Table 1.
Characteristics of patients with GJB1 mutation.
No. | Age/sex | Onset age (years) | PNS manifestation | CNS manifestation | Edx | GJB1 Mutation | Family history | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Distal leg weakness | Pes cavus | Hand weakness | |||||||
1 | 34/M | Early# | + | + | + | Mild cognitive impairment | D+A, M+S* | Val38Ala | Grandfather, a brother, two maternal aunts, and cousins |
2 | 20/M | 14 | + | + | – | No | D+A, M+S | His123Tyr | None |
3 | 26/F | 24 | + | + | – | No | D+A, M+S | Arg15Gln | Father and son |
4 | 6/M | Early | + | – | – | No | D, M | Arg15Gln | His mother is patient 3 |
5 | 13/M | Early | + | + | – | No | D+A, M+S | Ser62Thr | Maternal grandfather. Mother has pes cavus without symptoms |
6 | 21/M | 19 | + | + | + | No | D+A, M+S | Arg15Gln | Mother has pes cavus without symptoms |
7 | 16/M | Early | + | + | – | No | D+A, M+S | Ile127Phe | A brother, mother, uncle, and grandmother on maternal side |
8 | 23/M | Early | + | + | + | No | D+A, M+S | Ile127Phe | The patient is brother of patient 7 |
9 | 11/M | Early | + | – | – | No | D+A, M+S | Arg183his | Grandfather and cousin on maternal side |
10 | 29/M | NA | + | – | – | No | NA | Ser26Leu | Maternal uncle |
11 | 7/M | 6 | – | – | – | Episodic limbs weakness and dysphasia | Normal | Arg107Trp | None |
D, demyelinating; A, axonal; M, motor; S, sensory.
#Early, early childhood.
PNS, peripheral nervous system; CNS, central nervous system; Edx, electrodiagnostic; NA, not available.