Patient 2 is a female who is currently 5 years 9 months old. She exhibited a delay in achieving some developmental milestones, such as head lifting at 4 months, independent sitting at 1 year and independent walking at 2 years. She could say “baba,” or “mama” at the age of 1 year but exhibited regression in development with subsequent instances of only unconscious articulation. Nevertheless, she possessed non-verbal communication skills. Hand clapping was observed at 8 months. She displayed good eye contact as well as a purposeful hand use. She presented recurrent, febrile or non-febrile, generalized tonic-clonic seizures at 10 months; after being treated with LEV at the age of 15 months, she achieved a seizure-free status. Her seizure, which was characterized as a generalized tonic seizure without fever, relapsed at the age of 3 years and was treated with valproate (VPA) and LEV. She achieved a seizure-free status when she was 3.5 years old. EEG (15 months) findings revealed spike-and-slow waves with bilateral temporal and occipital involvement. MRI findings at the age of 10 months were normal ().
Patient 4 is a female who is currently 2 years 10 months old. Developmental delay was observed with regard to lifting of her head only at the age of 7 months and the ability to sit independently only at the age of 1 year; she also did not have the ability to walk independently and did not display any non-verbal communication skills. Although she could say the words “baba” or “mama” at the age of 2 years, she displayed a regression in development and only showed signs of unconscious articulation subsequently. Poor eye contact, head shaking, hand clapping, hand wringing, and bruxism were observed at the age of 1 year 3 months. Purposeful hand use was presented and retained. She experienced recurrent, febrile or non-febrile, generalized tonic-clonic seizures at the age of 11 months. Dystonic seizure occurred at 14 months. LEV was administered at the age of 16 months and the patient achieved seizure-free status at the age of 2.5 years. Her EEG (15 months and 2.5 years) and MRI (3 year) findings revealed normal findings ().