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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Genet. 2008 Jun 25;45(10):609–621. doi: 10.1136/jmg.2008.058743

Table 5.

Frequency of neurologic features reported (n=100) in trichothiodystrophy patients

Patients
No. (%)
Developmental delay or intellectual impairment 96 (86%)
 Intellectual impairment 84 (75%)
 Developmental delay 76 (68%)
 Impaired motor control/psychomotor retardation 41 (37%)
 Sociable/outgoing behaviour 17 (15%)
Clinical neurologic findings 84 (75%)
 Microcephaly 46 (50%)
 Abnormal gait/ataxia 29 (26%)
 Audiologic exam performed: normal hearing; sensorineural
 hearing loss
20 (18%); 5 (4%)
 Abnormal deep tendon reflex: increased; decreased 15 (13%); 1 (1%)
 Electroencephalogram: normal; abnormal 14 (13%); 13 (12%)
 Abnormal muscle tone: increased; diminished 8 (7%); 11 (10%)
 Nerve conduction velocity performed: normal; slow 9 (8%); 3 (3%)
 Spasticity 11 (10%)
 Intention tremor 8 (7%)
 Seizure 7 (6%)
 Paresis/plegia 6 (5%)
 Dysarthria 5 (4%)
 Pyramidal signs 5 (4%)
 Peripheral neuropathy 2 (2%)
Neuroimaging abnormality 26 (23%)
 Dysmyelination 16 (14%)
 Atrophy: cerebellar; cortical 5 (4%); 3 (3%)
 Dilated ventricles 4 (4%)
 Calcifications 2 (2%)
 Other* 5 (4%)
No abnormality reported 12 (11%)
Total 112 (100%)
*

“Other” refers to partial agenesis of corpus callosum (1 patient), slight widening of subarachnoid spaces (1), thin corpus callosum (1), cerebral infarction (1), focal grey matter heterotopia and acute necrotising encephalopathy (1).