Tuberous sclerosis complex

EP Henske, S Jóźwiak, JC Kingswood… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2016 - nature.com
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an autosomal dominant disorder that affects multiple
organ systems and is caused by loss-of-function mutations in one of two genes: TSC1 or …

Neurological and neuropsychiatric aspects of tuberous sclerosis complex

P Curatolo, R Moavero, PJ de Vries - The Lancet Neurology, 2015 - thelancet.com
Tuberous sclerosis (also known as tuberous sclerosis complex [TSC]) is a multisystem
genetic disorder that affects almost every organ in the body. Mutations in the TSC1 or TSC2 …

[HTML][HTML] Updated international tuberous sclerosis complex diagnostic criteria and surveillance and management recommendations

H Northrup, ME Aronow, EM Bebin, J Bissler… - Pediatric Neurology, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an autosomal dominant genetic disease
affecting multiple body systems with wide variability in presentation. In 2013, Pediatric …

Prevention of epilepsy in infants with tuberous sclerosis complex in the EPISTOP trial

K Kotulska, DJ Kwiatkowski, P Curatolo… - Annals of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Epilepsy develops in 70 to 90% of children with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC)
and is often resistant to medication. Recently, the concept of preventive antiepileptic …

[HTML][HTML] Adjunctive everolimus therapy for treatment-resistant focal-onset seizures associated with tuberous sclerosis (EXIST-3): a phase 3, randomised, double-blind …

JA French, JA Lawson, Z Yapici, H Ikeda, T Polster… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Everolimus, a mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor, has been used
for various benign tumours associated with tuberous sclerosis complex. We assessed the …

Add-on cannabidiol treatment for drug-resistant seizures in tuberous sclerosis complex: a placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial

EA Thiele, EM Bebin, H Bhathal, FE Jansen… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Efficacy of cannabidiol has been demonstrated in seizures associated with
Lennox-Gastaut and Dravet syndromes but appears not yet to have been established in …

Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies: what we do and do not know

N Specchio, P Curatolo - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Developmental encephalopathies, including intellectual disability and autistic spectrum
disorder, are frequently associated with infant epilepsy. Epileptic encephalopathy is used to …

West syndrome: a comprehensive review

P Pavone, A Polizzi, SD Marino, G Corsello… - Neurological …, 2020 - Springer
Since its first clinical description (on his son) by William James West (1793–1848) in 1841,
and the definition of the classical triad of (1) infantile spasms;(2) hypsarrhythmia, and (3) …

[HTML][HTML] Tuberous sclerosis complex surveillance and management: recommendations of the 2012 International Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Consensus Conference

DA Krueger, H Northrup, S Roberds, K Smith… - Pediatric …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Tuberous sclerosis complex is a genetic disorder affecting every organ system,
but disease manifestations vary significantly among affected individuals. The diverse and …

Epilepsy in the mTORopathies: opportunities for precision medicine

PB Moloney, GL Cavalleri, N Delanty - Brain communications, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The mechanistic target of rapamycin signalling pathway serves as a ubiquitous regulator of
cell metabolism, growth, proliferation and survival. The main cellular activity of the …