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This study aimed to detect <jats:italic>DYNC1H1<\/jats:italic> variants in Chinese patients with infantile spasms (ISs).<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> We reviewed clinical information, video electroencephalogram (V-EEG), and neuroimaging of a newly identified cohort of five patients with <jats:italic>de novo DYNC1H1<\/jats:italic>gene variants.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> Five patients with four <jats:italic>DYNC1H1<\/jats:italic>variants from four families were included. All patients had epileptic spasms (ESs), the median age at seizure onset was 7.5 months (range from 5 months to 2 years 7 months), and the interictal V-EEG results were hypsarrhythmia. Four of five patients had brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) abnormalities. Four <jats:italic>de novo DYNC1H1<\/jats:italic> variants were identified, including two novel variants (p.N1117K, p.M3405L) and two reported variants (p.R1962C, p.F1093S). As for the variant site, two variants are located in the tail domain, one variant is located in the motor domain, and one variant is located in the stalk domain. All patients had tried more than five kinds of antiepileptic drugs. One patient has been controlled well by vigabatrin (VGB) for 4 years, and another patient by VGB and steroids for 1.5 years. The other three patients still had frequent ESs. All patients had severe intellectual disability and development delays.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Significance:<\/jats:bold> IS was one of the phenotypes of <jats:italic>DYNC1H1<\/jats:italic> variants. Most patients had non-specific brain MRI abnormality. Two of four <jats:italic>DYNC1H1<\/jats:italic> variants were novel, expanding the variant spectrum. The IS phenotype was related to the variant's domains of <jats:italic>DYNC1H1<\/jats:italic> variant sites. 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