PYRIDOXINE-DEPENDENT SEIZURES REGISTRY

 

Selected Scientific Papers Concerning Pyridoxine-Dependent Seizures . . .

Comprehensive Web-Based Review:

Gospe SM, Jr. Pyridoxine-dependent seizures, In: GeneReviews at GeneTests: Medical Genetics Information Resource (online database), December 2001, updated December 2003, December 2005, and June 2006. © University of Washington, Seattle. 1997-2006. Available at www.genetests.org

 

General Review Papers:

Baxter P. Pyridoxine-dependent and pyridoxine-responsive seizures. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2001;43:416-420.

Baxter P. Pyridoxine-dependent seizures: a clinical and biochemical conundrum. Biochim Biopphys Acta. 2003;1647:36-41. Abstract

Gospe SM, Jr. Current perspectives on pyridoxine-dependent seizures. J Pediatr. 1998;132:919-23. Abstract

Gospe SM, Jr. Pyridoxine-dependent seizures: findings from recent studies pose new questions. Pediatr Neurol. 2002;26:181-185. Abstract

Gospe SM, Jr. Pyridoxine-dependent seizures: new genetic and biochemical clues to help with diagnosis and treatment. Curr Opin Neurol. 2006;19:148-153. Abstract

Haenggeli C-A, Girardin E, Paunier L. Pyridoxine-dependent seizures, clinical and therapeutic aspects. Eur J Pediatr. 1991;150:452-5. Abstract

 

Clinical Descriptions, Demographics and Case Reports:

Bankier A, Turner M, Hopkins IJ. Pyridoxine dependent seizures--a wider clinical spectrum.Arch Dis Child. 1983;58:415-8. Abstract

Baxter P, Griffiths P, Kelly T, Gardner-Medwin D. Pyridoxine-dependent seizures: demographic, clinical, MRI and psychometric features, and effect of dose on intelligence quotient. Dev Med Child Neurol. 1996;38:998-1006. Abstract

Baxter P. Epidemiology of pyridoxine dependent and pyridoxine responsive seizures in the UK. Arch Dis Child. 1999;81:431-3. Abstract

Baynes K, Farias ST, Gospe SM Jr. Pyridoxine-dependent seizures and cognition in adulthood. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2003;45:782-5. Abstract

Coker SB. Postneonatal vitamin B6-dependent epilepsy. Pediatrics. 1992;90:221-3. Abstract

Goutières F, Aicardi J. Atypical presentations of pyridoxine-dependent seizures: a treatable cause of intractable epilepsy in infants. Ann Neurol. 1985;17:117-20. Abstract

Hunt AD, Stokes J, McCrory WW, Stroud HH. Pyridoxine dependency: report of a case of intractable convulsions in an infant controlled by pyridoxine. Pediatrics. 1954;13:140-5.

Ohtsuka Y, Hattori J, Ishida T, Ogino T, Oka E. Long-term follow-up of an individual with vitamin B6-dependent seizures. Dev Med Child Neurol. 1999;41:203-6. Abstract

 

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Risks of Pyridoxine:

Bass NE, Wyllie E, Cohen B, Joseph SA Pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy: the need for repeated pyridoxine trials and the risk of severe electrocerebral suppression with intravenous pyridoxine infusion. J Child Neurol. 1996;11:422-4. Abstract

Kroll JS. Pyridoxine for neonatal seizures: an unexpected danger. Dev Med Child Neurol. 1985;27:377-9. Abstract

McLachlan RS, Brown WF. Pyridoxine dependent epilepsy with iatrogenic sensory neuronopathy. Can J Neurol Sci. 1995;22:50-1. Abstract

 

EEG Findings:

Mikati MA, Trevathan E, Krishnamoorthy KS, Lombroso CT. Pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy: EEG investigation and long-term follow-up. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol. 1991;78:215-21. Abstract

Nabbout R; Soufflet C; Plouin P; Dulac O. Pyridoxine dependent epilepsy: a suggestive electroclinical pattern. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 1999;81:F125-9. Abstract

 

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Imaging Findings:

Gospe SM, Jr., Hecht ST. Longitudinal MRI findings in pyridoxine-dependent seizures. Neurology. 1998;51:74-8. Abstract

Jardim LB, Pires RF, Martins CE, Vargas CR, Vizioli J, Kliemann FA, Giugliani R. Pyridoxine-dependent seizures associated with white matter abnormalities. Neuropediatrics. 1994;25:259-61. Abstract

Shih JJ, Kornblum H, Shewmon DA. Global brain dysfunction inan infant with pyridoxine dependency: evaluation with EEG, evoked potentials, MRI, and PET. Neurology. 1996;47:824-6. Abstract

Tanaka R, Okumura M, Arima J, Yamakura S, Momoi T. Pyridoxine-dependent seizures: report of a case with atypical clinical features and abnormal MRI scans. J Child Neurol. 1992;7:24-8. Abstract

 

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Biochemistry and Genetics:

Baumeister FAM, Gsell W, Shin YS, Egger J. Glutamate in pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy: neurotoxic glutamate concentration in the cerebrospinal fluid and its normalization by pyridoxine. Pediatrics. 1994;94:318-21. < Abstract

Battaglioli G, Rosen DR, Gospe SM, Jr., Martin DL. Glutamate decarboxylase is not genetically linked to pyridoxine-dependent seizures. Neurology. 2000;55:309-311. Abstract

Bennett CL, Huynh HM, Chance PF, Glass IA, Gospe SM, Jr. Genetic heterogeneity for autosomal recessive pyridoxine-dependent seizures. Neurogenetics. 2005;6:143-9. Abstract

Cormier-Daire V, Dagoneau N, Nabbout R, Burglen L, Penet C, Soufflet C, Desguerre I, Munnich A, Dulac O. A gene for pyridxoine-dependent epilepsy maps to chromosome 5q31. Am J Hum Genet. 2000;67:991-993. Abstract

Gospe SM Jr, Olin KL, Keen CL. Reduced GABA synthesis in pyridoxine-dependent seizures.Lancet. 1994;343:1133-4. Abstract

Kurlemann G, Loscher W, Dominick HC, Palm GD. Disappearance of neonatal seizures and low CSF GABA levels after treatment with vitamin B6. Epilepsy Res. 1987;1:152-4. Abstract

Kurlemann G, Ziegler R, Gruneberg M, Bomelburg T, Ullrich K, Palm DG. Disturbance of GABA metabolism in pyridoxine-dependent seizures. Neuropediatrics. 1992;23:257-9. Abstract

Kure S, Maeda T, Fukushima N, Ohura T, Takahashi K, Nishikawa T, Matsubara Y, Izumi T, Narisawa K. A subtype of pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy with normal CSF glutamate concentration. J Inherit Metab Dis. 1998;21:431-2. Abstract

Kure S, Sakata Y, Miyabayashi S, Takahashi K, Shinka T, Matsubara Y, Hoshino H, Narisawa K. Mutation and polymorphic marker analyses of 65K- and 67K-glutamate decarboxylase genes in two families with pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy. J Hum Genet. 1998;43:128-31. Abstract

Mills PB, Struys E, Jakobs C, Plecko B, Baxter P, Baumgartner M, Willemsen MA, Omran H, Tacke U, Uhlenberg B, Weschke B, Clayton PT. Mutations in antiquitin in individuals with pyridoxine-dependent seizures. Nature Medicine. 2006;12:307-9. Abstract

Lott IT, Coulombe T, Di Paolo RV, Richardson EP Jr, Levy HL. Vitamin B6-dependent seizures: pathology and chemical findings in brain. Neurology. 1978;28:47-54. Abstract

Plecko B, Stockler-Ipsiroglu S, Paschke E, Erwa W, Struys E, Jakobs C. Pipecolic acid elevation in plasma and ceregrospinal fluid of two patients with pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy. Ann Neurol. 2000;48:121-5. Abstract

Plecko B, Hikel, C, Korenke, GC, Schmitt, B, Baumgartner M, Baumeister F, Jakobs C, Struys E, Erwa W, Stockler-Ipsiroglu S. Pipecolic acid as a diagnostic marker of pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy. Neuropediatrics. 2005;36:200-5. Abstract

Yoshida T, Tada K, Arakawa T. Vitamin B 6 -dependency of glutamic acid decarboxylase in the kidney from a patient with vitamin B 6 dependent convulsion. Tohoku J Exp Med. 1971;104:195-8. Abstract

 

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