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Table 1.   Clinical data for the entire series, probands with alterations to the four main HPE-associated genes (SHH, ZIC2, SIX3, TGIF) and with abnormal array-CGH data

Percentages are expressed according to the data recorded (500 probands for HPE type and face defect category) and correspond to the ratio of each feature reported in the probands of the group concerned, with the exception of detailed extracraniofacial defects, which are expressed as a proportion of the total of extracraniofacial defects in each group.

Probands alobar HPE type MIH microform Face defect category Associated brain malformations Neural tube defect Extracraniofacial defects
semilobar lobar Cat I Cat II Cat III Cat IV % of probands Heart Visceral Genital Renal/urinary Skeletal Extremities
Total cohort 645 25% + 1% atelencephaly 28% 19% 2% 25% 27% 19% 14% 40% 13% 4% 27% 19% 23% 11% 11% 8% 27%

SHH 67 (10.4%) 28%* 34%* 4%* 0%* 34%* 38%* 22%* 26%* 14%* 9% 5% 24% 8% 24% 8% 28%* 16% 16%
ZIC2 53 (8.2%) 30%* 45%* 15%* 8%* 2%* 8%* 8%* 3%* 81%* 21% (15% neuronal migration) 9% 40% 14% 20% 17% 14%* 9% 26%
SIX3 33 (5.1%) 52%* + 7% atelencephaly 15%* 11%* 0%* 15%* 45%* 24%* 10%* 21%* 7% 7% 24% 0% 22% 11% 0%* 22% 45%
TGIF 11 (1,7%) 43%* 14%* 29%* 0%* 14%* 55%* 27%* 0%* 18%* 9% 9% 27% 25% 50% 12% 0%* 0% 13%

CGH 56# (22%) 19% 37% 17% 0% 27% 8% 38% 8% 46% 11% 4% 26% 19% 22% 17% 11% 11% 20%
# Array-CGH was performed on 260 probands. In addition to the HPE types mentioned in the table, septo-optic dysplasia and atelencephaly were reported in 1.4% and in 0.6%, respectively, of the cases in this series. Statistical analyses were carried out by comparing the SHH, ZIC2, SIX3, TGIF subgroups and probands without modifications to any of the four genes.
* Significant differences were found for of the distribution of HPE type (p=3.8 × 1010), face defect category (p=9 × 1010) and renal/urinary defects (p=0.03) in Fisher’s exact tests.
J Med Genet. 2011 November; 48(11): 752–60.
Published online 2011 September 22. doi: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2011-100339.