Table 1.
Frequency Range | ||||
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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