Genetics and Epilepsy Syndromes Flashcards
Benign Familial Neonatal Seizures
KCNQ2, KCNQ3
M channel subunit of VGKC
Benign familial neonatal-infantile seiuzres
SCN2A
Sodium channel subunit
Otahara Syndrome
STXBP1
ARX
early onset spasms
CDKL5, TSC1/2
Xlinked
Xlinked Spasms
ARX (in boys)
GEFS+
SCN1A, SCN1B, GABRG2
Sodium channgel and GABAaR
Dravets sydnrome (or SMEI)
SCN1A
Childhood absence seizures + FS
GABRG2
AD, GABAaR subunit
Epilepsy and MR in females
PCDH19 - protoadherin
Xlinked
Early onset absence epilepsy
SLC2A1 -GLUT1 def (AD)
JME
GABRA1
EFHC1 - EF hand motif protein
Autosomal Dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilespy (ADNFLE)
CHRNA4, CHRNA2, CHRNB2
nicotinic AchR subunits
AD Parital epilepsy with Auditory features (ADPEAF)
LGI1
AD
Aka ADLTLE
Myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fibers (MERRF)
mitochondrial DNA (tRNA) Best dx with muscle biopsy
Unverricht-lundborg
EPM1 (CSTB, cystatin B