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. 2016 Apr 8;31(7):1033–1040. doi: 10.1002/mds.26598

Table 1.

Clinical features and ADCY5 mutations reported to date

Frequency Range
Clinical Features No. of Cases (Where Reported) % (n = 20) % (Where Reported) Our Series
Presentation
Birth to 6 months 4/19 20 21 3/7
7 months to 2 years 7/19 35 37 3/7
>2 years 8/19 40 42 1/7
Syndrome
CWEDD 5/20 25 25 5/7
MD 1/20 5 5 1/7
IOIC 1/20 5 5 1/7
COPCD 2/20 10 10 0/7
FDFM 6/20 30 30 0/7
EOADCD 2/20 10 10 0/7
BHC 3/20 15 15 0/7
Gene mutation
c.1252C>T 10/20 50 50 5/7
c.1252C>G 1/20 5 5 1/7
c.1253G>A 1/20 5 5 1/7
c.2176G>A 6/20 30 30 0/7
c.2088+1G>A 2/20 10 10 0/7
Phenomenology
Chorea 18/19 90 95 6/7
Facial dyskinesia 11/20 55 55 5/7
Axial hypotonia 8/16 40 50 6/7
Dystonia 14/17 70 82 6/7
Myoclonus 3/11 15 27 2/7
Spasticity 6/20 30 30 3/7
Intellectual disability 2/20 10 10 2/7
upward gaze palsy 7/13 35 54 4/7
Motor regression 6/20 30 30 2/7
Epilepsy 1/19 5 5 0/7
Duration of episodic exacerbation
Minutes to hours 8/10 40 80 6/7
Hours to days 1/10 5 10 0/7
Constant 1/10 5 10 1/7
Exacerbating factors
Action 8/16 40 50 6/7
Stress 10/16 50 63 4/7
Awakening 3/16 15 19 0/7
Drowsiness 7/16 35 44 6/7
Improvement with
Clonazepam 4/15 20 27 4/7
Clobazem 2/15 10 13 2/7
Carbamazepine 1/15 5 7 1/7
Propranolol 1/15 5 7 NT
Acetazolamide 2/15 10 13 NT
Trihexyphenidyl 3/15 15 20 0/7
Tetrabenazine 2/15 10 13 NT
Caffeine 1/15 5 7 1/7
Action 1/15 5 7 0/7

NT, not tried; CWEDD, choreoathetosis with exacerbation during drowsiness; MD, myoclonus dystonia; COPCD, childhood onset paroxysmal choreiform and dystonic movements; FDFM, Familial dyskinesia and facial myokymia; EOADCD, early onset autosomal dominant chorea and dystonia; IOIC, infantile onset isolated chorea; BHC, benign hereditary chorea