Table 1 Clinical findings of 29 probands with LAMA2 MD.

From: Deletion of exon 4 in LAMA2 is the most frequent mutation in Chinese patients with laminin α2-related muscular dystrophy

Subject

Sex

Age of onset

Age last seen/Max motor milestone

Highest serum CK U/I (age)

Scoliosis

Contracture

EMG myopathic changes

intellect/seizures

MRI (T2-weighted images)

IH staining of Laminin-a2

P1

F

Birth

Died when 9 years/sitting

1630 (17 months)

Yes

+Motor nerve CMAP amplitude reduced

Normal intellect/no seizure

WMH

n/a

P2

M

Birth

Died when 5 months/can’t sit

4100 (2 days)

Yes

+

Normal intellect/no seizure

n/a

n/a

P3

F

4 months

5 years/walking

2427 (9 months)

Yes

+

Normal intellect/no seizure

WMH

n/a

P4

M

Birth

5 years/sitting

1640 (11months)

Yes

n/a

Normal intellect/no seizure

WMH

P5

M

Birth

2 years/can’t sit

2312 (3 months)

Yes

+

Normal intellect/no seizure

WMH

n/a

P6

M

Birth

3 years/sitting

3148 (10 months)

Yes

n/a

Normal intellect/no seizure

WMH

n/a

P7

F

Birth

7 years/sitting

3264 (10 months)

+

Yes

+CMAP amplitude reduced

Normal intellect/no seizure

WMH

P8

M

Birth

Died when 9 years/sitting

91 (6 years)

+

Yes

+Motor NCS reduced

Normal intellect/no seizure

WMH

n/a

P9

M

Birth

5 years/sitting

2481 (8 months)

Yes

+Motor nerve CMAP amplitude reduced

Normal intellect/no seizure

WMH

n/a

P10

M

Birth

4 years/sitting

1778 (1 years)

Yes

+

Normal intellect/no seizure

WMH

P11

M

Birth

12 years/sitting

n/a

+

Yes

+

Intellectual decay/seizure

WMH

n/a

P12

F

Birth

3 years/sitting

1715 (11 months)

Yes

+

Normal intellect/no seizure

WMH

n/a

P13

F

6 months

3 year/walking

1337 (24 months)

Yes

+Motor NCS reduced

Normal intellect/no seizure

WMH

n/a

P14

F

Birth

5 months/can’t sit

8010 (2 months)

Yes

n/a

Normal intellect/no seizure

normal (when 5 months)

n/a

P15

M

Birth

6 years/sitting

491 (6 years)

+

Yes

+

Normal intellect/no seizure

WMH

n/a

P16

M

Birth

5 years/sitting

611 (2 years)

Yes

+

Normal intellect/no seizure

WMH

n/a

P17

M

Birth

6 years/sitting

2612 (3 months)

+

Yes

+

Normal intellect/no seizure

WMH

n/a

P18

F

Birth

8 months/can’t sit

3551 (8 months)

Yes

n/a

Normal intellect/no seizure

WMH

P19

M

Birth

2 years/sitting

2151 (5 months)

Yes

+

Normal intellect/no seizure

WMH

n/a

P20

M

Birth

3 years/sitting

3983 (3 months)

Yes

+

Normal intellect/no seizure

WMH

P21

M

7 years

9 years/running

2103 (6 years)

No

n/a

Normal intellect/no seizure

WMH

P22

F

4 months

10 years/walking

1565 (16 months)

+

Yes

+

Normal intellect/febrile seizure at 4 years

WMH

n/a

P23

F

Birth

1 years/can’t sit

14616 (2 days)

Yes

+

Normal intellect/no seizure

WMH

n/a

P24

M

Birth

1 years/sitting

3496 (16 months)

Yes

+

Normal intellect/no seizure

WMH

n/a

P25

F

Birth

2 years/sitting

2757 (6 months)

Yes

n/a

Normal intellect/no seizure

WMH

n/a

P26

M

Birth

10 years/sitting

3549 (6 months)

+

Yes

+

Normal intellect/no seizure

WMH

P27

F

Birth

2 years/sitting

4224 (8 months)

Yes

+

Intellectual decay/no seizure

WMH

n/a

P28

F

2 years

3 years/running

3078 (2 years)

No

+Motor NCS reduced

Normal intellect/no seizure

WMH

n/a

P29

F

Birth

5 years/sitting

1500 (2 years)

Yes

+

Normal intellect/no seizure

WMH

n/a

  1. F, female; M, male; CK, creatine kinase; EMG, electromyography; CMAP, compound muscle action potential; NCS, nerve conduction speed; WMH, abnormal white matter hyperintensities on T2-MRI; IH, immunohistochemical; n/a, not available.