Table 1. Clinical findings in four affected males.
Individual | IV-1 | IV-4 | III-3a,b | II-1a |
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Age (years) | 5 ½ | 11 ½ | 45 | 71 |
Intellectual disability | Mild to moderate Functional level was 1 ½ years at age 4 ½ years | Mild Doesn't read | Mild. Moving to sheltered living. Reads and drives a car | Moderate/severe Cannot read/write |
Education and work | Not relevant | Attends school for children with special needs | Attended school for children with special needs. Works in a sheltered environment | Has lived in an institution since age 13 years |
Measurements at birth | At 41 ½ weeks: weight 4895 g, length 52 cm, OFCd 37 cm | At 37 weeksc: weight 2600 ge, length 50 cm, OFCd not recorded | At 32 weeks: weight 2100 g | NA |
Infancy | Content baby | Cried a lot. Slept poorly | NA | NA |
Feeding difficulties | Gastrostomy (10 months to 3 years). Picky eater. Difficulty in chewing and swallowing. | Severe feeding problems until age 1 year. Picky eater. Difficulty in chewing. | Very selective food preferences when younger | NA |
Walked | 22 months | 18 months | 15 months | NA |
Speech | Age 3 years: many signs, no words Age 5 ½ years: short sentences | Age 3 years: a few words | Most delayed area of development | NA |
Social adjustment and behavior | Difficulty in communicating with and understanding other children | Plays with other children. Dislikes noise and commotion | Adjusts slowly to new activities | NA |
Autism | Autism | Autism spectrum disorder | Autism spectrum disorder likely | Behavioral issues in childhood |
Dysmorphic features | Broad forehead, fine hair with receding hairline bitemporally, hypertelorism, widely-spaced teeth, concave nails | Broad forehead, fine hair with receding hairline bitemporally, hypertelorism, broad nasal bridge, pale blue irides | High broad forehead Receding hairline Large beaked noseb | NA |
Motor function | Poor fine+gross motor coordination. Reduced balance, strength and endurance | Delayed gross motor development | Poor gross motor coordination | Poor gross motor coordination |
Stiff gait | Yes | Yes | Yes | NA |
Growth | Height 10–25th centile Weight for height 2.5–10th centile OFCd 2.5th centile | Height 50th centile Thin OFCd 25th – 50th centile | Average height Truncal obesity Normocephalic | NA |
Cranial MRI | At 12 months: non-specific white matter changes | At 3 years: normal | Not performed | Not performed |
Normal genetic investigations | FGD1 (MLPA and sequencing), MECP2 (MLPA), MID1 (sequencing), CNV screening (180-k oligo array CGH) | Sequencing: MID1, CUL4B, SHANK3, FLNA, FGD1, CNV screening (105 -k oligo array CGH) | Not known | Not known |
Abbreviation: NA, not available.
Limited information available for this individual.
As a child he resembled IV-4 in terms of facial appearance and personality.
Cesarean section for fetal distress.
Occipito-frontal head circumference.
His dizygous twin had a birthweight of 2700 g and a length of 50 cm.