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NEUROLOGY 2004;63:348-350
© 2004 American Academy of Neurology
Brief Communications

Elicited repetitive daily blindness

A new familial disorder related to migraine and epilepsy

D. Le Fort, MD, A.B. Safran, MD, F. Picard, MD, I. Bouchardy, MSc and M.A. Morris, DPhil

From the Neurology Practice (Dr. Le Fort), Geneva, Switzerland; and Departments of Ophthalmology (Dr. Safran) and Neurology (Dr. Picard) and Service of Medical Genetics (Dr. Morris, I. Bouchardy), University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Dominique Le Fort, Neurology Practice, 7 ruelle du Couchant, 1207 Geneva, Switzerland; e-mail: dominiquelefort{at}hotmail.com

The authors report a family affected by multiple daily episodes of transient visual loss, elicited repetitive daily blindness (ERDB); the onset was early in life, and the disease followed a benign course. ERDB is associated with childhood epilepsy and familial hemiplegic migraine, apparently segregating as a monogenic, autosomal dominant condition with variable expression. Genetic linkage to CACNA1A was excluded.

Received October 28, 2003. Accepted in final form February 24, 2004.






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