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Table 1 Clinical features of 12 reported patients with GNAO1 encephalopathy

From: GNAO1 encephalopathy: further delineation of a severe neurodevelopmental syndrome affecting females

Case (ref)

Sex

Age

Age at seizure onset

Seizures type at onset

Epileptic syndrome

Dyskinesia

MRI findings

Global outcome

Epilepsy outcome

EEG features

Mutation

Inheritance

1 (2)

F

13y

4d

Tonic

OS

-

Normal (1mo), atrophy (5y)

Profound GDD

Intractable seizures

BS, multifocal

c.836 T > A (p.Ile279Asn)

de novo

2 (2)

F

4y

29d

Tonic

OS

-

DM, thin corpus callosum (10mo)

Profound GDD

Intractable seizures

BS, HS

c.521A > G (p.Asp174Gly)

de novo a

3 (2)

F

Died 11mo

2w

Tonic/spasms

OS

-

Normal (3 mo)

Profound GDD

Intractable seizures

BS, HS

c.572_592del (p.Thr191_Phe197del)

de novo

4 (2)

F

8y

7mo

Opisthotonic

EE

+

DM (1y), thinning white matter, corpus callosum (4y)

Profound GDD

Intractable seizures

Diffuse SSW discharges

c.607G > A (p.Gly203Arg)

de novo

5 (3)

F

3y

3mo

Infantile spasms

EE

-

Mild atrophy

Severe to profound GDD

Seizure-free since age 5 m

HS

c.808A > C (p.Asn270His)

de novo

6 (3)

F

9y

3d

Tonic

EE-neonatal

-

DM, thinning of white matter

Severe to profound GDD

Daily tonic seizures

BS, HS

c.824 T > C (p.Phe275Ser)

de novo

7 (4)

F

20mo

2mo

Infantile spasms

EE

+

Cerebral atrophy, thin corpus callosum (10mo)

Profound GDD

Intractable CPS

HS, multifocal

c.680C > T (p.Ala227Val)

de novo

8 (4)

F

14mo

7d

Tonic-clonic

EE-neonatal

+

Normal (20d), cerebral atrophy, DM (14mo)

Profound GDD

Intractable CPS

SW bursts, migrating focal, multifocal discharges

c.607G > A (p.Gly203Arg)

de novo

9 (4)

F

13y

 

No seizures

-

+

Normal (4y, 12y)

Profound GDD

 

Normal

c.736G > A (p.Glu246Lys)

de novo

10 (4)

F

18y

10y

Complex partial

-

+

Global atrophy, thin corpus callosum (11y, 14y)

Severe GDD

Complex partial seizures (11y)

Normal at 4 years, later diffused low

c.625C > T (p.Arg209Cys)

de novo

11 (5)

F

4y

1mo

Myoclonic

OS

+

Asymmetrical subarachnoidal space in temporal regions, myelinization delay in corpus callosum

Profound GDD

Intractable seizures

BS, HS, multifocal

c.692A > G (p.Tyr231Cys)

de novo

Present report

F

20mo

3d

Tonic

EE-neonatal

+

DM, thin corpus callosum

Profound GDD

Seizure-free, ketogenic diet

Background slowing, multifocal

c.596 T > C (p.Leu199Pro)

de novo

  1. OS Ohtahara syndrome, EE epileptic encephalopathy, ID intellectual disability, BS burst-suppression, HS hypsarrhythmia, SSW spike and slow wave, DM delayed myelination, GDD global developmental delay, NA not available, asomatic mosaicism