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benign familial infantile seizures 2

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A benign familial infantile epilepsy that is characterized by afebrile partial complex or generalized tonic-clonic seizures occurring between 3 and 12 months of age with a good response to medication and no neurologic sequelae and that has_material_basis_in mu

A benign familial infantile epilepsy that is characterized by afebrile partial complex or generalized tonic-clonic seizures occurring between 3 and 12 months of age with a good response to medication and no neurologic sequelae and that has_material_basis_in mutation in the PRRT2 gene on chromosome 16p11.

Signs and symptoms

  • Bilateral tonic-clonic seizure
  • Focal impaired awareness seizure
  • Migraine
  • Febrile seizure (within the age range of 3 months to 6 years)
  • Neurodevelopmental abnormality

Also known as: Benign Familial Infantile Seizures, 2