Table 1.
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