Introduction: We evaluated the contribution of array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) to the final diagnosis in children with neurocognitive disturbances or dysmorphic findings, but lacked a specific diagnosis.
Materials And Methods: Medical files of pediatric patients with neurocognitive disturbances who underwent aCGH analysis were reviewed retrospectively.
Results: Of 155 patients, 77 copy number variations were detected and 50% (39/77) were considered causative. The aCGH's final diagnostic rate was 25.1% (39/155).
Conclusion: With aCGH analysis, the diagnosis rate for patients with undiagnosed neurocognitive disturbances or dysmorphic syndrome may increase by 25-30%. If the phenotypic findings of the widely known neurocognitive disturbances cannot be identified during the initial clinical assessment, aCGH analysis may be beneficial.
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PLoS Med
January 2025
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine II, Medical Centre and Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany.
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Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
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Epilepsy Unit - Sleep Disorders Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.
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Ann Clin Transl Neurol
January 2025
Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Épinière, ICM, Sorbonne Université, INSERM, CNRS, Paris, France.
Objective: To describe peripheral neuropathy associated with familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Methods: We report two unrelated patients with genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with demyelinating peripheral neuropathy as initial presentation, with a comprehensive clinical, electrophysiological and neuropathological description.
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January 2025
Department of Maternal Infantile and Urological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
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