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Infantile epileptic-dyskinetic encephalopathy

ORPHA:364063Disease

What it is

A rare monogenic disease with epilepsy characterized by developmental delay and infantile spasms in the first months of life, followed by chorea and generalized dystonia and progressing to quadriplegic dyskinesia, recurrent status dystonicus, intractable focal epilepsy and severe intellectual disability.

Key facts

Age of onset
Infancy, Neonatal
Inheritance
X-linked recessive
Classified as
Disease

Gene

ARXDisease-causing germline mutation(s) (loss of function)

ICD-10 codes

G40.4filed under a broader ICD-10 category — shared with 28 other rare diseases

ICD-10 has no distinct code for most rare diseases, so many are filed under the nearest available one. A shared code identifies the group, not this disease — the ORPHAcode above is what identifies it.

Related health topics

Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.

Benefit programs to look at

Programs whose eligibility touches the same ICD-10 categories. Eligibility is decided by the administering agency, never by this page.

Cross-references

MESH C567924MONDO 0018226OMIM 308350UMLS C4552072

Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.

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