Table 1. Clinical characteristics of patients with PCDH19 mutations.
Family number | 1 | 2 | 2* | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
Patient | N 07 0168 | N 06 1257 | N 06 1258 | N 06 1358 | N 07 0627 | N 07 0971 | 18050_31839 | N 06 0730 | N 07 0661 | N 07 1000 | N 06 1016 | N 06 0991 | N 05 1157 |
Sex | M | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F |
Present age (years) | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 2,5 | 18 | 3,5 | 6 | 8 |
PMD previous to seizures onset | Nl | Nl | Nl | Nl | ? | Nl | Nl | Nl | ? | Nl | Nl | Nl | Nl |
Age at seizures onset (months) | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 7.5 | 11 | 9 | 9 | ? | 9 | 8 | 8 |
Type of seizures at onset | F, GTC, prolonged, repetitive | Focal | Unilat | F, GTC, prolonged, repetitive | GTC | F, unilat | F, unilat | GTC | Unilat | F,unilat | F, GTC | Partial | F,unilat |
Presence of febrile seizures (FS) | +(>50%) | + | + | +(>50%) | +(>50%) | +(>50%) | +(50%) | +(>50%) | +(>50%) | +(>50%) | +(>50%) | +(>50%) | +(>50%) |
Unilateral (or hemiclonic) seizures | + | + | − | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Other seizure types | |||||||||||||
- Partial | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
- GTC | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
- Myoclonic jerks | + | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − |
- Absences | ? | + | + | ? | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − |
Repetitive seizures (in clusters) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | + |
Status epilepticus | + | + | − | − | − | + | − | − | + | + | + | − | − |
Photosensitivity | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | |
Persistance of seizures in spite of treatment | +(F) | + | − | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | − | + | + |
Mental retardation | moderate/severe | mild | mild | moderate | moderate/severe | severe | mild | moderate | mild | moderate | mild | mild | moderate |
Language delay | +(W-S) | +(W-S) | − | +(W-S) | +(abs) | +(W-S) | +(W-S) | +(W-S) | +(W) | +(W-S) | +(W-S) | +(W-S) | +(W-S) |
Behavioral disturbances | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | ? | ? | − | − | + | + |
Autistic features | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
Motor delay | + | +(mild) | +(mild) | + | +(Hypotonia) | + | +(mild) | − | + | − | − | + | + |
Ataxia | + | + | +(mild) | + | + | + | − | ? | − | − | − | + | + |
Other clinical features | − | − | − | Tall stature | Hyperlaxity | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
Treatment (AED) | |||||||||||||
- Sodium Valproate | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
- Clobazam | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | ||||
- Clonazepam | + | + | + | + | + | + | |||||||
- Topiramate | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | ||||||
- Stiripentol | + | + | + | + | |||||||||
- Lamotrigine | + | + | + |
2*: patient N 06 1258 is the sister of patient N 06 1257 (index case); PMD = psychomotor development, Nl = normal, F = febrile, unit = unilateral, GTC = generalized tonic-clonic, W-S = words-sentences, abs = absent, AED = anti epileptic drugs.