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Table 1 Demographic information and genetic characteristics. (N = 70, unless otherwise specified)

From: Clinical, developmental and serotonemia phenotyping of a sample of 70 Italian patients with Phelan-McDermid Syndrome

Variable (sample size)

N

%

Sex

M

35

50.0%

F

35

50.0%

Age at assessment

0–5 years

19

27.1%

6–11 years

25

35.7%

12–17 years

13

18.6%

 > 18 years

13

18.6%

Chr. 22q13.3 abnormalities

Deletion

59

84.3%

Ring chr. with deletion

6

8.6%

SHANK3 mutation

5

7.1%

Deletion size in Mb

(N = 63)a

 < 110 kb (only SHANK3)

16

25.4%

110 kb-1 Mb

10

15.9%

1.0–1.99 Mb

6

9.5%

2.0–2.99

3

4.8%

3.0–3.99

4

6.3%

4.0–4.99

4

6.3%

5.0–5.99

7

11.1%

6.0–6.99

2

3.2%

7.0–7.99

5

7.9%

8.0–8.99

5

7.9%

9.0–9.99

1

1.6%

Mosaicism (< 70% cells)

Present

6

8.6%

Absent

64

91.4%

  1. aDeletion size in Mb reported only for patients assessed by CGH-array