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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hum Genet. 2019 Aug 30;138(10):1183–1200. doi: 10.1007/s00439-019-02057-x

Table 1.

Summary of clinical and neurological findings for six probands with GPT2 mutations

Patient 1.1 1.2 2.1 3.1 3.2 3.3
Consanguinity (parental relatedness) No No No Yes Yes Yes
Gender Female Male Male Male Female Female
Age at examination 15 y 13 y 17 y 17 y 14 y 10 y
Intellectual disability Moderate Moderate Moderate Severe to profound Severe to profound Severe to profound
Weight at birth 54th percentile 59th percentile 2nd percentile NA NA NA
Head circumference at examination 1st percentile 1st percentile <1st percentile <1st percentile <1st percentile <1st percentile
Height at examination NA; <5th percentile throughout childhood NA; <1st percentile based on most recent clinical note 21st percentile 1st percentile <1st percentile <1st percentile
Weight at examination NA; <5th percentile throughout childhood NA; <1st percentile based on most recent clinical note 10th percentile 8th percentile 1st percentile 2nd percentile
Motor development Delayed motor signs by 17 mo; apraxia Delayed motor signs by 9–12 mo; head holding at 2–3 mo; standing at 14 mo Normal gross motor development Delayed motor development Delayed motor development Delayed motor development
Age of being able to walk 4 y 2 y 13–14 mo 3 y 4 y 6 y
Subsequent deterioration in walking No No No Yes, after fall at 4 y No No
Speech Dysarthria; globally impaired Dysarthria; speech apraxia; globally delayed Delayed Non-verbal; communicates with gestures Monotone speech; some dysarthria Monotone speech; some dysarthria
Oral-motor function Drooling; vomiting Drooling; vomiting Normal Severe impairment in oral-motor skills; drooling Severe impairment in oral-motor skills; drooling Severe impairment in oral-motor skills; drooling
Motor examination Spasticity; increased tone in legs in terms of rotation; hyperreflexia; bilateral coordination impaired; wide-based gait; mild scissoring Spasticity; increased tone in legs in terms of rotation; hyperreflexia in all joints, with 4–5 beats of clonus bilaterally in ankles Strength and tone normal; abnormal gait Hyperreflexia at all joints; severely impaired coordination Strength reduced (power 3/5); tone normal; no spasticity of upper or lower limbs; hyperreflexia at all joints; poor motor coordination Strength reduced (power 4/5); tone normal; no spasticity of upper or lower limb; hyperreflexia at all joints; severely impaired coordination
Data supporting seizures/epilepsy 1st seizure at 9 y; EEG in 2012 showed bursts of generalized 3-Hz spike and wave activity 1st seizure around 9 y; medically refractory epilepsy; currently prescribed lamotrigine and cannabidiol oil No seizures observed Equivocal falling behavior, but seizure workup unavailable No seizures observed Equivocal falling behavior, but seizure workup unavailable
Imaging CT/MRI-MR spectroscopy in 2008 normal MRI showed bilateral prominent perivascular spaces at centrum semiovale CT of head normal Low resolution MRI normal Low resolution MRI normal Low resolution MRI normal
GPT2 mutationa Compound heterozygous c.812A>C (p.N271T)/c.1432_1433delGT (p.V478Rfs*73) Compound heterozygous c.812A>C (p.N271T)/c.1432_1433delGT (p.V478Rfs*73) Homozygous c.775T>C (p.C259R) Homozygous c.1210C>T (p.R404*) Homozygous c.1210C>T (p.R404*) Homozygous c.1210C>T (p.R404*)
a

Positions of mutations are according to transcript NM_133443.3.

y years, mo months, NA not available