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benign familial infantile seizures 3

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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 mutations in the SCN2A gene on chromosome 2q24.

Signs and symptoms

  • Bilateral tonic-clonic seizure
  • Normal interictal EEG
  • Bilateral tonic-clonic seizure with focal onset
  • Cyanosis
  • Apnea
  • Focal impaired awareness seizure
  • Neurodevelopmental abnormality

Also known as: Benign Familial Infantile Seizures, 3; benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures