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. 2021 Sep 3;4(11):e202101057. doi: 10.26508/lsa.202101057

Table 1.

Clinical description of patients carrying homozygous ADPRHL2 missense variants showing variable phenotypes.

Individual A:II:1 (patient 1) A:II:2 (patient 2) B:II:1 (patient 3)
 Gender M M F
 Parental consanguinity Reported negative Reported negative +
 Current age or age at death 34 yr 32 yra 16 yra
 Circumstances of death Cardiac arrest/respiratory failure Respiratory failure
ADPRHL2 Mutation
 Genomic position (hg19) Chr1: 36558899T>G Chr1: 36558899T>G Chr1: 36554582G>T
 cDNA NM_017825: c.1004T>G NM_017825: c.1004T>G NM_017825: c.77G>T
 Protein p.Val335Gly p.Val335Gly p.Cys26Phe
Clinical features
 Age at onset 13 yr 15 yr 15 mo
 Symptoms at onset Walking instability and intermittent lateropulsion Fatigue and instability during walking Febrile seizures
 Psychomotor development Normal Normal Normal speech, moderate intellectual disability (6 yr)
 General development Normal Normal Growth retardation for which growth hormones were supplied
 Gait Weakness of foot dorsiflexors, drop foot, and mild spasticity Foot dorsiflexor weakness, drop foot, mild spasticity, and instability; later also affected by fracture Weakness of foot dorsiflexors, drop foot
 Muscle atrophy Moderate atrophy of distal third of upper and lower limbs Moderate atrophy of distal upper and lower limbs and mild proximal atrophy Moderate atrophy of intrinsic hand muscles (10 yr), mild atrophy of distal lower limbs
 Proximal strength upper limb 5 5 5
 Distal strength upper limb 4 2–4 2/5 to 4-/5
 Proximal strength lower limb 5 5 5
 Distal strength lower limb 1–2 1–3 4-/5 to 5/5
 Reflexes upper limb Normal Diminished Normal
 Reflexes lower limb Normal Distally diminished Normal
 Sensory involvement Hypoesthesia in tip toes, deep position, and vibration sense severely diminished in lower legs and hands Hypoesthesia and loss of vibration sense in legs -
 Seizure type - Myoclonic jerks Febrile seizures
 Cardiac features Normal Normal Left ventricle hypertrophy and mitral insufficiency
 Other clinical features Motor tics in childhood, micrognathia, nystagmus, postural tremor, absent trunk hair, pes cavus, mild to moderately restrictive pulmonary function, and scoliosis Nystagmus, postural tremor, mild dysarthria, pes cavus, hyperhidrosis, absent trunk hair, carpal tunnel surgery, and mixed restrictive/obstructive lung function Moderate scoliosis, growth retardation, pes cavus, and exostosis with confirmed causal EXT1 variant
Neurological examination
 EMG Severe axonal motor polyneuropathy and mild sensory involvement Severe axonal motor polyneuropathy and mild sensory involvement Profound axonal motor polyneuropathy, no sensory involvement
 Brain MRI (age performed) Normal (13 yr) Normal (26 yr) Normal (13 yr)
Mild white matter hyperintensity lesions (33 yr)
 EEG Normal Mild nonspecific changes with intermittent bifrontal theta waves Sporadic epileptiform activity frontocentral localization
 Other genetic features - - NM_000127.2 (EXT1): c.538_539delAG (p.Leu181Profs)
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Individual is deceased