Case 6 was a 25-year-old Caucasian male with the full mutation. His developmental milestones were delayed with sitting at 7 months, crawling at 8 months, walking at 1 year, but at 2 years he was only saying single words and he did not speak in sentences until about 4 years of age. His behavior included hand flapping, poor eye contact, tactile defensiveness, hyperactivity, perseveration, tantrum behavior about three to four times a week, mainly with verbal outbursts, yelling and irritability at least once a day. His full scale IQ of 61 fell in a mildly delayed range. On the ADOS Module 4 he met ASD criteria. On the ADIS, he met criteria for social phobia, specific phobia, and generalized anxiety. He also showed some psychotic features with hearing voices, and laughs to himself frequently.
Case 3 was a 36-year-old Caucasian male with a full mutation with methylation mosaicism. He was adopted at birth, and his birth mother had a history of drugs and alcohol. He reached his developmental milestones delayed (walking at 15 months, speaking single words at 18 months, phrase speech at age 5½ years). Upon medical examination, he demonstrated a long, somewhat narrow face. His palate was high-arched. His ears pinnae were not prominent but they were long measuring 7 cm in length. He was diagnosed with atypical autism at 5-years of age and had a history of ADHD problems. At the time of puberty he became more aggressive and his anxiety increased. According to the caregiver, he had two psychotic breaks at age 29 and 31 and was subsequently diagnosed with schizophrenia. He had been treated with aripiprazole and clonidine.