An autosomal recessive form of benign familial neonatal seizures
β Scribed by Raphael Schiffmann; Yehuda Shapira; Stephen G. Ryan
- Book ID
- 115090274
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 223 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-9163
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Benign infantile familial convulsions (BIFC) and benign familial neonatal convulsions (BFNC) are two forms of familial convulsions having an age of onset within the first year of life. The gene responsible for BFNC has been mapped to chromosome 20q in the close vicinity of D20S19 and D20S20 markers.
## Abstract We recently reported mutations in the sodium channel gene __SCN2A__ in two families with benign familial neonatalβinfantile seizures (BFNISs). Here, we aimed to refine the molecularβclinical correlation of __SCN2A__ mutations in early childhood epilepsies. __SCN2A__ was analyzed in 2 fa