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Pyridoxine dependent epilepsy: Is late onset a predictor for favorable outcome?

AIM: In pyridoxine dependent epilepsy (PDE), patients usually present with neonatal seizures. A small subgroup is characterized by late-onset beyond 2 months of age. We aim to analyze the observation of relatively good cognitive outcome in this subgroup of late-onset PDE patients.

METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed data from four metabolically and genetically confirmed late-onset patients with PDE due to antiquitin (ALDH7A1) deficiency. Data were analyzed regarding ALDH7A1 mutations, alpha-Aminoadipic semialdehyde (α-AASA) and pipecolic acid (PA) levels, medication during pregnancy, delivery, treatment delay, amount of seizures, pyridoxine dose, adjuvant therapy and findings on brain MRI.

RESULTS: Results showed that three patients had relatively good outcome (IQ 80-97), while one patient did not undergo formal testing and was considered mildly delayed. We were unable to find a clear association between the above-mentioned variables and cognitive outcome, although a less severe genotype may be present in three patients, and maternal medication could be accountable for better outcome in two patients.

INTERPRETATION: We suggest that favorable outcome in late onset PDE might be explained by a combination of factors. A yet unknown protective factor, different genetic variations, functional variation and secondarily variation in treatment regimens and absence of neonatal seizure induced brain damage.

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