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To date, only one case with a\n                      <jats:italic>PPP5C<\/jats:italic>\n                      variant has been reported, associated with a severe neurological phenotype, including microcephaly, failure to thrive, and early-onset seizures.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We report a 12-year-old girl affected by epilepsy and learning disorders. At the age of five, she presented convulsive status epilepticus with respiratory failure at onset and she started anticonvulsant therapy with Levetiracetam with a significant improvement. Genetic analysis revealed a de novo heterozygous missense variant of\n                      <jats:italic>PPP5C<\/jats:italic>\n                      gene (c.202\u00a0C\u2009&gt;\u2009T:\n                      <jats:italic>p.Arg68Cys<\/jats:italic>\n                      ), which had not been previously described in the literature.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This case expands the phenotypic spectrum associated with\n                      <jats:italic>PPP5C<\/jats:italic>\n                      variants, highlighting the potential role of this gene inneurological disorders. Our findings may provide some valuable insights into the spectrum of phenotypic manifestations linked to this gene less investigated in neuropediatrics.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s40348-025-00191-3","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,2]],"date-time":"2025-04-02T14:01:53Z","timestamp":1743602513000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["PPP5C pathogenic variant identified: a potential key to gaining insight into developmental and epileptic encephalopathy?"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Raffaele","family":"Falsaperla","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Annamaria","family":"Sapuppo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xena Giada","family":"Pappalardo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Roberta","family":"Rizzo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Roberta","family":"Rocca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gaia","family":"Fusto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Silvia","family":"Marino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Vincenzo","family":"Sortino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lucia","family":"Saccuzzo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Martino","family":"Ruggieri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marco","family":"Fichera","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,2]]},"reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"191_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"65","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ymgme.2022.03.007","volume":"136","author":"SM Fielder","year":"2022","unstructured":"Fielder SM, Rosenfeld JA, Burrage LC, Emrick L, Lalani S, Attali R et al (2022) Functional analysis of a novel de Novo variant in PPP5C associated with microcephaly, seizures, and developmental delay. 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