Solving the Etiology of Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy with Spike-Wave Activation in Sleep (D/EE-SWAS).
Sindhu ViswanathanKaren L OliverBrigid M ReganAmy L SchneiderCandace T MyersMichele G MehaffeyAmy J LaCroixJayne AntonyRichard WebsterMichael CardamoneGopinath M SubramanianAnnie Ting Gee ChiuEugenia RozaRaluca I TeleanuStephen MaloneRichard J LeventerDeepak GillSamuel Frank BerkovicMichael S HildebrandBeatrice S GoadKatherine B HowellJoseph D SymondsAndreas BrunklausLynette G SadleirSameer M ZuberiHeather C MeffordIngrid Eileen SchefferPublished in: Annals of neurology (2024)
DEE-SWAS and EE-SWAS have highly heterogeneous genetic and structural etiologies. Phenotypic analysis highlights valuable clinical differences between DEE-SWAS and EE-SWAS which inform clinical care and prognostic counseling. Our etiological findings pave the way for the development of precision therapies. ANN NEUROL 2024.