Cognitive prognosis of patients with tuberous sclerosis complex

Neurology. 2007 Jan 2;68(1):62-4. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000250330.44291.54.

Abstract

To assess cognitive outcome in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) and identify predictive risk factors, we reviewed records of 107 patients who underwent comprehensive neuropsychiatric evaluation. Fifty-seven percent of patients with TSC had normal-range IQ/developmental quotient (DQ). Cognitive outcome was strongly associated with refractory seizures and TSC2 mutation. In TSC, IQ/DQ is bimodally distributed, and more than half of individuals are in the normal range.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cognition Disorders / complications
  • Cognition Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Cognition Disorders / genetics
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mutation
  • Prognosis
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Tuberous Sclerosis / complications
  • Tuberous Sclerosis / diagnosis*
  • Tuberous Sclerosis / genetics