early infantile epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile, type 4
early infantile epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile, type 4
A disorder (OMIM:612164) characterised by neonatal or infantile onset of seizures, suppression-burst pattern on EEG, profound mental retardation, and MRI evidence of hypomyelination.Molecular pathology
Caused by defects of STXBP1, which encodes a syntaxin-binding protein thought to play a role in regulating synaptic vesicle docking and fusion and in the release of neurotransmitters.