Session Information: P03.050, Anterior Horn: Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Other Motor Neuropathies
Presentation Time: Tuesday, March 19, 2:00 pm:30 pm
Factors Associated with Phobic and Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms in Epilepsy
Authors: Heidi Munger Clary, Marla Hamberger
Background/Significance: Although generalized anxiety symptoms are a major determinant of quality of life in epilepsy, little is known about other anxiety types, including phobic and obsessive compulsive symptoms. A study of 761 adult epilepsy patients with self-reported phobic and obsessive compulsive symptoms found that epilepsy patients who are nonwhite, have lower education, and receive anti-epileptic drug polytherapy may be at increased risk for phobic symptoms.
Session Information: P03.136, Epilepsy: Comorbidities and Cardiovascular Risk
Presentation Time: Tuesday, March 19, 2:00 pm:30 pm
Infantile Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy Due to a Novel Mutation in ACAD9
Authors: Caterina Garone, Maria Alice Donati, Michele Sacchini, Sarah Calvo, Beatriz Garcia-Diaz, Vamsi Mootha, Salvatore DiMauro
Background/Significance: The aim of this study was to identify causative gene variants of early-onset complex I deficiency, the most common respiratory chain defect with early-onset fatal encephalomyopathy. Although many molecular defects have been described both in structural subunits and in assembly factors, the genetic diagnosis remains unknown in a large cohort of patients. Testing revealed a new homozygous m
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