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Table 1 Presence of Published Criteria Helping Establishing the Diagnosis in Present Cohort of PTHS individuals (items occurring in > 75 % are indicated in bold)

From: Phenotype and natural history in 101 individuals with Pitt-Hopkins syndrome through an internet questionnaire system

Feature

Marangi score

Score cohort (%)

Whalen score

Severe intellectual disability

2

47/47 (100 %)

 

Absent speech (<5words)

2

32/47 (68 %)

2

Severe speech impairmenta

1

15/15 (100 %)

 

Growth at birth normal

1

29/47 (62 %)

 

Overgrowth

 

1/47 (2 %)

−1

Postnatal decrease of OFC

1

7/27 (26 %)

 

OFC < −3SD

 

0/47 (0 %)

−2

Epilepsy/EEG abnormalities

1

17/47 (36 %)

 

Ataxia/motor incoordination

1

26/47 (55 %)

1

Walking >3 years/severe motor delay <3 years

 

44/47 (94 %)

2

Hyperbreathing/apnoea

1

19/47 (40 %)

1

Constipation

1

40/47 (85 %)

 

Abnormal brain MRIb

1

3/12 (25 %)

 

Eye anomalies

1c

25/47 (53 %)

 

Eye anomalies

 

21/47 (44 %)

1d

Typical PTHS facial featurese

4

24/47 (51 %)

 

Partial typical PTHS facial features

2

23/47 (49 %)

 

 Deeply set eyes

 

23/41 (56 %)

1

 Protrusion mid/lower face

 

36/47 (77 %)

1

 Broad nasal bridge or convex nasal ridgef

 

44/45 (98 %)

1

 High nasal bridgef

 

30/44 (68 %)

1

 Flared nostrils

 

27/47 (57 %)

1

 Large mouth

 

37/47 (79 %)

1

 Tented vermillion of upper lipf

 

20/47 (43 %)

1

 Everted vermillion of lower lipf

 

37/46 (80 %)

1

Visceral malformations

 

1/47 (2 %)

−1

Stereotypy head/hands

 

22/47 (47 %)

2

Loss of purposeful hand skills

 

0/47 (0 %)

−1

Hypotonia

 

27/47 (57 %)

1

Smiling appearance

 

24/47 (51 %)

1

Anxiety/agitation

 

16/47 (34 %)

1

Check for TCF4 mutation indicated

If total score ≥10

29/47 (62 %)

 
 

3/42 (7 %)

Patients ≥3 years:

If total score ≥ 16

5/5 (100 %)

Patients <3 years:

If total score 10–15

Diagnostic

If total score ≥13

4/47 (9 %)

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  1. aMore than 10 words; 2–3 word sentences
  2. bSmall callosal body; wide ventricles; thin hindbrain
  3. cStrabismus, myopia, astigmatism
  4. dStrabismus
  5. eBitemporal narrowing, square forehead, deeply set eyes, hypotelorism, upslanted palpebral fissures, arched or thin eyebrows, broad nasal bridge, pointed nasal tip, flaring nostrils, short philtrum, wide mouth, tented vermillion of upper lip, thick lower vermillionf
  6. f Terminology changed to comply with international terminology “Elements of Morphology”