raremaprare-disease reference indexOrphadata 2026-06-23 · HPO 2026-09-01
ORPHA:391316

TNK2-related epilepsy with severe cognitive regression

Synonyms: Infantile-onset mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with severe cognitive regression

Type
Disease
Group
Disorder
Inheritance
Autosomal recessive
Age of onset
Infancy, Neonatal
Status
active

Infantile-onset mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with severe cognitive regression is a rare monogenic disease with infantile-onset pharmacoresistant focal seizures of mesial temporal lobe onset manifesting with unresponsiveness, hypertonia and automatisms and cognitive regression soon after seizure onset leading to severe intellectual disability with behavioral abnormalities.

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Names in Orphadata languages

12 of 12 languages
LangNameSynonyms
enTNK2-related epilepsy with severe cognitive regressionInfantile-onset mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with severe cognitive regression
frEpilepsie avec regression cognitive sévère associée à TNK2Epilepsie temporale mésiale infantile avec régression cognitive sévère
deTNK2-assoziierte Epilepsie mit schwerer kognitiver RückentwicklungInfantile mesiale Temporallappenepilepsie mit schwerer kognitiver Regression
esEpilepsia con regresión cognitiva grave asociada al gen TNK2Epilepsia del lóbulo temporal mesial de inicio en el lactante con regresión cognitiva grave
itEpilessia correlata a TNK2 con grave regressione cognitivaEpilessia del lobo temporale mesiale ad esordio infantile con grave regressione cognitiva
nlTNK2-gerelateerde epilepsie met ernstige cognitieve regressieInfantiele mesiale temporaalkwabepilepsie met ernstige cognitieve regressie
ptEpilepsia do lobo temporal mesial com início na infância e regressão cognitiva grave
plPadaczka przyśrodkowej części płata skroniowego o początku w wieku dziecięcym z ciężką regresją poznawczą= en
csEpilepsie meziotemporálního laloku s nástupem u kojenců, s těžkou kognitivní regresí= en
ukІнфантильна мезіальна скронева епілепсія з тяжкою когнітивною регресією
zh婴儿期起病颞叶内侧癫痫伴严重认知功能减退
trAğır bilişsel gerileme ile seyreden infantil başlangıçlı mezyal temporal lob epilepsisi

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Cross-references

qualifier = Orphanet mapping relation
SourceCodeQualifierICD relationValidation
ICD-10G40.2NTBTattributedvalidated
MONDO0018314Evalidated
UMLSC4750853Evalidated

E exact · NTBT this ORPHAcode is narrower than the target · BTNT broader than the target · ND not decided.

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Classification

Preferential parent (Orphanet linearisation):

Parents in the classifications (1):

No children.

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Genes

1 direct
GeneAssociationStatusHGNCEnsemblOMIMLocusNameSource of validation
TNK2Disease-causing germline mutation(s) inAssessedHGNC:19297ENSG000000619386069943q29tyrosine kinase non receptor 223686771[PMID]
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Prevalence and incidence

2 records
TypeClassValueAreaQualificationValidationSource
Cases/families3 casesWorldwideCase(s)Validated23686771[PMID]
Point prevalence<1 / 1 000 000—WorldwideClass onlyValidatedORPHANET

Value is Orphadata's ValMoy: the mean estimate per 100 000 for prevalence and incidence, the number of cases or families for case reports.

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HPO phenotypes

Orphanet has no HPO annotation for this code in this release.

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Sources for this card