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Published in final edited form as: Genet Med. 2010 Apr;12(4 Suppl):S171–S193. doi: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e3181d7b053
Disorder Type Pattern of
Inheritance
Genes Age of
Onset
Relative
Frequency
Prevale
nce
Test
Availab
le?
Patent
Holder
(Patent
Number)
Pendred's Syndrome Syndromic AR SLC26A4 Prelingual 4–10% SLC26A4
Type 4 Barter'st Syndrome Syndromic AR or digenic BSND, CLCNKA, CLCNKB con-sanguineous Middle Easterners
Branchio-oto-renal (BOR) Syndrome Syndromic AD EYA1, SIX1 1 in 40,000 EYA1, SIX1
Alport Syndrome Syndromic AD MYH9, COL4A5, COL4A3, COL4A4 Rare MYH9, COL4A5, COL4A3, COL4A4
Fechtner's Syndrome Syndromic AD MYH9 Rare
Sebastian Syndrome Syndromic AD MYH9 Rare
(DFNA22) Syndromic AD MYO6 Postlingual Rare
Renal Tubular Acidosis Syndromic AR, consanguinity ATP6B1, ATP6N1B con-sanguineous North Africans
Waardenburg's Syndrome Syndromic AD or AR PAX3, MITF, SOX10, EDN3, EDNRB 1–4%
Wolfram Syndrome Syndromic AD WFS1 Prelingual WFS1 Washington University School of Medicine (WOO18787A1)
Meniere's Disease Syndromic AD COCH Postlingual COCH5B2 Brigham and Women's Hospital (7030235), Brigham and Women's Hospital & U-Antwerp (6730475)
Cockayne Syndrome Type A Syndromic ERCC8 Prelingual ERCC8
Cockayne Syndrome Type B Syndromic ERCC6 Prelingual ERCC6
Diabetes-Deafness Syndrome Syndromic MTND5, MTTL1 MTTL1
Charcot-Marie Tooth Neuropathy Type 1A Syndromic AD PMP22 PMP22
Charcot-Marie Tooth Neuropathy Type 1B Syndromic AD MPZ MPZ
Charcot-Marie Tooth Neuropathy Type 1C Syndromic AD LITAF LITAF
Charcot-Marie Tooth Neuropathy Type 1D Syndromic AD EGR2 EGR2
Charcot-Marie Tooth Neuropathy Type 1E Syndromic AD PMP22 PMP22 Athena (5691144), Athena (6001576)
Charcot-Marie Tooth Neuropathy Type 1F/2E Syndromic AD NEFL NEFL
Isolated Renal Hypomagnesemia Syndromic CLDN16, CLDN16,
Urticaria-Deafness-Amyloidosis (UDA) Syndrome Syndromic CIAS1, NLRP3 CIAS1, NLRP3
Long QT Syndromes and Deafness Syndromic KVLQT1, SCN5A KVLQT1, SCN5A U-Utah Research Foundation (20020061524A1), U-Utah Research Foundation and Genzyme, Inc (6582913), U-Utah Research Foundation (6787309)
Jervell and Lange Nielsen (JLN) Syndrome Syndromic AR KLVQT1, KCNQ1 (JLN1), KCNE1 (JLN2) Prelingual Rare KLVQT1, KCNQ1 (JLN1), KCNE1 (JLN2) U-Utah Research Foundation (6150104)
Stickler Syndrome Syndromic AD COL11A2, COL2A1, COL11A1, COL9A1 COL11A1, COL11A2, COL2A1, COL9A1
Epstein Syndrome Syndromic AD MYH9 MYH9
Norrie Disease Syndromic NDP NDP
Treacher Collins Syndrome Syndromic TCOF1 TCOF1
Usher Syndrome Type I (USH1) Syndromic AR MY07A,O USH1C, CDH23, PCDH15, SANS Prelingual all Usher combined 3–6% of child deafness all Usher combined 4.4/100,000 MY07A, PCDH15
Usher Syndrome Type II (USH2) Syndromic AR USH2A, VLGR1, WHRN Prelingual all Usher combined 3–6% of child deafness all Usher combined 4.4/100,001 USH2A
Usher Syndrome Type III (USH3) Syndromic AR USH3 Postlingual all Usher combined 3–6% of child deafness all Usher combined 4.4/100,002 USH3A (CLRN1)
Kearns-Sayre Syndrome Syndromic Mitochondrial mtDNA deletion syndromes
Pearson Syndrome Syndromic Mitochondrial mtDNA deletion syndromes
Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia Syndromic Mitochondrial mtDNA deletion syndromes
Leigh Syndrome Syndromic Mitochondrial MTATP6, MTTL1, MTTK, MTND1, MTND3, MTND4, MTND5, MTND6, MTCO3, MTTW, and MTTV MT-ATP6, MT-CO3, MT-ND1, MT-ND3, MT-ND4, MT-ND5, MT-ND6, MT-TK, MT-TL1, MT-TV, MT-TW
NARP Syndromic Mitochondrial MTATP6 MT-ATP6
MELAS Syndromic Mitochondrial MTTL1, MTND5, MT-TC, MT-TV, MT-TF, and MT-TS1 MTTL1, MTND5
MERRF Syndromic Mitochondrial MTTK MTTK
Vohwinkel Syndrome Syndromic GJB2 (Cx 26) GJB2 >50% GJB2 (Cx 26) Institut Pasteur (5998147, 6485908)
Deafness-Dystonia Syndrome (DDON) Syndromic XL TIMM8A Varies
Hypoparathyroidism, Sensorineural Deafness, and Renal (HDR) Disease Syndromic GATA3 GATA3
Ichthyosis, Hystrix-like, with Deafness Syndromic GJB2 (Cx 26) GJB2 (Cx 26) Institut Pasteur (5998147, 6485908)