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. 2024 Mar 7;24:160. doi: 10.1186/s12887-024-04593-6

Table 2.

Clinical information of patients reported in the literature

Numbers Percentage
Total cases 42
Clinical manifestation
Developmental disorder 40/42 95
Developmental delay 34/40 85
Autism spectrum disorder 4/40 10
Minimum state of consciousness 4/40 10
Developmental regression 6/40 15
Epilepsy 31/42 73
Drug-refractory seizure 20/31 64
SE 14/31 45
Fever-induced or exacerbated seizure 4/31 13
Seizure types 24/31 77
Focal seizure 10/24 41
GTCS 9/24 37
Myoclonic seizure 2/24 8
Tonic seizure 1/24 4
Atonic seizure 1/24 4
Absence epilepsy 1/24 4
Anaemia 30/42 71
Anisocytosis 10/30 33
Normal cell anaemia 5/30 16
Small cell anaemia 2/30 6
Large cell anaemia 1/30 3
Extrapyramidal symptoms 19/42 45
Ataxia 14/19 73
Tremor 7/19 36
Gait abnormalities 5/19 26
Dysphagia 10/42 23
Hypotonia 6/42 14
Supplementary examination
MRI 24/42 57
Brain atrophy 11/24 73
Whole brain atrophy 7/24 29
Cerebellar atrophy 4/24 16
Hydrocephalus 2/24 8
Delayed myelination 2/24 8
Agenesis of corpus callosum 1/24 4
Enlargement of lateral ventricle 1/24 4
Widening of extensive extracerebral space 1/24 4
EEG 11/42 26
Background Normal 6/11 54
Slow wave 5/11 45
Interictal Phase Multifocal discharges 6/11 54
Focal discharges 2/11 18
Ictal phase Focal seizures 4/11 36
Absence seizure 1/11 9
Myoclonic seizure 1/11 9
CAD mutations 42/(80 site) 100
Missense mutations 63/80 78
Nonsense mutations 12/80 15
Splice site mutations 5/80 6
Uridine treatment 18/42 42
Development Significant progress 16/18 88
Not obvious progress 2/18 11
Epilepsy Significantly reduced 15/18 83
Seizure-free status 11/18 73
No improvement 3/18 16
Uridine monophosphate 2/18 11
Received TAU 1/18 5
SE Seizure-free 7/18 38
Residual seizures 4/18 22
Anaemia Correction 15/18 83

Abbreviations: SE Status epilepticus, MRI Magnetic resonance imaging, EEG electroencephalography, GTCS Generalized tonic-clonic seizures, TAU uridine triacetate