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SUBMITTER: Iyer RS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4307872 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Epilepsy & behavior case reports 20140320
Migrating partial seizures in infancy (MPSI) is a rare epilepsy syndrome with poor prognosis. The exact etiology of MPSI is still not known. We report a 14-month-old baby with 47XYY karyotype who presented with developmental delay and drug-refractory seizures satisfying the diagnostic criteria for MPSI and discuss the possible association between the 47XYY karyotype and this syndrome. The excess of genes due to an additional Y chromosome could cause disturbance in various stages of formation, mi ...[more]