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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 24.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2019 Sep 11;381(15):1422–1433. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1815111

Table 1.

Genetic and Clinical Features of Patients with Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathy Type 1.*

Family and Patient No. Variant Affecting SPT Sex Birth Year (Age in Years) Macular Telangiectasia Type 2 Status FLIO Serine Supplementation
Family 1
  III-3 SPTLC1 p.Cys133Tyr M 1994 (24) Affected Positive No
  II-2 SPTLC1 p.Cys133Tyr M 1965 (53) Affected Positive No
  III-2 SPTLC1 p.Cys133Tyr F 1992 (26) Possibly affected Positive No
Family 2
  III-2 SPTLC1 p.Cys133Tyr F 1980 (38) Unaffected Positive Yes
  II-2 SPTLC1 p.Cys133Tyr F 1951 (67) Affected Positive Yes
  III-3 SPTLC1 p.Cys133Tyr M 1953 (65) Affected NT Yes
  III-1 SPTLC1 p.Cys133Tyr M 1974 (44) Affected Positive Yes
  IV-1 SPTLC1 p.Cys133Tyr F 1972 (46) Affected NT Yes
Patient 1 SPTLC1 p.Cys133Tyr F 1963 (55) Affected NT Yes
Family 3
  II-1 SPTLC2 p.Ser384Phe M 1974 (44) Affected NT No
  I-2 SPTLC2 p.Ser384Phe M 1953 (65) Affected NT No
Patient 2 SPTLC1 p.Cys133Trp F 1980 (38) Unaffected NT Yes
Patient 3 SPTLC1 p.Cys133Trp M 1973 (45) Unaffected NT Yes
*

FLIO denotes fluorescence lifetime imaging ophthalmoscopy, NT not tested, and SPT serine palmitoyltransferase.

The patients who received serine supplementation had been taking high-dose serine supplements for at least 1 year before examination.