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Long-term Developmental Trends of Pediatric Mitochondrial Diseases: The Five Stages of Developmental Decline

Authors
 Soyong Eom  ;  Young-Mock Lee 
Citation
 FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY, Vol.8 : 208, 2017 
Journal Title
FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
Issue Date
2017
Keywords
brain atrophy ; developmental quotient ; metabolic disease ; mitochondrial disease ; pediatric epilepsy
Abstract
Mitochondrial diseases (MDs) are a heterogeneous group of progressive multisystem disorders caused by impaired mitochondrial function. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical course and long-term development of 53 pediatric patients with MDs. Developmental function was evaluated at nine time points (two pre-diagnosis, one at diagnosis, and six post-diagnosis), with the developmental quotient (DQ) from the Korean infant and child development test (KICDT) assessing a child's developmental age (rather than chronological age). Additionally, disease-related clinical variables were reviewed, and clinical progress was determined through observation. Subgroup analyses by epilepsy severity, syndromic diagnosis, diffuse brain atrophy, and clinical rating were performed. The pre- and post-diagnosis results were compared by the paired t-test and Bonferroni correction. The pre-diagnostic, diagnostic, and post-diagnostic evaluations were compared using repeated measures ANOVA. Patients with diffuse brain atrophy at the first pre-diagnostic and second post-diagnostic evaluations showed lower DQs. Compared with patients with a mildly or severely deteriorating clinical course, those with an improving or static clinical course presented higher DQs at the pre-diagnostic and diagnostic evaluations. The age at onset of the first symptom correlated positively with the DQ post-diagnosis. Follow-up revealed consistent patterns of significant developmental deterioration during the lead time to diagnosis, with no significant decline post-diagnosis. The DQ is a feasible predictor and a measure of long-term functional development in children with MD. Early initiation of treatment may minimize developmental regression.
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DOI
10.3389/fneur.2017.00208
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Pediatrics (소아과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Lee, Young Mock(이영목) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5838-249X
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/160379
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