Table 1 Clinical features of patients with the ERLIN2 mutation.

From: An autosomal dominant ERLIN2 mutation leads to a pure HSP phenotype distinct from the autosomal recessive ERLIN2 mutations (SPG18)

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II-2

III-1

III-2

III-5

IV-2

Sex

F

M

F

M

M

Age at examination, y

77

53

51

45

23

Age at onset, y

38

15

37

24

22

Disease duration, y

39

38

14

21

1

Symptoms at onset

Awkward gait

Gait disturbance

Awkward gait

Gait disturbance

Awkward gait

Age when wheelchair-bound

63

46

āˆ’

āˆ’

āˆ’

Muscle weakness

Upper limb

5

5

5

5

5

Lower limb

2–3

3–4

4+

4+

5

Muscle spasticity

Upper limb

āˆ’

āˆ’

āˆ’

āˆ’

āˆ’

Lower limb

+++

++

++

++

+

Deep tendon reflex

Upper limb

1+

2+

2+

2+

2+

Lower limb

4+

4+

3+

4+

3+

Babinski sign

Bilateral

Bilateral

āˆ’/āˆ’

āˆ’/āˆ’

āˆ’/āˆ’

Ankle clonus

āˆ’/āˆ’

+/+

+/+

+/+

+/+

Bladder dysfunction

āˆ’

āˆ’

āˆ’

āˆ’

āˆ’

Sensory abnormality

+

+

+

āˆ’

āˆ’

Paresthesia

āˆ’

āˆ’

+

āˆ’

āˆ’

Foot deformity

+

āˆ’

āˆ’

āˆ’

āˆ’

Mental retardation

āˆ’

āˆ’

āˆ’

āˆ’

āˆ’

Seizure

āˆ’

āˆ’

āˆ’

āˆ’

āˆ’

Scoliosis

+

āˆ’

āˆ’

-

āˆ’

  1. āˆ’, absent; +, mild; ++, moderate; +++, severe.