Table 1.

Characteristics of the children in the sample.

ID no.	Age (mo)	Sex	Deletion type	Deletion size (Mb)	Walking unassisted (mo)	Medication at 1st assessment
1	13	M	Terminal	6.5	25 (crawling)	None
2	16	F	Terminal	2.1	12	None
3	22	F	Terminal	1.9	19	None
4	26	F	Terminal	7.7	36	Salbutamol (as needed)
5	22	F	Terminal + dup 13q (2.3 Mb)	7.3	39 (walking assisted)	None
6	17	F	Terminal	9.2	12 (rolling over)	None
8	37	F	Terminal	3.2	30	Valproic acid (for absence like periods)
9	37	M	Terminal	2.1	17	None
10	39	F	Terminal	182 kb	16	Not reported
11	41	F	Terminal	587 kb	24	Macrogol and omeprazole
12	42	F	Terminal	6.2	27	None
13	45	F	Terminal	6.6	20	None
14	45	F	Terminal	7.4	76	None
15	46	F	Terminal	6.2	25	None
16	47	F	Terminal + del 16p (761 kb)	3.0	42	Beclometason dipropionate, salbutamole, ipratropium bromide
17	47	M	Terminal	182 kb	18	Risperidone and clonidine
18	64	F	Terminal	183 kb	16	Macrogol
19	65	F	Ring 22	2.3	23	None
20	82	F	Terminal	1.6	17	None
21	96	M	Ring 22	3.1	28	None
22	99	F	Ring 22	3.4	31	None
23	92	M	Ring 22	2.7	24	None
24	92	F	Terminalc	n.a.	n.a.	Not reported
25	110	M	Terminal	6.1	43	Melatonin
26	105	F	Terminal	6.4	96	Omeprazole, alginic acid, domperidone, trimethoprim, melatonin
27	119	F	Terminal	377 kb	16	Melatonin
28	112	F	Terminal + dup 12q (5.1 Mb)	2.0	22	None
29	123	M	Terminal	7.8	48	None
30	129	F	Ring 22	3.4	32	None
31	118	F	Terminal	224 kb	15	None
32	142	M	Terminal	5.0	24 (walking assisted)	Alimemazine and melatonin
33	157	F	Terminal	3.5	32	None
34	188	F	Terminal	5.7	19	Lamotrigine (for fever-induced convulsions)

no, number; mo, months.