Table 1 Comparison of the clinical characteristics of diseases caused by pathogenic variants in GON4L, YY1, and SIN3A

From: Biallelic loss-of-function variants in GON4L cause microcephaly and brain structure abnormalities

Gene

GON4L

 

YY1

SIN3A

Patient ID or disease name

Patient 1

Patient 2

Patient 3

Sum

Gabriele-de Vries syndrome

Witteveen–Kolk syndrome

MIM phenotype #

N.A.

 

617557

613406

Inheritance mode

AR

 

AD

AD

Sex

Male

Female

Male

   

Intrauterine growth retardation

+

+

+

3/3

+

+

Short stature

+

+

+

3/3

+

+

Microcephaly

+

+

+

3/3

+

Facial asymmetrya

+

+

2/3

+

+

Broad/high forehead

+

+

+

3/3

+

+

Long face

+

+

+

3/3

+

Downslanted palpebral fissures

+

+

+

3/3

+

+

Strabismus

N.A.

+

+

2/2

+

+

Large ears

+

1/3

+

Thick lower lip

+

1/3

+

+

Pointed chin

+

+

2/3

+

+

Cardiac abnormalities

+

+

+

3/3

+

+

Cryptorchidism

N.A.

0/2

+

+

Extremity abnormalities

+

1/3

+

+

Developmental delay

+

+

+

3/3

+

+

Intellectual disability

+

+

+

3/3

+

+

Speech delay

+

+

+

3/3

+

+

Autistic features

+

1/3

+

+

Feeding problems

0/3

+

+

Brain structure abnormalities

+

+

+

3/3

+

+

Cortical abnormalities

+

+

+

3/3

+

+

White matter abnormalities

+

+

+

3/3

+

+

Hypoplastic/thin corpus callosum

+

+

+

3/3

+

+

  1. Patient 1. The left eye shows microphthalmia and only the right eye has normal vision. Therefore, the presence of strabismus cannot be determined. Patient 2. She is female.
  2. AD autosomal dominant inheritance, AR autosomal recessive inheritance. N.A. not applicable.
  3. aExcept for eyes.