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. 2024 Sep 23;2024(3):43. doi: 10.5339/qmj.2024.43

Table 2.

Distribution of cognitive dysfunctions, behavioral patterns, movement abnormalities, radiological characteristics, and genetic associations among ALD cases.

Cognitive impairment Behavioral changes Movement disorders Radiology Genetic study
Posterior predominant 66.7% Inappropriate laughter/smiling 25% Tics and stereotypies 33.3% Parieto-occipito-temporal WMH 75% Missense variations (exons 1, 7, and 9)
Anterior predominant 22.2% Anger/Aggression 16.7% Dystonia 25%
Apathy 16.7% Ataxia 16.7%
Global 11.1% Hyperorality 8.3%
OCD 8.3% Frontal WMH 16.7% Nonsense variation (exon 10)
ASD/ICD/Addictions 8.3%
Paranoid delusions 8.3%
Auditory/Visual hallucinations 8.3%
WMH along CST 8.3% 3′ splice site variation (intron 7)
Cerebellar 16.7% Deletions (exon 1 and 10)
(Represents the initial pattern at presentation among CALD subjects) (Represents patterns among all ALD subjects)

OCD, obsessive-compulsive disorder; ASD, autism spectrum disorder; ICD, impulse control disorder; WMH, white matter hyperintensity; CST, corticospinal tract.