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. 2020 Apr 29;11:255. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00255

Table 1.

Clinical signs and instrumental data.

lle215Thr Gly241Val
Family Family 1 Family 2 Family 3 Family 4 Family 5 Family 6 Family 7
Patients Patient IV.2 Patient V.1 Patient IV.9 Patient V.6 Patient IV.4 Patient V.3 Patient II.1 Patient II.2 Patient I.1 Patient II.1 Patient II.1 Patient II.1 Patient II.1 Patient II.1 Patient I2
Age at last examination (years) 59 28 63 26 67 32 35 65 32 48 28 32 36 80
Onset Subclinical Asymptomatic 50 years Childhood 32 years 35 years Childhood Asymptomatic Asymptomatic 45 years Childhood Adolescence early adulthood adulthood
Clinical myotonia Mild eye-lid myotonia Percussion myotonia Very mild grip myotonia Very mild grip myotonia Paramyotonia in the orbicularis oculi and grip myotonia No myotonia Fluctuating grip and percussion myotonia Percussion myotonia Lid-lag Mild grip myotonia Tongue No No lid-lag, grip myotonia, spontaneous and percussion myotonia of the lower limbs
Triggers for myotonia Absent Absent Cold temperature Cold temperature Exercise Pregnancy Cold temperature Cold temperature Cold temperature Fasting, exercise, rest, stress cold temperature
Paradoxical myotonia Absent Absent Absent Absent Yes No No Yes
Stiffness Absent Absent In the morning In the morning Yes No Yes Severe After exsercise at hands Yes lower limbs mild
EMG Myotonic discharges Myotonic discharges Myotonic discharges Myotonic discharges Myotonic discharges No Myotonic discharges Myotonic discharges Myotonic discharges na Myotonic discharges Myotonic discharges Myotonic discharges myotonic discharges na
Warm-up No No No No
Muscle pain Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No yes, lower limbs
Muscle weakness No No no Progressive and diffuse weakness No
Contractures Muscle cramps Muscle cramps No No No Contractures + muscle cramps
Hypertrophy Yes Diffuse No No Diffuse no Hypertrophy of calves mild
CK level (U/L) 300–500 223 na 200 300 Normal Normal na Normal Normal na Normal Normal normal normal
Drugs Mexiletine No No Mexiletine and clonazepam Phenytoin, quinine, mexiletine No mexiletine, acetazolamide, carbamazepine, phenytoin
Response to drugs Good response to mexiletine—Worsening of myotonia after statin therapy Improvement in the frequency, duration and severity of the episodes of stiffness Phenytoin: not effective quinine: effective, but not tolerated mexiletine: good response All drugs were not effective
Biopsy Mild myopathic abnormalities Increased fiber size variation, type I fibers atrophy, internal nuclei Mild myopathic abnormalities - type 2B deficiency Normal. Increased acid fosfatase activity. Normal
Other diseases Mild ptosis ogival cleft Diabetes, hypercholesterolemia and hypertrigliceridia Mutation of gene of MTHFR Hypothyroidism Low serum vitamin D

In grey, the family that does not share the p.Ile215Thr.