{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Expanding Phenotype of SYT1-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder: Case Report and Literature Review.
{Author}: Cesaroni CA;Spagnoli C;Baga M;Rizzi S;Frattini D;Caraffi SG;Pollazzon M;Garavelli L;Fusco C;
{Journal}: Mol Syndromol
{Volume}: 14
{Issue}: 6
{Year}: 2023 Dec
{Factor}: 1.494
{DOI}: 10.1159/000530586
{Abstract}: <B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Synaptotagmin 1 (SYT1), the predominant SYT isoform in the central nervous system, likely acts by promoting vesicle docking, deforming the plasma membrane via Ca2+-dependent membrane penetration.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Here, we describe a 21-year-old woman harboring a novel variant in the SYT1 gene, who presents with a complex phenotype, featuring severe intellectual disability, absent speech, behavioral abnormalities, motor stereotypies, dystonic posturing of her hands, a hyperkinetic movement disorder in her childhood, infantile hypotonia, sialorrhea, mild dysmorphic features, epilepsy, peculiar EEG findings, and severe scoliosis.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Based on our case and literature review on the 22 previously described patients, we can confirm a complex neurodevelopmental disorder in which, unlike other synaptopathies, epilepsy is present in a subset of cases (including our patient: 5/23, 22%), although characteristic EEG changes are far more common (10/23, 43.5%). Our patient's age allows us to provide long-term follow-up data and thus better delineate the SYT1-related clinical phenotype.