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Table 1 Clinical features of subjects with mutation in POLR3B gene

From: Intellectual disability associated with craniofacial dysmorphism due to POLR3B mutation and defect in spliceosomal machinery

  

II:2

II:3

Gender

 

F

M

Age at examination

 

34

31

Postnatal Growth

HC (cm)

NA

NA

 

Height (cm)

NA

NA

 

BW (gr)

NA

NA

OFC (cm/SD)

 

55/ + 0.62

57.5/ + 1.67

Height (cm)

 

160

175

Weight (kg)

 

54

80

Facial appearance

 

long palpebral fissures, flat occiput, short philtrum, protrude ear and micrognathia

long palpebral fissures, flat occiput, short philtrum, protrude ear and micrognathia

Seizure

Time

–

–

 

Medication response

–

–

Cognitive impairment

 

 + 

 + 

Intelligent quotient(IQ)

 

25

45

Spasticity

 

–

–

Walking

 

 + 

 + 

Hypotonia

 

–

–

Hypertonia

 

–

–

hyperreflexia

 

–

–

Stiff, rigid muscles, poor muscle function and paralysis

–

–

 

Ataxia

 

–

–

Behaviour

Autistic behavior

 + 

 + 

 

hyper activity

–

–

 

ADHD

 + 

 + 

 

aggression

–

–

 

self injury

–

–

 

Obsession

–

–

 

Sterotypic movement

–

–

 

Sterotypic speech

–

–

Eye

Strabismus

–

–

 

Myopia

–

–

 

Optic atrophy

NA

NA

 

Retinal involvement

NA

NA

 

Cataract

–

–

 

Nystagmus

–

–

 

Others

–

–

Ear

Hearing loss

–

–

Skeletal

Hand

–

–

 

Foot

–

–

 

Spine

–

–

Skin

   

Speech

   

Loss of bladder and bowel function

 

–

–

Gallbladder problems

 

–

–

MRI

Hypomyelination in MRI

NA

NA

  1.  + , present; –, absent; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; NA, not available; OFC, occipital frontal circumference; and SD: standard deviation