복잡한 표현형을 가진 소아뇌전증 환아에서 Chromosomal Microarray 분석의 진단적 가치에 관한 연구

복잡한 표현형을 가진 소아뇌전증 환아에서 Chromosomal Microarray 분석의 진단적 가치에 관한 연구

A Study on the Diagnostic Value of Chromosomal Microarray Analysis in Pediatric Epilepsy with Complex Phenotypes

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Hyo Eun Lee, Kyung Won Na, Ji Woo Nam, Tae Soon Kim , Jon Soo Kim
Eulji University Hospital Department of Pediatrics1
이효은, 나경원, 남지우, 김태순 , 김존수
을지대학교병원 소아청소년과1

Abstract

Purpose : To evaluate the role of copy number abnormalities detectable using chromosomal microarray(CMA) and diagnostic value of CMA in pediatric epilepsy patients with complex phenotypes. Methods : From January 2014 to October 2016, we retrospectively studied children with unexplained epilepsy and complex phenotypes such as developmental delay, intellectual disability, dysmorphic features, and autism spectrum disorder. The CMA was conducted with CytoScan® 750K array(Affymetrix, USA) with an average resolution of 100 kb. Results : 9 patients (male 3 and female 6 patients) with performing CMA were studied. Mean age at exam was 10.5 ± 5.0 years. All patients were taking anticonvulsant medication. Six of them were able to control their seizures with only one anticonvulsant, and the other three had seizures repeated with two or more anticonvulsants. All patients had developmental or intellectual disabilities, and 88.9% (8/9) had dysmorphic features such as facial dysmorphism and 66.7% (6/9) with clinical symptoms of autistic spectrum disorder. Total 8 copy number variants(CNVs) in 6 patients were detected. Among them, 6 CNVs were considered pathogenic (dignostic yield 66.7%). One patient occurred by uniparental disomy (15q) and 5 patients showed microdeletion; 14q11.2(57 Mb), 2q32(6.1 Mb), 1q44(4 Mb), 9p24(14 Mb), 6q26(7.6 Mb). All 2 size of benign CNVs were below 500 kb. Conclusion : The efforts to identify the various pathogenic CNVs in Korean patients furnish valuable materials to establish the cause of disease. Our data suggest that CMA is useful diagnostic tool for detecting clinically significant CNVs in children with epilepsy, especially in combination with complex phenotypes.

Keywords: Chromosomal Microarray, Pediatric Epilepsy,