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Long-term follow-up of an individual with vitamin B6-dependent seizures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1999

Yoko Ohtsuka
Affiliation:
Department of Child Neurology, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
Junri Hattori
Affiliation:
Department of Child Neurology, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
Takashi Ishida
Affiliation:
Department of Child Neurology, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
Tatsuya Ogino
Affiliation:
Department of Child Neurology, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
Eiji Oka
Affiliation:
Department of Child Neurology, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
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Abstract

We report on a 31-year-old female with vitamin B6-dependent seizures whose seizure onset was in the neonatal period. Her elder brother had the same disorder and died in infancy. Administration of vitamin B6 was initiated in the postnatal period. At the age of 12 years 1 month, 2 months after withdrawal of vitamin B6, visual seizures began to occur frequently. Myoclonic seizures and occasional generalized convulsive seizures were also observed. At the same time, photoparoxysmal response and spontaneous diffuse spike–wave bursts were seen on her EEG. Myoclonic seizures were provoked by intermittent photic stimulation during the EEG. It is distinctive that visual seizures were one of the main seizure types in this patient, that her clinical course was relatively benign, and that she has normal intellectual outcome.

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Case Reports
Copyright
© 1999 Mac Keith Press

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