Identification of a Novel Nonsense Variant in the SCN1A Gene that Causes Febrile Seizure Disorder

Abstract

The SCN1A gene, encoding for the voltage-gated sodium channel Na_v1.1, is the most clinically relevant epilepsy gene, with most mutations having been documented in a spectrum of epilepsy syndromes, ranging from the relatively benign generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+) to severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy (SMEI), and other rare febrile seizure disorders. To date, more than 1,250 mutations in SCN1A have been linked to epilepsy. In this case, we describe a novel nonsense pathogenic variant (NM_001202435.1; c.327C > G) in SCN1A in a 10-month Moroccan infant with febrile seizure disorder.

Keywords

SCN1A - epilepsy - novel nonsense variant - febrile seizure disorder

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