Table 1:
Comparison of phenotypes of our patient, PURA-related neurodevelopmental disorder, IHPRF1, 2, and 3
Phenotypic characteristics |
Proband |
PURA-related
neurodevelopmental disorder |
IHPRF2 (UNC80) | IHPRF1 (NALCN) | IHPRF3 (TBCK) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neurodevelopmental abnormality | |||||
Motor delay | + | + | + | + | + |
Speech delay | + | + | + | + | + |
Cognitive delay | + | + | + | + | + |
Hypotonia | + | + | + | + | + |
Seizures or ‘seizure-like’ activity | + | + | + | + | + |
Feeding difficulties | + | + | + | + | + |
Oral motor dysfunction | + | + | + | + | + |
Dyskinesia | + | + | + | + | − |
Sensory hypersensitivity$ | + | Only startle reflex | + | − | − |
Facial features | |||||
Brachycephaly | + | + | + | + | + |
Hypotonic facies | + | + | + | + | + |
Broad forehead | + | + | + | + | + |
Downslant palpebral fissures | + | + | + | + | + |
Broad nasal bridge | + | + | + | + | + |
Bulbous nasal tip | + | + | + | − | + |
Open mouth | + | + | + | + | + |
Thick vermilion of upper lip | + | − | − | − | + |
Tented upper lip | − | + | + | + | + |
Ocular abnormality | |||||
Strabismus | + | + | + | + | + |
Nystagmus | + | + | + | + | + |
Esotropia | + | + | + | + | + |
Musculoskeletal abnormality | |||||
Scoliosis | − | + | + | + | + |
Joint contractures | − | + | + | + | + |
Growth | |||||
Microcephaly | + | + | + | + | + |
Short stature | + | + | + | + | + |
Postnatal weight < 3rd centile | + | + | + | + | + |
Brain imaging | |||||
MRI brain findings | Normal | Delayed myelination; nonspecific white matter hyperintensities; thin corpus callosum; enlargement of extra-axial spaces; mild cerebral atrophy | Nonspecific white matter hyperintensities; thin corpus callosum; enlargement of ventricles and extra-axial spaces; mild cerebral atrophy | Cerebral and cerebellar atrophy | Nonspecific white matter abnormalities; thin corpus callosum; enlargement of ventricles; cerebral atrophy |
(+): present; (−): absent
IHPRF: Infantile hypotonia with psychomotor retardation and characteristic facies
Sensory hypersensitivity: hypersensitivity to various stimuli (like sound, light, and on eliciting deep tendon reflexes)