Classic glucose transporter type 1 deficiency syndrome

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Classic glucose transporter type 1 deficiency syndrome

Synonyms: Classic GLUT1 deficiency syndrome | Classic GLUT1-DS | De Vivo disease | Encephalopathy due to GLUT1 deficiency

Glucose transporter type 1 (GLUT1) deficiency syndrome is characterized by an encephalopathy marked by childhood epilepsy that is refractory to treatment deceleration of cranial growth leading to microcephaly psychomotor retardation spasticity ataxia dysarthria and other paroxysmal neurological phenomena often occurring before meals. Symptoms appear between the age of 1 and 4 months following a normal birth and gestation.

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