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Here, we report the functional characteristics of three additional <jats:italic>KCNC2<\/jats:italic> variants of uncertain significance and one variant classified as pathogenic. Electrophysiological studies were performed in <jats:italic>Xenopus laevis<\/jats:italic> oocytes. The data presented here support that <jats:italic>KCNC2<\/jats:italic> variants with uncertain significance may also be causative for various forms of epilepsy, as they show changes in the current amplitude and activation and deactivation kinetics of the channel, depending on the variant. In addition, we investigated the effect of valproic acid on K<jats:sub>V<\/jats:sub>3.2, as several patients carrying pathogenic variants in the <jats:italic>KCNC2<\/jats:italic> gene achieved significant seizure reduction or seizure freedom with this drug. 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