Clinical and biochemical findings in the patient cohort
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Patient (sex) | Ancestry | Clinical Presentation | Gestational age and birth weight (centile) | Age at latest review | Height at review (centile) | Lactate | Short stature | Prominent forehead | Long/thin philtrum | Residual CI activity* | Identified by |
1 (M) | English | RSV+ acute respiratory collapse and hypoglycaemia aged 8 weeks requiring intubation for 8 days. Pulmonary hypertension on echocardiogram. Maximum-recorded lactate 14 mmol/L. Discharged after 18 days. Normal cardiac function and morphology at 13 months. | Term <0.4th | 9.5 years | <0.4th | +++ | + | + | + | 35% | Targeted NGS panel. |
2 (F) | Irish | IUGR. Acute life-threatening event, age 20 days, required intubation. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. | 30weeks 2nd | 6 years | 2nd | + | + | + | + | 33% | Targeted NGS panel. |
3 (F) | Irish | IUGR and oligohydramnios, FTT, mild hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. | 34weeks 2nd–9th | 3.5 years | 0.4th–2nd | ++ | + | + | + | 32% | Targeted NGS panel. |
4 (F) | Irish | Growth restriction. Ketotic hypoglycaemia following vomiting illness. Short stature prompted endocrinology referral. Growth hormone therapy. MRI: high signal in periventricular white matter and dentate nuclei. | 39weeks 0.4th–2nd | 8 years | n.d. | ++ | + | + | + | 24% | Mutation screen. |
5 (M) | Irish | IUGR. Poor feeding. Congenital hypothyroidism (strong paternal family history). Developmental delay, growth failure, FTT, learning difficulties. Endocrinology review for short stature. | 37weeks 0.4th–2nd | 10 years | 0.4th | + | + | + | + | 35% | Mutation screen. |
6 (F) | Irish | Oligohydramnios. IUGR. Poor feeding at birth. MRI brain and echocardiogram normal. Age-appropriate skills. Family history of previous neonatal death. | 37weeks <0.4th | 2.5 years | 2nd–9th | +++ | + | + | + | 35% | Mutation screen. |
7 (M) | Irish | Sib of P6. IUGR. Normal echocardiogram and cranial ultrasound. Normal development. | 36weeks 2nd–9th | 10 months | 9th | ++ | + | + | + | n.d. | Mutation screen. |
8 (M) | Irish | Initial poor feeding. Short stature prompted endocrinology review. Growth hormone therapy. MRI: high signal in globus pallidus. Echo: murmur. ECG: Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome. | Term 0.4th–2nd | 9.5 years | 2nd | − | + | + | + | n.d. | Whole-exome sequencing; endocrinology. |
9 (F) | Irish | Sib of P8. IUGR. Growth hormone therapy. Normal MRI brain, echocardiogram and ECG. | Term <0.4th | 8 years | 2nd | − | + | + | + | n.d. | Whole-exome sequencing; endocrinology. |
10 (M) | Irish | IUGR, chronic lung disease, growth restriction and weight faltering. Dysmorphic with partial agenesis of corpus callosum. Acute collapse with rhinovirus bronchiolitis, severe pulmonary hypertension at 5.5 months. Elevated lactates with intercurrent illnesses. | 31weeks <0.4th | 11 months | <0.4th | +++ | + | + | + | 36% | Mutation screen. |
*Residual Complex I activities, normalised to the activity of the matrix marker enzyme citrate synthase, are expressed as a percentage of mean control values. FTT, failure to thrive; IUGR, intrauterine growth restriction; N.D., not determined; NGS, next-generation sequencing; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus.