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Phenotype details: additional information on the phenotype of the individual, preferably use HPO terms only (http://www.human-phenotype-ontology.org/)

Diagnosis/Initial: initial diagnosis, before molecular testing

Diagnosis/Definite: phenotype individual after molecular testing (OMIM abbreviation)

Inheritance: Indicates the inheritance of the phenotype in the family; unknown, familial (autosomal/X-linked, dominant/ recessive), paternal (Y-linked), maternal (mitochondrial), isolated (sporadic) or complex
All options:

• Unknown
• Familial
• Familial, autosomal dominant
• Familial, autosomal recessive
• Familial, X-linked
• Familial, X-linked dominant
• Familial, X-linked dominant, male sparing
• Familial, X-linked recessive
• Paternal, Y-linked
• Maternal, mitochondrial
• Isolated (sporadic)
• Di-genic
• Complex
• - = Not applicable

Age/Examination: age at which the individual was examined.

• 35y = 35 years
• 04y08m = 4 years and 8 months
• 00y00m01d12h = 1 day and 12 hours
• 18y? = around 18 years
• 30y-40y = between 30 and 40 years
• >54y = older than 54
• ? = unknown

Age/Diagnosis: age diagnosis was confirmed

• 35y = 35 years
• 04y08m = 4 years and 8 months
• 00y00m01d12h = 1 day and 12 hours
• 18y? = around 18 years
• 30y-40y = between 30 and 40 years
• >54y = older than 54
• ? = unknown

Age/Onset: Age first symptoms disease appeared in individual:

• 35y = 35 years
• 04y08m = 4 years and 8 months
• 00y00m01d12h = 1 day and 12 hours
• 18y? = around 18 years
• 30y-40y = between 30 and 40 years
• >54y = older than 54
• ? = unknown

Phenotype/Onset: individual's phenotype at Age/Onset described using HPO

Birth_Details: birth details individual: gestational age (weeks), premature birth (HP:0001622, <37w); birth weight (in g/SD); birth length (in cm/SD); OFC at birth (in cm/SD)

Birth/Weight: weight at birth (in kg, with SD)

MotorSkills: development motor skills; age head control (in months), age sitting (without support, in months), age walking (without support, in months); head:7m, sit:10m, walk:24m, delayed gross motor development (HP:0002194), delayed fine motor development (HP:0010862)

Speech: does the individual have normal speech and language development
All options:

• - = no speech delay
• speech delayed (HP:0000750)
• mild = mild speech delayed (HP:0000750)
• mild-moderate = mild-moderate speech delayed (HP:0000750)
• moderate = speech delayed (HP:0000750)
• moderate-severe = moderate-severe speech delayed (HP:0000750),
• severe =severe speech delayed (HP:0000750)
• no speech = no speech (HP:0001344)
• loss of speech = loss of speech (HP:0002371)
• poor speech = poor speech (HP:0002465)
• nasal = nasal speech (HP:0001611)
• nasal/dysarthic =nasal, dysarthic speech (HP:0008376)
• hyponasal = hyponasal speech (HP:0100271)
• articulation difficulties = articulation difficulties (HP:0009088)
• dysarthria = dysarthria (HP:0001260)
• grammar-specific = grammar-specific speech disorder (HP:0006977)
• incomprehensible = incomprehensible speech (HP:0002546)
• scanning = scanning speech (HP:0002168)
• slurred = slurred speech (HP:0001350)
• slowed slurred = slowed slurred speech (HP:0007164)
• apraxia = speech apraxia (HP:0011098)
• ? = unknown
• n/a = not analysed

Hypotonia: does the individual have hypotonia (please specify)
All options:

• appendicular = appendicular hypotonia (HP:0012389)
• central = central hypotonia (HP:0011398)
• facial = facial hypotonia (HP:0000297)
• episodic generalized = episodic generalized hypotonia (HP:0006852)
• generalized = generalized hypotonia (HP:0001290, +)
• generalized defect NMJ = generalized hypotonia due to defect at neuromuscular junction (HP:0003397)
• infantile axial = infantile axial hypotonia (HP:0009062)
• infantile muscular = infantile muscular hypotonia (HP:0008947)
• muscular = muscular hypotonia (HP:0001252)
• muscular severe = severe muscular hypotonia (HP:0006829)
• muscular trunk = muscular hypotonia trunk (HP:0008936)
• neonatal = neonatal hypotonia (HP:0001319)
• neonatal generalized = generalized neonatal hypotonia (HP:0008935)
• neonatal severe males = severe neonatal hypotonia in males (HP:0006830)
• oral motor = oral motor hypotonia (HP:0030190)
• no = no hypotonia (-)
• ? = unknown
• n/a = not analysed

Protein: result from protein staining

Pupil: abnormality eye pupil (please specify)
All options:

• abnormality = abnormality pupil (HPO_0000615)
• abnormal function = abnormal pupillary function (HPO_0007686)
• abnormal reflex = abnormal pupillary light reflex (HPO_0007695)
• anisocoria = anisocoria (HPO_0009916)
• ectopia = ectopia pupillae (HPO_0009918)
• hypertelorism = hypertelorism (HPO_0000316)
• Marcus Gunn = Marcus Gunn pupli (HPO_0200057)
• membrane = persistent pupillary membrane (HPO_0009917)
• normal = normal pupils
• slow response = slow pupillary light response (HPO_0030211)
• tonic = tonic pupli (HPO_0012074)
• ? = unknown
• n/a = not applicable

Intellectual_dis: individual has intellectual disability (intellectual disability (mental retardation), HP:0001249,mental retardation); please specify
All options:

• yes = intellectual disability (HP:0001249, IQ below 70)
• borderline = intellectual disability, borderline (HP:0006889, IQ 70-79)
• mild = intellectual disability, mild (HP:0001256, IQ 50-69)
• moderate = intellectual disability, moderate (HP:0002342, IQ 35-49)
• profound = intellectual disability, profound (HP:0002187, IQ below 20)
• severe = intellectual disability, severe (HP:0010864, IQ 20-34)
• progressive = intellectual disability, progressive (HP:0006887)
• no = no intellectual disability (IQ above 79, -)
• ? = unknown
• n/a = not analysed

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space	Text	Arg Ser	all entries containing 'Arg' and 'Ser'
|	Text	Arg|Ser	all entries containing 'Arg' or 'Ser'
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combination	Text	*|Ter !fs	all entries containing '*' or 'Ter' but not containing 'fs'
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!	Date	!2020-03	all entries not matching March, 2020
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combination	Date	2019|2020 <2020-03	all entries in 2019 or 2020, and before March, 2020
	Numeric	23	all entries exactly matching 23
|	Numeric	23|24	all entries exactly matching 23 or 24
!	Numeric	!23	all entries not exactly matching 23
<	Numeric	<23	all entries lower than 23
<=	Numeric	<=23	all entries lower than, or equal to, 23
>	Numeric	>23	all entries higher than 23
>=	Numeric	>=23	all entries higher than, or equal to, 23
combination	Numeric	>=20 <30 !23	all entries with values from 20 to 29, but not equal to 23

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Example	Matches
Asian	all entries containing 'Asian', 'asian', including 'Caucasian', 'caucasian', etc.
Asian !Caucasian	all entries containing 'Asian' but not containing 'Caucasian'
Asian|African !Caucasian	all entries containing 'Asian' or 'African', but not containing 'Caucasian'
"South Asian"	all entries containing 'South Asian', but not containing 'South East Asian'

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Template: Template(s) used to detect the sequence variant; DNA (genomic DNA), RNA (cDNA) or protein
All options:

• DNA
• RNA = RNA (cDNA)
• protein
• ? = unknown

Technique: technique(s) used to identify the sequence variant.
All options:

• ? = unknown
• ARMS = amplification refractory mutation system
• arrayCGH = array for Comparative Genomic Hybridisation
• arrayMET = array for methylation analysis
• arraySEQ = array for resequencing
• arraySNP = array for SNP typing
• arrayCNV = array for Copy Number Variation (SNP and CNV probes)
• ASO = allele-specific oligo hybridisation
• BESS = Base Excision Sequence Scanning
• CMC = Chemical Mismatch Cleavage
• COBRA = Combined Bisulfite Restriction Analysis
• CSCE = Conformation Sensitive Capillary Electrophoresis
• CSGE = Conformation Sensitive Gel Electrophoresis
• ddF = dideoxy Fingerprinting
• DGGE = Denaturing-Gradient Gel-Electrophoresis
• DHPLC = Denaturing High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
• DOVAM = Detection Of Virtually All Mutations (SSCA variant)
• DSCA = Double-Strand DNA Conformation Analysis
• DSDI = Detection Small Deletions and Insertions
• EMC = Enzymatic Mismatch Cleavage
• expr = expression analysis
• FISH = Fluorescent In-Situ Hybridisation
• FISHf = fiberFISH
• HD = HeteroDuplex analysis
• HPLC = High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
• IEF = IsoElectric Focussing
• IHC = Immuno-Histo-Chemistry
• Invader = Invader assay
• MAPH = Multiplex Amplifiable Probe Hybridisation
• MAQ = Multiplex Amplicon Quantification
• MCA = Melting Curve Analysis, high-resolution (HRMA)
• microscope = microscopic analysis (karyotype)
• microsat = microsatellite genotyping
• minigene = expression minigene construct
• MIP = Molecular Inversion Probe amplification
• MIPsm = single molecule Molecular Inversion Probe amplification
• MLPA = Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification
• MLPA-ms = Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification, methylation specific
• MS = mass spectrometry
• Northern = Northern blotting
• NUC = nuclease digestion (RNAseT1, S1)
• OM = optical mapping
• PAGE = Poly-Acrylamide Gel-Electrophoresis
• PCR = Polymerase Chain Reaction
• PCRdd = PCR, digital droplet
• PCRdig = PCR + restriction enzyme digestion
• PCRh = PCR, haloplex
• PCRlr = PCR, long-range
• PCRm = PCR, multiplex
• PCRms = PCR, methylation sensitive
• PCRq = PCR, quantitative (qPCR)
• PCRrp = PCR, repeat-primed (RP-PCR)
• PCRsqd = PCR, semi-quantitative duplex
• PE = primer extension (APEX, SNaPshot)
• PEms = primer extension, methylation-sensitive single-nucleotide
• PFGE = Pulsed-Field Gel-Electrophoresis (+Southern)
• PTT = Protein Truncation Test
• RFLP = Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms
• RT-PCR = Reverse Transcription and PCR
• RT-PCRq = Reverse Transcription and PCR, quantitative
• SBE = Single Base Extension
• SEQ = SEQuencing (Sanger)
• SEQb = bisulfite SEQuencing
• SEQp = pyroSequencing
• SEQms = sequencing, methylation specific
• SEQ-ON = next-generation sequencing - Oxford Nanopore
• SEQ-NG = next-generation sequencing
• SEQ-NG-RNA = next-generation sequencing RNA
• SEQ-NG-H = next-generation sequencing - Helicos
• SEQ-NG-I = next-generation sequencing - Illumina/Solexa
• SEQ-NG-IT = next-generation sequencing - Ion Torrent
• SEQ-NG-R = next-generation sequencing - Roche/454
• SEQ-NG-S = next-generation sequencing - SOLiD
• SEQ-PB = next-generation sequencing - Pacific Biosciences
• SNPlex = SNPlex
• Southern = Southern blotting
• SSCA = Single-Strand DNA Conformation polymorphism Analysis (SSCP)
• SSCAf = fluorescent SSCA (SSCP)
• STR = Short Tandem Repeat
• TaqMan = TaqMan assay
• Western = Western blotting
• - = not applicable

Tissue: tissue type used for analysis

Remarks: remarks regarding the screening like WGS (whole genome sequencing), WES (whole exome sequencing, gene panel (incl. a list of genes analysed), etc.

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Allele: On which allele is the variant located? Does not necessarily imply inheritance! 'Paternal' (confirmed or inferred), 'Maternal' (confirmed or inferred), 'Parent #1' or #2 for compound heterozygosity without having screened the parents, 'Unknown' for heterozygosity without having screened the parents, 'Both' for homozygozity.

Effect: The variant's effect on the function of the gene/protein, displayed in the format 'R/C'. R is the value reported by the source (publication, submitter) and this classification may vary between records. C is the value concluded by the curator. Note that in some database the curator uses Summary records to give details on the classification of the variant.Values used: '+' indicating the variant affects function, '+?' probably affects function, '-' does not affect function, '-?' probably does not affect function, '?' effect unknown, '.' effect was not classified.

Classification method: The method used for the clinical classification of this variant.
All options:

• ACMG
• ACGS
• EAHAD-CFDB
• ENIGMA
• IARC
• InSiGHT
• kConFab
• other

Clinical classification: Clinical classification of variant, preferably based on standardised criteria (e.g. ACMG), directed on the clinical consequences as published/submitted, indicated using an enriched system including inheritance: e.g. pathogenic, pathogenic (dominant), pathogenic (recessive), pathogenic (!), pathogenic (maternal), pathogenic (paternal). Standard inheritance is covered by dominant/recessive, imprinting by maternal/paternal. A '!' warns for exceptional circumstances to be explained in the 'Remarks' field (low penetrance, variants pathogenic in heterozygous state only, hypomorphic/hypermorphic variants, protective variants, etc.). Non-disease consequences (e.g. drug metabolism (pharmacogenetics), risk factor, blood group, tasting bitter) are indicated using additions to the benign classification; benign (dominant), benign (recessive), benign (!), etc. The value 'association' is used for variants associated with a phenotype and 'NA' for variants from in vitro/in silico records. NOTE: classification may differ from the opinion of the curator as given in a variant SUMMARY-record or the 'Functional effect concluded'). NOTE: pathogenic/likely pathogenic should go together with "variant (probably) affects function" In ClassFunctional.
All options:

• pathogenic
• pathogenic (dominant)
• pathogenic (recessive)
• pathogenic (!)
• pathogenic (maternal)
• pathogenic (paternal)
• likely pathogenic
• likely pathogenic (dominant)
• likely pathogenic (recessive)
• likely pathogenic (!)
• likely pathogenic (maternal)
• likely pathogenic (paternal)
• VUS
• VUS (!)
• likely benign
• likely benign (dominant)
• likely benign (recessive)
• likely benign (!)
• likely benign (maternal)
• likely benign (paternal)
• benign
• benign (dominant)
• benign (recessive)
• benign (!)
• benign (maternal)
• benign (paternal)
• conflicting
• association
• NA

DNA change (genomic) (hg19): HGVS description of variant at DNA level, based on the genomic (chromosomal) DNA reference sequence; e.g. g.12345678C>T, g.12345679del, g.12345678_12345890dup

DNA change (hg38): HGVS description of variant at DNA level, based on the hg38 genomic (chromosomal) eference sequence; e.g. g.12345678C>T, g.12345679del, g.12345678_12345890dup

Published as: listed only when different from "DNA change"; variant as reported originally (e.g. 521delT). Variants seen in animal models, tested in vitro, predicted from RNA analysis, etc. are described between brackets like c.(456C>G)

ISCN: description of the variant according to ISCN nomenclature

DB-ID: database ID of variant, grouping multiple observations of the same variant together, starting with the HGNC gene symbol, followed by an underscore (_) and a six digit number (e.g. DMD_012345). _000000 is used for variants where DNA was not analysed (change predicted from RNA analysis), variants seen in animal models or variants not seen in humans but functionally tested in vitro

Variant remarks: remarks regarding variant described, e.g. germline mosaicism in mother, 345 kb deletion, muscle RNA analysed, not in 200 control chromosomes tested, on founder haplotype, etc.

Reference: publication describing the variant submitted, incl. links to OMIM, PubMed or other source, e.g. "den Dunnen ASHG2003 P2346"

ClinVar ID: ID of variant in ClinVar database

dbSNP ID: the dbSNP ID

Origin: Origin of variant/record: Germline = in all cells, De novo = in all cells, but not in either parent, Germline/De novo (untested) = in all cells, parents not tested (use only when De novo is likely, e.g. isolated/sporadic cases with dominant disease), Somatic = present in a subset of cells, but not in either parent, Uniparental disomy = from parental disomy (maternal or paternal), CLASSIFICATION record = submitter only sharing variant classification (note another report may share Individual data), SUMMARY record = master summary record from curator (may link to another database), In vitro (cloned) = data resulting from in vitro functional assays, animal model = data from animal model, Artefact = false positive variant call, DUPLICATE record = variant already described on another chromosome (e.g. unbalanced translocation, duplicating transposition, 2nd fusion transcript, etc.)
All options:

• Germline
• De novo
• Germline/De novo (untested)
• Somatic
• Uniparental disomy
• Uniparental disomy, maternal allele
• Uniparental disomy, paternal allele
• CLASSIFICATION record
• SUMMARY record
• In vitro (cloned)
• In silico
• animal model
• Artefact
• DUPLICATE record
• Unknown
• Not applicable

Segregation: Indicates whether the variant segregates with the phenotype (yes), does not segregate with the phenotype (no) or segregation is unknown (?)
All options:

• ? = unknown
• yes = segregates with phenotype
• no = does not segregate with phenotype
• - = not applicable

Frequency: frequency in which the variant was found; e.g 5/760 chromosomes (in 5 of 760 chromosomes tested), 1/33 patients (in 1 of 33 patients analysed in study), 0.05 controls (in 5% of control cases tested)

Re-site: restriction enzyme recognition site created (+) or destroyed (-); e.g. BglII+;BamHI-

VIP: variant VIP-status was requested for matchmaking - need collaboration(s) to crack the case - please contact the submitter/curator. NOTE: to get VIP status ask the curator.

Methylation: result of methylation test; GOM (gain of methylation), LOM (loss of methylation), 30% (30% methylated). NOTE: when several tests were done mention the method as well (e.g. MS-PCR 75%)

IDbase Accession Number: IDbase Accession Number

VariO/DNA: variation ontology annotation at DNA level
All options:

• DNA substitution (VariO:0136)
• transition (VariO:0313)
• pyrimidine transition (VariO:0314)
• purine transition (VariO:0315)
• not changed (VariO:0140)
• DNA deletion (VariO:0141)
• DNA insertion (VariO:0142)
• DNA indel (VariO:0143)
• DNA inversion (VariO:0145)
• DNA translocation (VariO:0144)
• transversion (VariO:0316)

VariO/Protein: variation ontology annotation at protein level
All options:

• protein truncation (VariO:0015)
• sequence retaining amino acid deletion (VariO:0016)
• nonsynonymous variation (VariO:0017)
• amino acid insertion (VariO:0018)
• amphigoric amino acid insertion (VariO:0019)
• sequence retaining amino acid insertion (VariO:0020)
• amino acid substitution (VariO:0021)
• amino acid indel (VariO:0022)
• amphigoric amino acid indel (VariO:0023)
• missing protein (VariO:0240)
• sequence retaining amino acid indel (VariO:0029)
• alternatively initiated protein (VariO:0443)
• artificial protein variation (VariO:0246)
• mistranslated protein (VariO:0330)
• protein structural inheritance (VariO:0026)
• epigenetic protein variation (VariO:0025)
• post translational modification (VariO:0028)
• proteinaceous infection (VariO:0027)

VariO/RNA: variation ontology annotation at RNA level
All options:

• RNA substitution (VariO:0312)
• transition (VariO:0313)
• pyrimidine transition (VariO:0314)
• purine transition (VariO:0315)
• transversion (VariO:0316)
• missense variation (VariO:0308)
• initiation codon change (VariO:0317)
• termination codon change (VariO:0309)
• nonsense variation (VariO:0310)
• silent variation (VariO:0318)
• RNA deletion (VariO:0319)
• in-frame deletion (VariO:0320)
• out-of-frame deletion (VariO:0321)
• RNA insertion (VariO:0326)
• in-frame insertion (VariO:0332)
• out-of-frame insertion (VariO:0327)
• RNA indel (VariO:0311)
• in-frame indel (VariO:0030)
• out-of-frame indel (VariO:0031)
• effect on RNA splicing (VariO:0362)
• intron gain (VariO:0364)
• RNA splicing change (VariO:0334)
• exon loss (VariO:0381)
• missing RNA (VariO:0245)
• unsense variation (VariO:0514)

Exon: number of exon/intron containing variant; 2 = exon 2, 12i = intron 12, 2i_7i = from intron 2 to intron 7, 8i_9 = intron 8/exon 9 boundary, _1 = 5' to exon 1, 18_ = 3' of exon 18, _1_18_ = encompassing the entire 18-exon gene

DNA change (cDNA): description of variant at DNA level, based on a coding DNA reference sequence (following HGVS recommendations); e.g. c.123C>T, c.123_145del, c.123_126dup. For deletions/duplications extending beyond the reference transcript resp. {0}/{2} is used to replace del/dup. Extent of the deletion/duplication should be specified using the genomic description (g.). "-" indicates the variant described on genomic level does not affect the coding DNA reference sequence.

Haplotype: haplotype on which variant was found

RNA change: description of variant at RNA level (following HGVS recommendations).

• r.123c>u
• r.? = unknown
• r.(?) = RNA not analysed but probably transcribed copy of DNA variant
• r.spl? = RNA not analysed but variant probably affects splicing
• r.(spl?) = RNA not analysed but variant may affect splicing
• r.0? = change expected to abolish transcription

Protein: description of variant at protein level (following HGVS recommendations).

• p.(Arg345Pro) = change predicted from DNA (RNA not analysed)
• p.Arg345Pro = change derived from RNA analysis
• p.? = unknown effect
• p.0? = probably no protein produced

P-domain: region/domain protein affected

Exon_old: exon number according to older numbering

Predicted: predicted consequence of variant (RNA/protein level)
All options:

• missense
• nonsense
• frameshift
• no-stop
• silent
• splicing affected
• splicing affected, exon skipped
• splicing affected?
• deletion
• deletion, small
• deletion, large
• deletion, exon
• deletion, multi exon
• duplication
• duplication, small
• duplication, large
• insertion
• insertion, small
• insertion, large
• delins = insertion/deletion
• conversion
• other/complex

Type/DNA: type of variant at DNA level. NOTE: can be derived automatically from the variant description (for all levels)
All options:

• substitution
• deletion
• deletion, small
• deletion, large
• duplication
• duplication, small
• duplication, large
• insertion
• insertion, small
• insertion, large
• delins = insertion/deletion
• inversion
• conversion
• transposition
• translocation
• other/complex

Enzyme activity: activity variant enzym

mRNA level: Level of transcribed mRNA present in peripheral blood mononuclear cells. The level is indicated in relative terms as normal/(much) increased/(much) reduced/absent.

Predict-BioInf: predicted effect of variant using bioinformatic analysis tools (e.g. AGVGD, CADD, conservation, Grantham, MutationTaster, PolyPhen, REVEL, SIFT, splicing, etc.)

Legacy protein change: description of variant at protein level using a traditional (legacy) numbering system.

Protein level: Level of translated protein in peripheral blood mononuclear cells. The level is indicated in relative terms as normal/(much) increased/(much) reduced/absent.