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. 2013 Dec 4;22(8):1034–1039. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2013.280

Table 1. Comparison of clinical features of the patients carrying a microdeletion,10, 17 microduplication26 or de novo nonsense mutation18 only affecting the SATB2 gene.

  Rosenfeld patient 1 Rosenfeld patient 2 Rosenfeld patient 3 Balasubramanian patient 5 Kaiser patient Leoyklang patient Patient in this report
Age at time of description 9y 8m 21y 6y 3y 11y 36y 3y
Sex F M F M F M F
ID Severe (IQ <50) Severe Severe (IQ 32) Severe Severe Severe Severe
Speech development 20 Words, 5 signs, 1 two-word phrase Single words No speech, but some signs Absent Nearly absent 1 Word Absent
Behavior and sleep Behavior problems History of aggression Sleep problems NR Challenging behavior Jovial personality Behavior and sleep problems
Brain MRI Normal NR NR NR NR No intracranial abnormality Normal
Dysmorphic features Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Philtrum Smooth NR NR Short philtrum, high nasal bridge NR NR Smooth
Cleft palate NRa Yes Noa Yes Yes Yes Yes
Micrognathia Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes
Teeth abnormalities Delayed dentition Crowded teeth Fused central incisors NR Oligodontia Anterior-pointing incisors, oligodontia Crowded, irregularly shaped
Additional findings Gestational diabetes; good eye contact; ste-reotypic hand movements High pain tolerance; not toilet trained   Gestational diabetes; 1 café-au-lait spot   Seizures, generalized osteoporosis Astigmatism
Del/dup/mut Del Del Del Del Dup p.R239* p.R239*

Abbreviations: del, microdeletion; dup, microduplication; ID, intellectual disability; m, months; mut, de novo point mutation (position as noted); NR, not reported; y, years.

See Figure 1 for the extents of the deletions.

All of these patients that clearly show the SATB2-associated phenotype have severe ID including delayed to non-existent speech development, cleft palate or *assumably high-arched palate (unfortunately, not reported sufficiently), micrognathia and tooth abnormalities.

The SATB2 missense mutation reported by Rauch et al.28 have not been included into this table because detailed clinical information was not available.