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. 2002 Jun 21;71(3):656–662. doi: 10.1086/342259

Table 2.

Comparison of PLOSL Manifestations in Patients with Mutations in Either TREM2 or TYROBP

TREM2a
Symptom(s) I:1 I:2 II:1 III:1 IV:1 IV:2 V:1 TYROBPb
Bones (3rd decade):
 Skeletal pain + + + + + + +
 Bone cysts or fractures + + + + + + + +
CNS (4th–5th decades):
 Frontal-lobe syndromec + + + + + + + +
 Progressive dementia + + + + + + + +
 Other disturbances of higher cortical functionsd + + + NA + + +
 Convulsions + + +e + NA +
 Primitive reflexes + + + NA NA + +
 Diffuse slowing in the electroencephalogram + + + NA +
 Brain atrophyf + + + + + + + +
a

Roman numerals denote the nationality of the family: I = Italian; II = U.S.; III = Bolivian; IV = Norwegian; V = Swedish. The arabic numerals denote the individual tested. + = present; − = absent; NA = data not available.

b

Data are based on reports by Hakola (1972, 1990), Hakola and Partanen (1983), Hakola and Puranen (1993), and Paloneva et al. (2000, 2001).

c

Euphoria and loss of social inhibitions.

d

Agnostic-aphasic-apraxic symptoms.

e

Convulsions appeared after neurosurgery.

f

Confirmed by autopsy, computed tomography, or, magnetic-resonance imaging.