[Clinical and genetic characteristics of epilepsy caused by mutations in the PCDH19 gene (OMIM: 300088)]. / Kliniko-geneticheskie kharakteristiki épilepsii, obuslovlennoi mutatsiiami v gene PCDH19 (OMIM: 300088).

AIM: To analyze clinical and genetic characteristics of PCDH19-associated epilepsy in a sample of patients from the Russian population. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The sample of patients with early epileptic encephalopathies included 16 people aged 10 month to 30 years. All patients underwent neurological examination according to standard methods, exome sequencing and EEG monitoring. RESULTS: Most of the identified mutations led to a shift in the reading frame or the formation of a termination codon. Six of them were duplications, four were deletions of one nucleotide, and three were nonsense mutations. Consistent with earlier studies, the authors identified the polymorphism of clinical manifestations of seizures that did not depend on the type of mutation and its localization. CONCLUSION: Based on the study of the clinical and genetic characteristics of the patients, the authors conclude that the so-called 'hot spots' are present in the PCDH19 gene, which are more common in the group of patients with mutations in this gene, and that the clinical picture of early infantile epileptic encephalopathy type 9 is variable.