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. 2018 Jul 19;103(2):296–304. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.06.011

Table 1.

Mutations in LNPK Cause Various Phenotypes, Including Corpus Callosum Hypoplasia, Hypotonia, and Epilepsy

Individual
A-III-1 A-III-2 B-III-2
Genomic mutation chr2: 176804365GT>G (hg19a) chr2: 176804365GT>G (hg19a) chr2: 176804341G>A (hg19a)
cDNA mutation c.726delA c.726delA c.751C>T
Protein variant p.Pro243LeufsTer2 p.Pro243LeufsTer2 p.Arg251Ter
Gender male male female
Origin Egypt Egypt Pakistan
Consanguinity first cousin first cousin first cousin
Age at diagnosis 15 years 7 years, 4 months 14 months

Psychomotor Development

Gross motor skills delayed delayed significantly delayed
Fine motor skills delayed delayed significantly delayed
Language skills absent delayed significantly delayed
Social skills delayed delayed significantly delayed
Regression progressive stationary progressive (bedridden)

Neurological Findings

Higher cognitive functions severe intellectual disability, no speech, autistic features, very limited social interaction, hyperactivity, inattention, dementia intellectual disability, a few unclear words, mild autistic features, hyperactive, inattention, minimal aggressiveness vegetative state
Extrapyramidal symptoms rigidity, drooling no data rigidity
Cerebellar deficits no no bedridden
Motor deficits hypertonia, only crawling ambulatory flaccid
Muscle tone hypotonia with rigidity mild hypotonia flaccid
Reflexes present present flaccid
Sensory normal normal not possible
Gait incapable wide based ataxia

Seizures

Age of onset 2 years 2 years 1 year
Type(s) myoclonic, tonic, and extension spasms myoclonic generalized tonic clonic
Most frequent type myoclonic myoclonic generalized tonic clonic
Frequency every several days controlled unknown
Treatment valproate, levetiracetum, clonazepam valproate, levetiracetum valporate, carbamazepine

MRI Findings

Corpus callosum hypoplasia hypoplasia hypoplasia
Cerebellum normal mild vermian hypoplasia atrophy
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UCSC Genome Browser hg19.