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. 2003 Apr 8;72(5):1315–1322. doi: 10.1086/375122

Table 1.

Clinical Description of PKDF10[Note]

Vestibular Phenotype
Eye Phenotype
Subjecta Age(years) Hearing Phenotype Age atAmbulation ENGResults FundoscopyResults ERGResults Other Findings
IV:16 20 Profound hearing loss 6 years Abnormal Congenital stationary night blindness Normal Retinal pigment epithelial changes; flat feet and prominence of the talus due to lack of arches in the feet; atrophy of the muscles around the Achilles tendon; minor facial dysmorphic features
IV:17 9 Profound hearing loss 14 mo NA No abnormality detected Normal History of hysteric fits from the age of 1 mo; flat feet and prominence of talus due to lack of arches in the feet; minor facial dysmorphic features; lordotic posture but no muscular weakness
IV:19 10 Profound hearing loss 15 mo NA RP RP Alternating squint; difficulties in tandem gait
IV:20 16 Profound hearing loss 18 mo NA No abnormality detected Normal History of hysteric fits from the age of 1 mo; alternating squint
IV:8 13 Profound hearing loss 18 mo NA No abnormality detected Normal Alternating squint; flat feet and prominence of talus due to lack of arches in the feet
IV:2 18 Profound hearing loss 30 mo Abnormal No abnormality detected NA
IV:23 17 Normal 3 years NA No abnormality detected NA Weakness in the right leg
IV:22 11 Normal 15 mo NA No abnormality detected NA
IV:18 24 Normal 18 mo NA No abnormality detected NA

Note.— ENG = electronystagmography; ERG = electroretinography; NA = not available. All examinations were performed by local physicians in Pakistan, and the neurological examinations were videotaped. All results were reviewed by the clinicians at the National Institutes of Health who are also coauthors of the present article (A.J.G., R.C.C., and A.G.).

a

All subjects had normal reflexes and ambulated normally during the examination.