CNNM2

Clinical Characteristics

Main clinical features caused by mutations in the CNNM2 gene are:

  • Hypomagnesemia (serum magnesium levels <0.7 mmol/L)
  • Intellectual disability
  • Infantile/juvenile refractory epilepsy
  • Communication/speech limitations
  • Fine motor skill defects
  • Muscle cramps
  • Obesity
  • Brain malformations, including myelinization defects and enlarged liquor spaces (only observed in patients with autosomal recessive inheritance)