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. 2017 Nov;3(6):a002097. doi: 10.1101/mcs.a002097

Table 2.

Clinical details of patients with EBF3 variants

Patient Age Sex Variant Age at sitting Age at walking Verbal skills Muscle tone Additional neurological findings Vision Seizure Abnormal behavior ADD/ADHD Brain MRI Renal or urogenital issues Gl
1 30 mo M c.191A>C p.Lys64Thr; 18 mo Cannot walk on own, able to stand without support Nonverbal; able to communicate with sign language Hypotonia Coordination issues; insensitivity/decreased sensitivity to pain; fine and gross motor difficulties N/A None Moderate eye contact; did not smile until 11 mo old N/A N/A Small penis History of poor weight gain
2 24 yo F c.244delG, p.Val82TrpfsX50 9 mo 2 yo Talked at 9 mo; Full sentences, normal mild articulation problems Hypotonia None Strabismus, surgically repaired None Autistic features; tics; hallucinations (auditory and visual); emotional fragility; self- injurious behavior; hair pulling No Normal Normal Normal
3 10 yo F c.471C>A, p.His157Gln 1 yo 3 yo Talked at 5 yo; normal vocabulary for age with articulation differences Hypotonia Fine motor difficulties; decreased pain sensitivity Strabismus None Autism; tantrums and melt-downs Hyperactivity Normal Vesicostomy surgery for vesicoureteral reflux and poor bladder emptying; left renal duplication; urine retention with neurogenic bladder, needs nocturnal catheter Normal
4 11 yo F c.486-1G>A, IVS5-1G>A N/A Cannot walk on own, needs assistance or walker Nonverbal, no words but hums tunes Hypotonia Muscle weakness; ataxic gait Strabismus, surgically repaired None Autistic features; rubs face on hard objects to point of bruising No Vermis hypoplasia Normal Constipation; requires G- tube feeds; takes only baby foods orally
5 11 yo F c.616C>T, p.Arg206X 4 mo 14 mo; Wears leg braces Talked at 10 mo; Articulation defect Hypotonia Hyporeflexia or difficult to elicit DTRs; mild dysmetria and gait incoordination; inconsistent sensory exam, mild proximal muscle weakness Refractive error None Autism; oppositional defiant disorder ADHD Small schizencephalic cleft in right temporal lobe and delayed myelination at 2 yo, later resolved History of UTIs and hydronephrosis, resolved with growth Excess weight gain, BMI 33.5 (≫95th percentile)
6 15 mo M c.626G>A p.Arg209Gln 9 mo Cannot walk at 12 mo Babbling at 8 mo; No clear first words at 12 mo Hypotonia Muscle weakness; ataxic gait Strabismus None Some eye contact, but no social smile N/A Curvilinear tract-like signal abnormality in left frontal cerebral white matter; protuberance of right optic papillae Small penis; testes high in scrotum Normal
7 4 yo F c.1402_1414del13, p.Thr464ProfsX10 8 mo 2 yo Talked at 2 yo; Speaking in full sentences at 4 yo Hypertonia in hips Muscle weakness; ataxic gait Normal None Oral fixation, awakens at night No Normal Recurrent urinary tract infections Normal

See Supplemental Table S1 for additional details of clinical presentations.

yo, years old; ADD, attention deficit disorder; ADHD attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; N/A, not available.