Defining the electroclinical phenotype and outcome of PCDH19-related epilepsy: A multicenter study.
Marina TrivisanoNicola PietrafusaAlessandra TerraccianoCarla MariniDavide MeiFrancesca DarraPatrizia AccorsiDomenica BattagliaLorella CaffiMaria P CaneviniSimona CappellettiElisabetta CesaroniLuca de PalmaPaola CostaRaffaella CusmaiLucio GiordanoAnnarita FerrariElena FreriLucia FuscoTiziana GranataTommaso MartinoMassimo MastrangeloStefania M BovaLucio ParmeggianiFrancesca RagonaFederico SiccaPasquale StrianoLuigi M SpecchioIlaria TondoElena ZambrelliNelia ZamponiCaterina ZanusClementina BoniverMarilena VecchiCarlo AvolioBernardo Dalla BernardinaEnrico BertiniRenzo GuerriniFederico VigevanoNicola SpecchioPublished in: Epilepsia (2018)
We found that earlier age at epilepsy onset is related to a significant risk for ID and ASD. Furthermore, long-term follow-up showed that after the age of 10 years, seizures decrease in frequency and cognitive and behavioral disturbances remain the primary clinical problems.