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Sakakibara T et al. - A 2-year-old girl who had repeated febrile or afebrile seizures since infancy is reported. Prolonged left/right hemiconvulsions and myoclonus of the eyelids/extremities with generalization to tonic–clonic seizures, were refractory to antiepileptic agents. SCN1A mutations may need to be further explored in patients with HH syndrome without features of SME.

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