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. 2020 Aug 11;8(10):e1371. doi: 10.1002/mgg3.1371

Table 1.

Symptoms and signs and neurological evaluation before and after Miglustat therapy

Patient Age at onset of symptoms Age at Miglustat initiation Age at last follow‐up during Miglustat therapy Symptoms and signs Neurological evaluation
Before Miglustat therapy After Miglustat therapy Before Miglustat therapy After Miglustat therapy
1 11 months 20 months 5 years
  • Thoracolumbar kyphosis and vertebral beaking (D11 to L4) at X‐ray

  • Abdominal cystic lymphangioma

  • Significant improvement of the thoracic hyperkyphosis and stable appearance of the vertebral anomalies

  • Normal neurological assessment

  • Normal WPPSI‐III in verbal and performance IQ scores

WPPSI‐III: mild worsening in fine motor skills and language
2 5 years 10 years and 5 months 16 years
  • Developmental regression

  • Attention deficit

  • Dysarthria

  • Extrapyramidal symptoms

  • Atypical absences

  • Diffuse platyspondyly with mild anterior wedging of the lumbar vertebrae at Spinal MRI and X‐ray

Stable
  • Severe dysarthria

  • Attention deficit

  • Mild hypotonia

  • Brisk reflex with mild bilateral clonus

  • Awkwardness

  • Bradykinesia with freezing

  • Gait ataxia

  • Severe cognitive impairment (IQ of 34 at WISC‐III Scale) and EDSS score of 7.5

Stable motor and cognitive impairment
3 5 years 3 years and 8 months 10 years and 5 months Asymptomatic
  • Dysarthria

  • Attention deficit

  • Diffuse platyspondyly with anterior wedging of the lumbar vertebrae at X‐ray

  • Epileptic alterations at EEG during sleep

Normal
  • Moderate intellectual disability

  • Clumsiness

  • Dysarthria

  • Significative hyperkinesia

  • Attention deficit

  • Behavioral problems with heteroaggressivity

  • Psychomotor agitation outbursts

  • EDSS score of 5.

4 18 months 2 years and 9 months 6 years and 7 months
  • Hypotonia

  • Delayed psychomotor development

  • Steppage gait

  • Slightly coarse facies (downturned corners of the mouth, convergent strabismus of the left eye, and open bite with sialorrhea)

  • Total regression of language

  • Pyramidal and extrapyramidal signs

  • Seizures

  • Severe intellectual disability

  • Total gross and fine motor regression

  • Hypotonia

  • Delayed psychomotor development

  • Steppage gait

  • Total regression of language

  • Pyramidal and extrapyramidal signs

  • Severe intellectual disability

  • Total gross and fine motor regression