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Table 2 The clinical and radiological features of patients with thiamine transporter-2 deficiency reported in the literature

From: Thiamine transporter-2 deficiency: outcome and treatment monitoring

 

Number of patients

 

Number of patients

Patients

69

Dead patients

23

Age (years ± SD)

3.5 ± 4.3

Symptoms at follow up

Male/Female

36/33

Tetraparesia/Dystonia

32

Trigger events

40

Cognitive impairment

23

Symptoms at onset

Dysphagia

13

Encephalopathy/Lethargy

57

Epilepsy

11

Seizure

47

Dysarthria

10

Generalized and focal dystonia

38

Respiratory support

4

Dysarthria/Anarthria

28

Ataxia

3

Ataxia

25

  

Dysphagia

21

MRI

Pyramidal signs

19

Caudate

55

Abnormal ocular movement

17

Putamen

55

Developmental delay

12

Thalami

31

Opisthotonus

11

Cerebellum

22

Rigidity/Rigid akinetic syndrome

11

Brainstem

19

Tremor

4

Subcortical WM

16

Chorea

2

Cerebral cortex

13

Jitteriness

2

Globus pallidus

8

Dystonic status

2

Medulla

3

Dysautonomia

2

Lactate on spectroscopy

6

Ptosis

2

  
  1. The table shows a list of signs and symptoms at onset and at follow-up, as well as MRI abnormalities. Seizures include myoclonic jerks, epileptic spams, focal and generalized seizure, epilesia partialis continua and status epilepticus. Abnormal ocular movements include nystagmus, oculogyric crisis, oculomotor nerve palsy, ophtalmoplegia and sunset phenomenon. Symptoms reported only once: rhabdomyolisis, facial dyskinesia. SD: Standard Deviation.