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. 2023 Mar 16;182(6):2535–2545. doi: 10.1007/s00431-023-04886-5

Table 1.

Patient demographics

Patient Sex Consanguinity Relevant family history Motor and cognitive function Vital status
(age as of 1 June 2022)
1 F Y 1 sibling (deceased) diagnosed with CP

Bedridden, verbal function:

no words

Alive

(8 years of age)

2 M Y No Normal motor, speech and cognitive function

Alive

(8 years of age)

3 M Y No

Bedridden, verbal function:

no words

Alive

(5 years of age)

4 F Y Recurrent, unexplained abortions

Bedridden, verbal function:

no words

Alive

(6 years of age)

5 M Y No NAe

Alive

(4 years of age)

6 M Y Recurrent, unexplained abortions. 1 cousin with AADCda; 1 sibling (deceased) and 1 cousin with suspected CP NAe

Deceased

(Age at death:

10 years of age)

7b M Y No NAe

Deceased

(Age at death:

9 years of age)

8c F Y 1 sibling (deceased) diagnosed with CP, 1 sibling with similar symptom presentation (AADCd diagnosis not confirmed)

Bedridden, verbal function:

no words

Deceased

(Age at death:

3 years of age)

9c F Y 2 siblings with similar symptom presentation (AADCd diagnosis not confirmed); 1 sibling known to be a carrier

Bedridden, verbal function:

no words

Alive

(21 years of age as of March 2022)

10c M Y 1 cousin with developmental delay (AADCd diagnosis not confirmed)

Bedridden, verbal function:

no words

Alive

(5 years of age)

11 M Y 1 sibling with AADCdd NAe

Alive

(7 years of age)

12 F Y 1 sibling with AADCdd NAe

Alive

(16 years of age)

13 F Y No NAe

Alive

(2 years of age)

14 M Y No NAe

Alive

(10 months of age)

15 M Y No NAe Deceased
16 M Y 1 cousin diagnosed with AADCda NAe Deceased

Demographics and characteristics of the 16 patients included in this case series

AADCd aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency, CP cerebral palsy, F female, M male, NA not available, Y yes

aPatient 6 and 16 are cousins 

bPatient 7 has previously been published in a case report [31

cPatients 8, 9, and 10 have previously been published in a case report [30

dPatients 11 and 12 are siblings 

eInformation not provided by the author