Patient 52 has generalized tonic/clonic/tonic-clonic seizures, focal seizures and spasms. Patient 52's seizure onset occurred at 3 months old.

Patient 52 has cortical visual impairment (CVI), dystonia, chorea, and hand-washing sterotypies.

Patient History

@ 3 months - Patient 52 had generalized tonic/clonic/tonic-clonic seizures.

Patient 52 was on 3 antiepileptic drugs at most recent follow-up visit which reduced seizure frequency by >50%.

CaseNotHPOs:Not provided

CaseNotHPOFreeText:Not provided

CasePreviousTesting:The authors selected a cohort of 31 patients with seizure cryptogenic Neonatal/Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy (NIEE) and seizure onset before 24 months.

Exclusion criteria included: (1) Patients with a definite history of brain insult, malformation of cortical development, neurocutaneous and syndromal disorders, and confirmed or highly suspected neurometabolic disorders based on clinical and biochemical markers. (2) Patients with Dravet syndrome and epilepsy at infancy with migrating focal seizure were also excluded because the majority of variants are detected in the SCN1A (>85%) and KCNT1 (approximately 50%) genes.

Formal neuropsychological testing or best clinical assessment was used to classify patient development or intelligence.

PreviouslyPublished:Not previously published

GenotypingMethod:Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) variant results were filtered in a panel of 430 epilepsy-associated genes. After selection of variants from the 430-gene panel, the synonymous variants, variants with variant frequency <10%, and variants with allele frequency >1% were removed.

Gene:CDKL5

Variant:NM_003159.2 c. 1849delC (p. Arg617Valfs*4)

The authors state that the variant is a heterozygous frameshift deletion.

The authors state that this is a novel variant and is pathogenic.

HGVS:Not provided

ClinVarID:Not found

CAID:Not found.

gnomAD:Not found

MultipleGeneVariants:Not provided

Case#:Patient 7, male, 5 years old

DiseaseAssertion:Neonatal/Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy (NIEE)

FamilyInfo:The family is French/Chinese

ParentalGenotype:The variant was inherited from Patient 7's asymptomatic mother.

CasePresentingHPOs:HP:0010864, HP:0012758, HP:0000729, HP:0007359, HP:0002069, HP:0032794, HP:0001250, HP:0000252.

CaseHPOFreeText:Patient 7 presents with severe intellectual disability, developmental slowdown, and various seizure types. Patient 7 has Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and microcephaly.

Patient History

@ 12 months - Patient 7 presented with seizures.

Patient 7 developed additional seizure types including: focal seizures with/without generalization, generalized tonic/clonic/tonic-clonic seizures, myoclonic seizures, and hypomotor seizures.

Patient 7 was on two antiepileptic drugs at most recent followup visit which reduced seizure frequency by >50%.

CaseNotHPOs:Not provided

CaseNotHPOFreeText:Not provided

CasePreviousTesting:The authors selected a cohort of 31 patients with seizure cryptogenic Neonatal/Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy (NIEE) and seizure onset before 24 months.

Exclusion criteria included: (1) Patients with a definite history of brain insult, malformation of cortical development, neurocutaneous and syndromal disorders, and confirmed or highly suspected neurometabolic disorders based on clinical and biochemical markers. (2) Patients with Dravet syndrome and epilepsy at infancy with migrating focal seizure were also excluded because the majority of variants are detected in the SCN1A (>85%) and KCNT1 (approximately 50%) genes.

Formal neuropsychological testing or best clinical assessment was used to classify patient development or intelligence.

PreviouslyPublished:Not previously published

GenotypingMethod:Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) variant results were filtered in a panel of 430 epilepsy-associated genes. After selection of variants from the 430-gene panel, the synonymous variants, variants with variant frequency <10%, and variants with allele frequency >1% were removed.

Gene:SLC9A6

Variant:Hemizygous splice site NM_001042537.1 c. 794-2A>G was assessed by the authors to be likely pathogenic.

HGVS:Not provided

ClinVarID:Not found

CAID:CA414750320

gnomAD:Not found

MultipleGeneVariants:Not provided