Benign familial neonatal seizure (BFNS) is a benign epilepsy syndromes with autosomal dominant inheritance. They are a group of epilepsies which have a primary genetic background, usually no structural brain abnormalities and most of them have a benign course without additional neurological symptoms. BFNS are caused by loss-of-function mutations in the two genes KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 encoding the voltage-gated K+ channels.
Category
Nervous system disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
08 Diseases of the nervous system
Epilepsy or seizures
8A61 Genetic or presumed genetic syndromes primarily expressed as epilepsy
H00806 Benign familial neonatal seizure
Berg AT, Berkovic SF, Brodie MJ, Buchhalter J, Cross JH, van Emde Boas W, Engel J, French J, Glauser TA, Mathern GW, Moshe SL, Nordli D, Plouin P, Scheffer IE
Title
Revised terminology and concepts for organization of seizures and epilepsies: report of the ILAE Commission on Classification and Terminology, 2005-2009.