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Table 2 Phenotypes of the four patients with SPOUT1 compound heterozygous variants

From: SPOUT1 variants associated with autosomal-recessive developmental and epileptic encephalopathy

Case No.

Sex/Age

Gene variant

Age onset

Family history

Clinical phenotype

DD

Microcephaly

VEEG

Brain MRI

Treatment and Prognosis

1

M/6 years and 5 months

c.598 C > T

c.744_746delATC

6 months

Normal

IESS, hypertonia, nystagmus, eye adduction, PEM

GDD

OFC <-3SD

Background: /

Interictal: Multifocal discharge, Hypsarrhythmia?

Ictal: Epileptic spasms

5 months, 1 year and 3 months, 2 years and 11 months: ACC;

2 years: Bilaterally widened frontotemporal subarachnoid space, bilateral frontal atrophy;

White matter hypomyelination

Refractory: TPM, VAP

(ACTH, VitB6, VGB, LEV, KD)

2

M/11 years and 9 months

c.1046G > A

c.662T > C

5 months

Normal

IESS, hypertonia

GDD

N

Background: /

Interictal: Atypical hypsarrhythmia;

Ictal: Epileptic spasms

6 months: N

Seizure free

(ACTH, VitB6, VGB)

3

M/7 years

c.1058 C > T

c.1055G > A

5 months

Elder sister diagnosed as IESS

IESS

GDD

OFC <-3SD

Background: /

Interictal: Atypical hypsarrhythmia, Multifocal discharge;

Ictal: /

5 months: Bilaterally widened frontotemporal subarachnoid space;

White matter hypomyelination

Refractory: VGB, VPA, CZP

(LEV, ACTH, VitB6)

4

M/4 years and 5 months (D)

c.598 C > T

c.625T > A

3 months

Normal

IESS, SUDEP

GDD

OFC <-3SD

Background: Slow;

Interictal: Atypical hypsarrhythmia, Multifocal discharge;

Ictal: Epileptic spasms

4 months: Bilaterally widened frontotemporal subarachnoid space;

White matter hypomyelination

SUDEP

(VPA, LEV, TPM, ACTH)

  1. Abbreviation: M Male, D Death, N Normal, IESS Infantile epileptic spasms syndrome, PEM Protein–energy malnutrition, SUDEP Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, GDD Global developmental delay, OFC Occipital frontal circumference, ACC Agenesis of corpus callosum, VPA Valproate, LEV Levetiracetam, TPM Topiramate, CZP Clonazepam, VGB Vigabatrin, ACTH Adrenocorticotropic hormone. Drugs in parentheses were prior drugs