Table 1.
Clinical diagnostic tools proposed by Whalen et al. and Marangi et al.
Whalen et al Clinical Diagnostic Score | Marangi et al Clinical Diagnostic Score | ||
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Frequent Features | Positive Points | ||
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Deep set eyes | 1 | Moderate to severe intellectual disability | 2 |
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Protrusion of mid and/or lower face | 1 | Absent speech | 2 |
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Marked nasal root | 1 | Severe speech impairment with more than 10 words vocabulary and/or capacity to form 2–3 word sentences | 1 |
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Broad/beaked nasal bridge | 1 | Normal growth parameters at birth | 1 |
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Flared nostrils | 1 | Postnatal microcephaly or progressive slowing down of head circumference | 1 |
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Large mouth | 1 | Epilepsy/EEG abnormalities | 1 |
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Tented upper lip/prominent Cupid’s bow | 1 | Ataxic gait/Motor incoordination | 1 |
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Everted lower lip | 1 | Breathing Abnormalities: Hyperventilation fits or apnea episodes | 1 |
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Walking >3 years or severe motor delay <3 years | 2 | Mild to severe constipation | 1 |
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Ataxic gait | 1 | Brain MRI abnormalities (corpus callosum hypoplasia, enlargement of the ventricles, and thin hindbrain) | 1 |
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Absent language (or <5 words) | 2 | Ophthalmologic abnormalities (strabismus, myopia, and astigmatism) | 1 |
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Stereotypic movements of the head +/− hands | 2 | Typical PTHS facial features | 4 |
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Hyperventilation | 1 | Facial features only partially consistent with PTHS | 2 |
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Hypotonia | 1 | Maximum Score = 16 | |
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Smiling appearance | 1 | >/= 10 should prompt testing for PTHS | |
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Anxiety/Agitation | 1 | ||
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Strabismus | 1 | ||
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Unusual Features | Negative Points | ||
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Microcephaly </= =3 SD | −2 | ||
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Overgrowth | −1 | ||
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Visceral malformations | −1 | ||
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Loss of purposeful hand skills | −1 | ||
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Maximum Score = 20 | |||
>15 indication for TCF4 screening | |||
10–15 consider TCF4 screening if <3 yr | |||
<10 no indication for TCF4 screening |