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developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 7

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A developmental and epileptic encephalopathy characterized by infantile onset of refractory seizures, delayed neurological development, and persistent neurologic abnormalities that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the KCNQ2 gene on chromosome 20q

A developmental and epileptic encephalopathy characterized by infantile onset of refractory seizures, delayed neurological development, and persistent neurologic abnormalities that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the KCNQ2 gene on chromosome 20q13.

Signs and symptoms

  • Dystonia
  • Seizure
  • Global developmental delay
  • Hypotonia
  • EEG with burst suppression
  • Epileptic encephalopathy
  • Spastic tetraparesis
  • Intellectual disability
  • Hypoplasia of the corpus callosum

Also known as: KCNQ2-related epileptic encephalopathy; KCNQ2-related neonatal epileptic encephalopathy; early infantile epileptic encephalopathy 7