Epilepsy in patients with long QT syndrome type 1: A Norwegian family.

Epilepsy Behav Case Rep

Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital - Rikshospitalet, PO Box 4950, Nydalen, 0424 Oslo, Norway.

Published: October 2018

The congenital long QT syndrome (cLQTS) is an inherited cardiac disorder and is associated with sudden cardiac death. We describe a Norwegian family with mutations within the gene causing cLQTS type 1 (LQT1) and epilepsy. The index patient had Jervell and Lange-Nielsen-syndrome (JLNS) with deafness and recurrent episodes of cardiac arrhythmia. The mother and the brother have Romano-Ward syndrome (RWS) with recurrent arrhythmias. Whereas the father has focal epilepsy and genetically verified LQT1, the sister has both focal epilepsy and RWS. Our findings are consistent with the notion that mutations in the gene can cause epilepsy.

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