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. 2017 Jan 4;25(3):376–380. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2016.163

Table 1. Clinical data of the patients with a homozygous GRIN1 mutation from the present study and from Lemke et al. 5 .

  Present family Family 1 [5] Family 2 [5]
Variant c.679G>C p.(Asp227His) c.679G>C p.(Asp227His) c.742C>T p.(Arg217Trp) c.649C>T p.(Arg217Trp) c.1666C>T p.(Gln556*) c.1666C>T p.(Gln556*) c.1666C>T p.(Gln556*)
Sex F M M M M F F
Age at inclusion 5.5y 3y 13.5y 12y † 5mo † 12d † 5d
Seizure onset No seizures No seizures No seizures No seizures 1st d 1st d 1st d
Seizure type at onset None None None None Myoclonic, clonic with desaturation, continuous Clonic, continuous Clonic, continuous
Seizure outcome None None None None Deceased from status epilepticus Deceased due to ongoing seizures and desaturation Deceased due to ongoing seizures
EEG at onset Normal ND 6 months of age: spikes during sleep 10 months: diffuse spikes and waves during sleep Burst suppression Burst suppression Burst suppression
Development Severe ID. No language or walking Severe ID. No language or walking Severe ID. No language or walking Severe ID. No language or walking No development until death † 12d † 5d
Behavior Autistic, stereotypic movements of the midline. Autistic, stereotypic movements of the midline Autistic agitated, hyperventilation, outbursts of laughing, stereotypic movements of the midline. Self-injury Autistic, stereotypic movements of the midline. Agitated
Neurological examination Hypotonia Hypotonia Axial hypotonia, tetraspastic, distal amyotrophy, dystonic features of knees and ankles Axial hypotonia, tetraspastic distal amyotrophy Hypotonia at birth, later hypertonia Hypertonia, opisthotonic posturing No formal exam due to continuous convulsions
Vision Normal ERG ND Macular atrophy at ERG with normal visually evoked potential   Unknown Unknown Unknown
Additional features Frontal bossing, mild midface hypoplasia Frontal bossing, left transverse palmar crease Constipation Constipation, gynecomastia, macroglossia, sleep disturbances Hyperlaxity thumbs, gap between first and second toe
Brain MRI Mild atrophy, thin corpus callosum (18 m) Normal (1y) Normal (at 6 m) Normal (at 10 m) 1 s month: possible punctiform hemorrhage in thalami TFE (no MRI): two small periventricular cysts Post-mortem MRI: microcephaly, delayed formation of sulci and delayed myelinisation

Abbreviations: d, day; EEG, electro encephalogram; ERG, electroretinogram, F, female; ID, intellectual deficiency; M, male; mo, month; ND, not done; TFE, transfontanellar echography; y, years.The reference cDNA and protein sequences used for numbering are NM_007327.3 and NP_015566.1, respectively. Age at death.