Vitamin <scp>B5</scp> Monotherapy Improves Symptoms in a 7‐Year‐Old Girl With <scp>TANGO2</scp> Deficiency Disorder
TANGO2 deficiency disorder is often underdiagnosed and lacks an optimal treatment strategy. A 7-year-old Chinese girl presented with epilepsy, developmental delay, neuroregression, and episodes of dyskinesia. Additionally, she lapsed into a comatose state following her the last generalized tonic-clonic seizure. Trio whole-exome sequencing revealed compound heterozygous variants of the TANGO2 gene. Eventually, her clinical signs and symptoms significantly improved following treatment with vitamin B5. TANGO2 deficiency disorder is a severe neurodegenerative condition that can be diagnosed via trio whole-exome sequencing. This report highlights the potential therapeutic effects of vitamin B5 against this disease and suggests that high-dose vitamin B5 administration may be safe for the treatment of TANGO2 deficiency disorder.
Authors
- Hua Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1882-090X)
- Xiaoli Dong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3267-7548)
- Liming Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5047-2194)
- Peiqi Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7487-147X)
- Jing Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5504-644X)
- Zheng Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6794-1937)
Institutions
- Guangdong 999 Brain Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
- Published
- 2024-12-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.63938
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Neurological diseases and metabolism
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.74