Table 2 Summary representation of the clinical symptoms and findings and genetic variants, of the patients presented in this study and comparison with the patients presented by Filges et al.

From: Biallelic variants in KIF14 cause intellectual disability with microcephaly

Family no.

Family 1

 

Family 2

 

Family 3

 

Family 4

Filges et al. [15]

 

Individual ID (Fig. 1)

V:3

V:4

IV:4

IV:6

IV:1

IV:2

IV:3

NA

 

Country of parental origin

Egypt

 

Turkey

 

Egypt

 

Iran

Caucasian

 

Gender

Female

Female

Male

Female

Female

Female

Male

Female

Female

Age of examination

12 y

3 y

23 y

20 y

5 y

2.7 y

Fetus, 15 w GA

Fetus, 21 [4] w GA

Fetus, 18 [5] w GA

Weight

18 kg (<p3)

10.5 kg (p3)

47 kg

NA, Slender build

21.5 kg (p80)

13.5 kg (p75)

ca. 176 g (p40)

IUGR

IUGR

Height

NA

82 cm (<p3)

157 cm (−3.7 SD)

144 cm (−3.8 SD)

102 cm (p10)

98 cm (p90)

Normal intrauterine growth length

IUGR

IUGR

OFC

52 cm (p10)

47 cm (p3)

48 cm (−5.1 SD)

47 cm (−5.6 SD)

41.5 cm (−6.4 SD)

39.5 cm (−5.6 SD)

Severe microcephaly

<−2SD

<−2SD

Development and cognitive abilities

Severe ID

Severe ID

Severe ID

Severe ID

DD/ID, ADHD

Mild DD

NA

NA

NA

Eyes

Strabismus

Strabismus

Blindness, optic nerve hypoplasia, micropthalmia

Blindness, optic nerve hypoplasia, micropthalmia

Strabismus, squint

Mild strabismus

NA

NA

NA

Walking

4 y

Not developed

Yes, need support

Yes

Walked at 1.5 y

Walked at 1.5 y

NA

NA

NA

Speech

Not developed

Not developed

Not developed

Not developed

Developed at 2.5 y after speech therapy

3 words at 2.7 y

NA

NA

NA

Brain CT/MRI

Normal (CT)

Normal (CT)

Reduced brain volume, large basal cisterns, and optic atrophy.

NA

Microlissencephaly,

Reduced brain volume, microlissencephaly, corpus callosum hypogenesis

Normal

Cerebellar hypoplasia

Cerebellar hypoplasia, arhinencephaly, corpus callosum agenesis

Genitourinary system

Asymptomatic

Asymptomatic

Asymptomatic

Asymptomatic

Asymptomatic

Asymptomatic

Asymptomatic

Bilateral renal agenesis, ureteral agenesis, and uterine hypoplasia

Bilateral renal hypoplasia and cystic dysplasia, ureteral agenesis, uterine hypoplasia, and vaginal atresia

Variant GRCh37

chr1:200567392G>A

chr1:200587606delA

chr1:200583526C>T

chr1:200523730delA

chr1:200573079_200573080del, chr1:200573050T>A

KIF14 (NM_014875.2)

c.2522C>T

c.246delT

c.1375G>A

c.4432delA

c.1750_1751del, c.1780A>T

Exon number

14

2

4

29

9, 9

Predicted effect on protein

p.(Ser841Phe)

p.(Asn83Ilefs*3)

p.(Gly459Arg)

p.(Ser1478fs)

p.(Glu584Ilefs*16), p.(Arg594*)

Type of variant

Missense

Frameshift

Missense

Frameshift

Frameshift

  1. ADHD attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, DD developental delay, GA gestational age, ID intellectual disability, IUGR intrauterine growth restriction, NA not available, OFC occipital frontal circumference, y years, w weeks