Epilepsy, Nocturnal Frontal Lobe, 4

Alternative Names

  • ENFL4
  • Epilepsy, Familial, with Nocturnal Wandering and Ictal Fear
  • Seizures, Benign Familial Infantile, 6, Included
  • BFIS6
  • Convulsions, Benign Familial Infantile, 6, Included
  • BFIC6
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WHO-ICD-10 version:2010

Diseases of the nervous system

Episodic and paroxysmal disorders

OMIM Number

610353

Mode of Inheritance

Autosomal dominant

Gene Map Locus

8p21.2

Description

Nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy is a childhood-onset focal epilepsy that displays clusters of sleep-related hypermotor seizures. Some patients with CHRNA2 mutations may have a slightly different phenotype that is more consistent with a clinical diagnosis of benign familial infantile seizures (BFIS6). [From OMIM]

Epidemiology in the Arab World

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Subject IDCountrySexFamily HistoryParental ConsanguinityHPO TermsVariantZygosityMode of InheritanceReferenceRemarks
610353.1Saudi ArabiaMale SeizureNM_000742.4:c.537C>GHeterozygousAutosomal, DominantMonies et al. 2017
610353.2Saudi ArabiaFemale Seizure; AtaxiaNM_000742.4:c.1568C>THeterozygousAutosomal, DominantMonies et al. 2017
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