FAME3 MARCHF6

Disease ID
FAME3
Gene ID
MARCHF6
Updated
Jun 4, 2025
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Disease

Name
Familial adult myoclonic epilepsy type 3
Inheritance
Autosomal dominant
Description
Cortical tremor, seizures with generalised motor (tonic-clonic) onset1 ; Adult-onset cortical tremor with epilepsy2 .
Prevalence
Age of OnsetYears10  46
Age of Onset Details
Typical: 24-41 based on one 76 member pedigree3 ; Range: 104 - 465 .

Locus

Details
Mechanism
Unknown
Noted as unknown in literature4 .
Year
20195
Location in Gene
Intron 1
Gene Strand

Alleles

Ref. Motif
TTTTA
Pathogenic (ref.)
TTTCA
Pathogenic (gene)
ATTTC
Unknown (ref.)
ATGTT, TAGTT, TTTTG, TTTTT
Unknown (gene)
ATGTT, AGTTT, GTTTT, TTTTT
PathogenicUnits791  1,035

gnomAD

Pathogenic Genotype (%)Admixed AmericanAfrican/African AmericanAmishAshkenazi JewishEuropean (non Finnish)FinnishMiddle EasternSouth AsianEast AsianOthers01234567MARCHF6

Pathogenic Genotype (%): % of individuals predicted to be affected based on their genotype

References

Direct supporting references for info on this page.

1
The Lancet. Neurology · 2024-07-01
pmid:38876750
2
Repeat expansion disorders.
Practical neurology · 2025-05-15
pmid:39349043
3
Revue neurologique · 2009-07-18
pmid:19616813
5
Nature communications · 2019-10-29
pmid:31664039
6
GeneReviews® [Internet] · 2022-10-20
genereviews:NBK535148

Additional Literature

Additional literature related to this locus.

Raw PubMed search results
(All PubMed results returned by searching for this gene, tandem repeats, and disease, in medline format)

Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2025-05-22
pmid:40417743
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2025-04-09
pmid:40200849
Journal of human genetics · 2020-10-10
pmid:33040085