Table 2.

Non-syndromic and syndromic retinal dystrophies and inheritance pattern

Retinal dystrophy	Inheritance
Non-syndromic
Retinitis pigmentosa	ad, ar, xl, digenic
Cone or cone-rod dystrophy	ad, ar, xl
Leber congenital amaurosis	Mainly ar, rarely ad
Stargardt disease	Mainly ar, rarely ad
Fundus flavimaculatus	ar
Congenital stationary night blindness	ad, ar, xl
North Carolina macular dystrophy	ad
Sorsby's macular dystrophy	ad
Pattern macular dystrophy	ad
Vitelliform macular dystrophy (Best's disease)	ad (incomplete penetrance)
Choroideremia	xl
X-linked retinoschisis	xl
Gyrate atrophy	ar
Syndromic
Usher syndrome	ar
Bardet-Biedl syndrome	ar, oligogenic
Senior-Locken syndrome	ar
Alport syndrome	xl
Älmstron syndrome	ar
Joubert Syndrome	ar
Nephronophthisis	ar, oligogenic
Cockayne syndrome	ar
Refsum disease	ar
Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia type 7	ad
Norrie disease	xl

ad: autosomal dominant; ar: autosomal recessive; xl: X-linked.