Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of epilepsy: a review

T Chen, M Giri, Z Xia, YN Subedi… - … disease and treatment, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Epilepsy is a common episodic neurological disorder or condition characterized by recurrent
epileptic seizures, and genetics seems to play a key role in its etiology. Early linkage studies …

Benign familial infantile seizures

F Vigevano - Brain and Development, 2005 - Elsevier
In recent years, numerous publications have reported localization-related epilepsy with
onset during early infancy, idiopathic etiology and favourable outcome. In 1963, Fukuyama …

Sodium-channel defects in benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures

SE Heron, KM Crossland, E Andermann, HA Phillips… - The Lancet, 2002 - thelancet.com
Ion-channel gene defects are associated with a range of paroxysmal disorders, including
several monogenic epilepsy syndromes. Two autosomal dominant disorders present in the …

Novel mutations in the Na+, K+‐ATPase pump gene ATP1A2 associated with familial hemiplegic migraine and benign familial infantile convulsions

KRJ Vanmolkot, EE Kors, JJ Hottenga… - Annals of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM) is a rare, severe, autosomal dominant subtype of
migraine with aura. Up to 75% of FHM families have a mutation in the P/Q‐type calcium …

Benign familial neonatal‐infantile seizures: characterization of a new sodium channelopathy

SF Berkovic, SE Heron, L Giordano, C Marini… - Annals of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
We recently reported mutations in the sodium channel gene SCN2A in two families with
benign familial neonatal‐infantile seizures (BFNISs). Here, we aimed to refine the molecular …

[图书][B] ДНК-диагностика и медико-генетическое консультирование в неврологии

СН Иллариошкин, ИА Иванова-Смоленская… - 2002 - elibrary.ru
Монография посвящена современным возможностям ДНК-диагностики и основанного
на ней медико-генетического консультирования при наследственных заболеваниях …

SCN2A Mutations and Benign Familial Neonatal‐Infantile Seizures: The Phenotypic Spectrum

E Herlenius, SE Heron, BE Grinton, D Keay… - …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Mutations of the sodium channel subunit gene SCN2A have been described in families with
benign familial neonatal‐infantile seizure (BFNIS). We describe two large families with …

[HTML][HTML] Benign convulsion with mild gastroenteritis

B Kang, YS Kwon - Korean journal of pediatrics, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Benign convulsion with mild gastroenteritis (CwG) is a type of afebrile seizure that occurs in
children. CwG is defined as a convulsion in a previously healthy child with no known central …

The spectrum of benign infantile seizures

N Specchio, F Vigevano - Epilepsy research, 2006 - Elsevier
Benign epilepsies during infancy are a wide topic, which needs both clinical and nosological
clarifications. Already in 1963 Fukuyama reported patients with seizures during infancy with …

Ion channel defects in idiopathic epilepsies

H Lerche, YG Weber, K Jurkat-Rott… - Current …, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
Idiopathic epilepsies are genetically determined diseases of the central nervous system
characterized by typical epileptic seizures and EEG abnormalities but not associated with …