Epidemiology of pyridoxine dependent and pyridoxine responsive seizures in the UK

Epidemiology of pyridoxine dependent and pyridoxine responsive seizures in the UK.

OBJECTIVE To study the epidemiology of pyridoxine dependent seizures and other forms of pyridoxine responsive seizures. DESIGN Monthly notifications to the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit over two years. Questionnaire follow up. SETTING UK and the Republic of Ireland. PATIENTS Children aged 15 years or younger whose seizures respond to pyridoxine. INTERVENTIONS None. MAIN OUTCOME...

[Pyridoxine dependent seizures].

Pyridoxine dependent seizures is a rare autosomal recessive disorder. Its manifestations are intractable epilepsy leading to death in status epilepticus. Treatment with pyridoxine prevents the seizures and normalizes the EEG. Early diagnosis is important for the intellectual outcome. In Denmark, the disease has occurred in a child of healthy Tamil immigrants, who are first cousins. The child's ...

Epidemiology of pyridoxine dependent seizures in the Netherlands.

BACKGROUND Pyridoxine dependent epilepsy is a rare cause of seizures in childhood. The diagnosis is made on clinical criteria, that in many cases are never met. Therefore, epidemiological data on pyridoxine dependency are scarce. AIMS To study the epidemiology of pyridoxine dependent epilepsy in the Netherlands, and to determine whether the diagnosis is based on the appropriate criteria. ME...

Neglected Atypical Pyridoxine Dependent Seizures

Omid Yaghini, MD; Mohammad-Amir Shahkarami*, MD; Somayeh Shamsaii, MD Pediatrics Department, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IR Iran Received: Nov 02, 2009; Accepted: Mar 13, 2010 Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) dependent seizure (PDS) is an autosomal-recessively inherited disorder which starts within a few hours of birth or even earlier, and can cause intrauterine seizures[1,2]. It oc...

Pyridoxine responsive epilepsy: expanded pyridoxine dependency?