ALKBH8

Clinical Characteristics

The clinical features of MRT71 include:

Neurologic abnormalities

  • Intellectual disability
  • Epilepsy (found in most patients)
  • Developmental delay that is usually generalized (affecting all areas of development, including motor, speech, cognitive, and social)
  • Behavioral abnormalities (in some patients):
    • Hyperactivity
    • Attention deficit
    • Stereotypical behaviors
  • Weak muscle tone (found in 1 patient)
  • Brain abnormalities found on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or electroencephalogram (EEG)
  • MRI: arachnoid granulations (1 patient)
  • EEG: electrical activity indicating irritability of the cortex of the brain

Facial dysmorphism (variable, mild; found in some patients)

  • Long face
  • Large eyes
  • Large ears
  • Deep-set eyes
  • Overbite

Other (found in some patients)

  • Abnormally large head
  • Prune belly syndrome (condition characterized by lack of abdominal muscles leading to a wrinkly appearance of the abdomen)
  • Congenital heart disease (1 patient)
  • Small penis (1 patient)
  • Undescended testes (1 patient)
  • Congenital lack of formation of one kidney (1 patient)