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Myoclonic epilepsy in Down syndrome and Alzheimer disease
Epilepsia mioclónica en el síndrome de Down y en la enfermedad de Alzheimer
J.S. Aller-Alvareza,
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, M. Menéndez-Gonzálezb, R. Ribacoba-Monteroc, M. Salvadoa, V. Vegab, R. Suárez-Morod, M. Sueirase, M. Toledoa, J. Salas-Puiga, J. Álvarez-Sabina
a Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
b Unidad de Neurología, Hospital Alvarez Buylla, Mieres, Asturias, Spain
c Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
d Servicio de Neurología, Hospital de Cabueñes, Gijón, Asturias, Spain
e Servicio de Neurofisiología, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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these seizures are progressive and coincide with a significant acceleration of cognitive decline and increased level of dependence&#46; The entity was first described in 1994 by Genton and Paglia&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0115"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> It is characterised by myoclonus occurring predominantly in the morning hours and affecting the upper limbs most of all&#46; They are associated with generalised discharges of polyspike-wave complexes in EEG studies&#46;</p><p id="par0025" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Our study describes a series of patients with DS or AD and myoclonus and generalised tonic&#8211;clonic seizures in order to better understand these symptoms and improve management of these patients&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0010" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0070">Method</span><p id="par0030" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">This descriptive study is based on a retrospective review of a series of patients from 3 hospitals in Asturias &#40;Hospital Alvarez Buylla&#44; 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the number of epileptic seizures can be reduced in many patients by using new antiepileptic drugs&#44; such as levetiracetam&#46; This is the only drug demonstrated to decrease seizure frequency in mouse models with overexpression of human APP&#44; with the possibility of improvement at the behavioural and cognitive levels&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0130"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a> The role of valproate in AD remains controversial&#59; despite having potentially neurotoxic effects and accelerating brain volume loss&#44; it is not associated with significant changes in AD patients&#8217; scores on cognitive assessment scales&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0135"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a> It would be reasonable to avoid valproate in elderly patients due to its adverse effects&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0140"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a> It is important to remember that some antiepileptic drugs that act on the sodium channel&#44; such as phenytoin or carbamazepine&#44; could exacerbate myoclonic seizures&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0145"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">11</span></a></p><p id="par0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">As mentioned previously&#44; all subjects with DS and mild cognitive impairment show anatomopathological changes compatible with AD&#44; although not all patients develop dementia symptoms&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0100"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a> This observation has sparked a growing interest in the pathophysiology of AD in this population&#46; In light of this interest&#44; the 2012 neuropathological criteria of the National Institute on Ageing and the Alzheimer&#39;s Association<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0150"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12</span></a> clearly established that a clinical diagnosis of AD is not required to assign a neuropathological diagnosis of this disease&#46; This criterion is compatible with the new diagnostic criteria for AD established in 2011&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0155"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">13</span></a> and which introduced the idea of biomarkers that may be correlated with neuropathological lesions&#44; a situation that would foster the possibility of early diagnosis&#46;</p><p id="par0075" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">At one time&#44; epilepsy was thought to be secondary to the neurodegeneration caused by deposition of A&#946; protein&#46; Nevertheless&#44; in recent years&#44; neurotransmitter alterations in the excitatory-inhibitory balance have been reported not only to provoke epileptic seizures but also to contribute to cognitive impairment&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0160"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">14</span></a> In addition&#44; A&#946; peptide may cause synaptic dysfunction&#44; which would occur before neuronal loss&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0165"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">15</span></a></p><p id="par0080" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Degeneration of cholinergic and glutaminergic systems is a well-established process in AD&#44; although the gamma-aminobutyric acid system seems to be preserved&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0170"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">16</span></a> Similarly&#44; a Na<span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#43;</span> channel &#40;Nav1&#46;1&#41; was found to be potentially relevant for both epileptogenesis and cognitive impairment in APP mice&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0165"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">15</span></a></p><p id="par0085" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Tau protein &#40;an axonal microtubule-associated protein whose main function is to stabilise microtubules&#41; is another factor that may play a fundamental role in epileptogenesis&#58; mice with AD-type dementia show reduced intensity and frequency of epileptic seizures when tau protein also decreases&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0175"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">17</span></a> Lastly&#44; late-onset epilepsy may manifest in autosomal dominant AD related to a presenilin 1 &#40;PSEN1&#41; gene mutation&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0180"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">18</span></a> although the aetiopathogenesis has not been studied sufficiently considering the wide variety of phenotypes of this mutation&#46;</p><p id="par0090" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Animal model studies featuring secretase inhibitors&#44; immunotherapy&#44; mGluR5 inhibitors&#44; and APP transcription inhibitors are currently underway&#46; However&#44; these drugs are not yet being used as typical treatments&#44; and no biomarkers are available for use in daily practice&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0025" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0085">Conclusions</span><p id="par0095" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The past few years have ushered in advances in medical care that have significantly increased the life expectancy of DS patients&#44; many of whom now live longer than 50 years&#46; Furthermore&#44; the mindset of society at large has evolved considerably&#59; patients are now better integrated so that their lives can be as active as possible&#46;</p><p id="par0100" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In this context&#44; the work of the neurologist is essential for detecting loss of competence for activities of daily living and increased frequency of epileptic seizures&#46; Appropriate antiepileptic treatment may achieve seizure control&#44; which will facilitate patient care and improve short-term outcomes&#46;</p><p id="par0105" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">At present&#44; objective aetiopathogenic data is not sufficient to define LOMEDS as an independent nosological entity&#46; When this disease manifests&#44; it is usually accompanied by a marked and rapid cognitive decline&#59; however&#44; this entity may also be a more latent continuous process which becomes more evident in later stages of the disease&#46;</p><p id="par0110" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">On the other hand&#44; we cannot deny the theoretical relevance of this process and of epileptogenesis in AD&#59; new findings have allowed us to expand our knowledge of the disease and develop new treatment strategies&#46; Studying DS patients&#44; who present a wide variety of phenotypes and a higher incidence of epilepsy than that of the general population&#44; has resulted in important scientific advances in this field&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0030" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0090">Conflicts of interest</span><p id="par0115" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The lead author of this article&#44; on behalf of himself and of all coauthors&#44; states that there are no potential conflicts of interest related to this study&#46;</p></span></span>"
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        "resumen" => "<span id="abst0025" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0035">Introducci&#243;n</span><p id="spar0025" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">Los pacientes con s&#237;ndrome de Down &#40;SD&#41; presentan una demencia tipo Alzheimer &#40;EA&#41; asociada a la edad&#46; Ambas patolog&#237;as&#44; con una base neuropatol&#243;gica com&#250;n&#44; han sido asociadas a la epilepsia miocl&#243;nica de inicio tard&#237;o &#40;LOMEDS&#41;&#46; Esta entidad presenta alteraciones electroencefalogr&#225;ficas caracter&#237;sticas en forma de descargas generalizadas de polipunta-onda&#46;</p></span> <span id="abst0030" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0040">M&#233;todo</span><p id="spar0030" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">Presentamos una serie de 11 pacientes con el diagn&#243;stico de SD o EA que desarrollaron crisis epil&#233;pticas miocl&#243;nicas o t&#243;nico-cl&#243;nicas generalizadas&#46; En todos ellos&#44; se realiz&#243; un seguimiento cl&#237;nico y estudios de neuroimagen y poligraf&#237;a EEG&#46;</p></span> <span id="abst0035" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0045">Resultados</span><p id="spar0035" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">En todos los casos&#44; el deterioro cognitivo avanz&#243; r&#225;pidamente tras el comienzo de la epilepsia&#44; produciendo un incremento en el grado de dependencia&#46; El hallazgo m&#225;s com&#250;n en el EEG fue un enlentecimiento de la actividad cerebral con ritmos theta y delta&#59; adem&#225;s&#44; en 8 pacientes se objetivaron descargas intercr&#237;ticas generalizadas de polipunta-onda&#46; En los estudios de neuroimagen se encontr&#243; atrofia cerebral cortical&#46; El f&#225;rmaco m&#225;s eficaz en esta serie fue el levetiracetam&#46;</p></span> <span id="abst0040" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0050">Conclusiones</span><p id="spar0040" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">La asociaci&#243;n de epilepsia generalizada al SD de edad avanzada supone un epifen&#243;meno en la evoluci&#243;n que marca un agravamiento r&#225;pidamente progresivo de las funciones cognitivas y motoras&#46; Presenta unas caracter&#237;sticas electrocl&#237;nicas bien definidas y se comporta como una epilepsia miocl&#243;nica progresiva&#44; que probablemente se relaciona con los cambios estructurales que caracterizan el parecido evolutivo del SD con la enfermedad de Alzheimer&#46; El reconocimiento de este s&#237;ndrome es importante&#44; dado que tiene repercusiones pron&#243;sticas y requiere un tratamiento adecuado&#46;</p></span>"
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">DS&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">Generalised PSW&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">Poor control&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">DS&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">47&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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