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 | |
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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.