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. 2010 Nov 12;87(5):618–630. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.10.004

Table 1.

Neurocognitive and Behavioral Phenotype of Nine Patients with 17q12 Deletions

Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4 Case 5 Case 6 Case 7 Case 8 Case 9 Total
Inheritance de novo de novo de novo de novo U maternal (son of Case 5) de novo de novo de novo
Sex female male male male female male female male male
Current age 19 y 4 y 7 y 12 y 37 y 1 y, 9 months 1 y, 10 months 10 y 22 y
Autism or autistic features - + + + - + - + + 6/9 in total (66%); 6/6 males (100%); 0/3 females (0%)
Deficits in coordination and motor skills U + + + U + + + + 7/7 (100%)
Intellectual impairment - + + + + + + + + 8/9 (89%)
Language impairment - + + + - + + + - 6/9 (67%)
Anxiety - - + + + - - + + 5/9 (56%)
Aggression - + - + - - - - - 2/9 (22%)
Other behaviors and neuropsychiatric comorbidities depression, migraines unusual phobias, hyperactivity, short attention span, extremely selective diet occasional unmotivated giggling, extremely selective diet mood changes, obsessive-compulsive behaviors bipolar disorder irritability, minimal response to pain - self-injurious behaviors, pica, short attention span mood changes

Abbreviations: +, present; -, absent; U, unknown; y, years.