benign familial infantile convulsions

Genetics

• defects in SCN2A associated with type 3 (autosomal dominant)

Clinical manifestations

• afebrile seizures occur in clusters during the 1st year of life, without neurologic sequelae (type 3)

Differential diagnosis

• distinguished from benign neonatal epilepsy by a later age at onset

More general terms

• epilepsy

Additional terms

• benign familial neonatal epilepsy

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/607745