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JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY
卷 93, 期 12, 页码 1289-1298出版社
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2022-329772
关键词
clinical neurology; neurogenetics
资金
- National Key R&D ProgramProgramme of China [2020YFC2008500, 2022ZD0213700]
- National Major Projects in Brain Science and Brain--like Research [2021ZD0201803]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81971029]
- Hunan Innovative Province Construction Project [2019SK2335]
- Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province [2020JJ5923]
This study characterized the clinical features of NOTCH2NLC-related NIID in China, including the common symptoms and subtypes. The results showed that NIID is not rare, but it is often misdiagnosed as other diseases.
Background Abnormal expanded GGC repeats within the NOTCH2HLC gene has been confirmed as the genetic mechanism for most Asian patients with neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease (NIID). This cross-sectional observational study aimed to characterise the clinical features of NOTCH2NLC-related NIID in China. Methods Patients with NOTCH2NLC-related NIID underwent an evaluation of clinical symptoms, a neuropsychological assessment, electrophysiological examination, MRI and skin biopsy. Results In the 247 patients with NOTCH2NLC-related NIID, 149 cases were sporadic, while 98 had a positive family history. The most common manifestations were paroxysmal symptoms (66.8%), autonomic dysfunction (64.0%), movement disorders (50.2%), cognitive impairment (49.4%) and muscle weakness (30.8%). Based on the initial presentation and main symptomology, NIID was divided into four subgroups: dementia dominant (n=94), movement disorder dominant (n=63), paroxysmal symptom dominant (n=61) and muscle weakness dominant (n=29). Clinical (42.7%) and subclinical (49.1%) peripheral neuropathies were common in all types. Typical diffusion-weighted imaging subcortical lace signs were more frequent in patients with dementia (93.9%) and paroxysmal symptoms types (94.9%) than in those with muscle weakness (50.0%) and movement disorders types (86.4%). GGC repeat sizes were negatively correlated with age of onset (r=-0.196, p<0.05), and in the muscle weakness-dominant type (median 155.00), the number of repeats was much higher than in the other three groups (p<0.05). In NIID pedigrees, significant genetic anticipation was observed (p<0.05) without repeat instability (p=0.454) during transmission. Conclusions NIID is not rare; however, it is usually misdiagnosed as other diseases. Our results help to extend the known clinical spectrum of NOTCH2NLC-related NIID.
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