Lewis T B, Leach R J, Ward K, O'Connell P, Ryan S G
Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284.
Am J Hum Genet. 1993 Sep;53(3):670-5.
The syndrome of benign familial neonatal convulsions (BFNC) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by unprovoked seizures in the first few weeks of life. One locus for BFNC has been mapped to chromosome 20 in several pedigrees, but we have excluded linkage to chromosome 20 in one large kindred. In order to identify this novel BFNC locus, dinucleotide repeat markers distributed throughout the genome were used to screen this family. Maximum pairwise LOD scores of 4.43 were obtained with markers D8S284 and D8S256 on chromosome 8q. Multipoint analysis placed the BFNC locus in the interval spanned by D8S198-D8S274. This study establishes the presence of a new BFNC locus and confirms genetic heterogeneity of this disorder.
良性家族性新生儿惊厥(BFNC)综合征是一种罕见的常染色体显性疾病,其特征为在生命的最初几周内出现无诱因惊厥。在几个家系中,已将一个BFNC基因座定位于20号染色体,但我们在一个大家系中排除了与20号染色体的连锁关系。为了鉴定这个新的BFNC基因座,使用分布于整个基因组的二核苷酸重复标记对该家系进行筛查。在8号染色体q上的标记D8S284和D8S256获得了最大成对LOD分数4.43。多点分析将BFNC基因座定位于D8S198 - D8S274跨越的区间。本研究证实了一个新的BFNC基因座的存在,并确认了该疾病的遗传异质性。