Pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy

Epilepsies and epileptic syndromes undetermined whether focal or generalized

The Pyridoxinabhängige epilepsy (PDE EPD), also Pyridoxinabhängiger attack, is an extremely rare disorder that occurs persistently marked by seizures in newborn children in appearance, the need for life vitamin B6 take for treatment. The disease was first recognized in the 1950s, with the first description of Hunt et al. in 1954. most likely cause is a mutation in the ALDH7A1 gene.