PMID: 28506334May 17, 2017Paper

MECP2 duplication syndrome: a clinical analysis of three cases and literature review

Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics
Dan-Xia TangXiang-Yang Luo

Abstract

MECP2 duplication syndrome (MDS) is a rare pediatric disease and mainly manifests as delayed motor development, language loss or delay, recurrent infection, severe intellectual disability, epilepsy, autistic symptoms, and early infantile hypotonia. In this article, the three children with this disease were all boys. Cases 1 and 2 had delayed motor development, and language loss or delay as initial manifestations, and case 3 had recurrent infection as initial manifestation. Physical examination showed hypotonia and negative pathological signs in each case. Case 1 had tonic-clonic seizures and electroencephalography showed focal seizures, for which he was given oxcarbazepine, levetiracetam, and clonazepam as the antiepileptic treatment to control seizures. Case 3 experienced one absence seizure and three head-nodding seizures with normal electroencephalographic findings during these seizures, and therefore, he was not given antiepileptic treatment. In each case, recurrent infection was improved with the increase in age, but there were no significant improvements in language or intelligence. Array-based comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) showed MECP2 duplication in X chromosome in each case, and so they were diagnosed with M...Continue Reading

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