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Table 2 Clinical features and comparative data of our index case with the patients described by Marafi et al. [7]

From: A large consanguineous family with a homozygous Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 7 (mGlu7) variant and developmental epileptic encephalopathy: Effect on protein structure and ligand affinity

Reference

Marafi et al. 2020 [7]

Our study

Mutation

p.I154T

p.R658W

p.T675K

p.W586*

p.R658Q

p.E891K

p.R659*

p.G471R

Domain

Ligand-binding domain

Transmembrane domain

Transmembrane domain

Transmembrane domain

Intracellular domain

Trans-membrane domain

Ligand-binding domain

Sex

M

M

F

M

F

M

M

M

F

M

M

F(VI4)

Current age

13 yrs

10 yrs

15 yrs

10 yrs

Died at 13 yrs

N/A

Died at 13 mo (respiratory failure)

Died at 45 days

Died at 4 yrs

2 yrs 2 mo

Died at 5 yrs

13yrs

Age at last Exam

13 yrs.

10 yrs.

15 yrs.

10 yrs.

N/A

5 yrs. 6 mo.

13 mo.

1 mo.

3 yrs. 3 mo.

7 mo.

20 mo.

13 yrs.

Occipital frontal circumference-last exam cm (z score)

50 cm (−2.9sd)

N/A

50.5 cm (−3.31sd)

48.6 cm (−3.29sd)

N/A (<−2 sd)

N/A (<−2 sd)

N/A

N/A

42.5 (−3.8 sd)

40 cm (−3.2 sd

44.5 cm (−2.7 sd)

49 .5cm (−2sd)

Microcephaly

+

N/A

+

+

+

+

N/A

N/A

+

+

+

+

Axial Hypotonia

+

+

+

+

N/A

N/A

+

N/A

+

+

+

+

Peripheral hypertonia

+

+

+

+

N/A

+

N/A

N/A

+

+

+

Hyper-reflexia

+

+

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

+

+

+

DD/ID

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Seizures (onset)

+ (4 mo.)

+ (8 mo.)

+ (1 mo.)

+ (1date of life)

+

+ (3 w)

+ (3 mo.)

+ (1 w)

+ (5 mo.)

+ (2 mo.)

+ (2d)

+ (3 mo.)

Drug resistant epilepsy (current anti -epileptic drugs

+

+

N/A

N/A

+

+

+

+

+

Seizure types

Myoclonic

GTCS

Myoclonic & GTCS

Myoclonic & GTCS

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

GTCS & focal

Myoclonic & GTCS

Multifocal

Focal tonic, epileptic spasm

Status epilepticus

+

N/A

N/A

+

N/A

+

+

Electro-encephalogram (EEG) findings

Epileptiform activity

+

N/A

+

N/A

N/A

+

+

+

+

+

Type of neuroimaging (age)

Brain MRI (3 yrs)

Brain MRI (2 yrs)

Serial brain MRIs (2 mo, 18 mo, 3 yrs, 7 yrs & 10 yrs)

Serial brain MRIs (2 yrs & 5 yrs)

N/A

Brain MRI (N/A)

CT head (2 mo)

Brain MRI (2 w)

Brain MRI (3 yrs)

Brain MRI (6 mo)

Brain MRI (18 mo)

Brain MRI (3 yrs)

Neuroimaging findings

Cerebral atrophy

+

+

+

+

N/A

+

+

+

+

+

Hypomyelination

+

+

+

N/A

+

+

+

+

+

Corpus callosum thinning

+

+

+

+

N/A

N/A

N/A

+

+

+

+

Facial dysmorphy

At 13 yrs showing prominent teeth and everted lower lip.

Facial photograph of individual II-2

(Family 1) at 10 yrs shows high forehead and hypotonic face

Facial photograph of individual II-1 (Family 2) at 15 yrs shows a wide mouth

Facial photograph of individual II-2 (Family 2) at 10 yrs shows a wide mouth.

Facial features of individual II-6 at 6 yrs showing thick lips, crowded teeth, low frontal

Hairline, remarkable nose, and bulbous nasal tip.

     

Frontal hump, convergent strabismus of the eye, globular eyes, incisors large and prominent, prominent upper dental arch

  1. F, female; M, male; N/A, not available; SD, standard deviation; d, day; mo, Months; yrs, years; GTC, generalized tonic-clonic; w, weeks; DD/ID, Developmental delay/intellectual disability