Table I.
Parameter | Ethnicity
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Korean | French | French | French | French | American | American | German | |
Reference | The present study | Bonneau et al (6) | Bonneau et al (6) | Bonneau et al (6) | Bonneau et al (6) | Schaaf et al (5) | Schaaf et al (5) | Pesch et al (4) |
Gender | Male | Female | Female | Male | Male | Male | Female | Female |
Age at exam (years) | 10 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 30 |
Age at onset | 12 months | 42 months | 12 months | 18 months | 3 years | 12 months | 6 months | Childhood |
Mutation | ||||||||
Amino acid change | Arg905Gln | Ile382Met | Val402Met | Ile382Met | Ile382Met | Ile382Met | Ile382Met | Glu270Lys |
Leu620fs | Arg557a | Val903Glyfsa | Arg824a | Glu487Lys | Val903Glyfsa | Val903Glyfsa | Arg290Trp | |
Domain | GED | GTPase | GTPase | GTPase | GTPase | GTPase | GTPase | GTPase |
MID | MID | GED | MID | GTPase | GED | GED | GTPase | |
Clinical manifestation | ||||||||
Optic atrophy | Global pallor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Diffuse severe | Diffuse severe | Global pallor |
Visual acuity | Blind | 0.01/0.01 | Unknown | 0.01/0.01 | Blind | Severely reduced | Unknown | 0.2/0.2 |
Cataracts | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | No | Unknown | No | No | No |
Peripheral neuropathy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Ataxia | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
Laboratory findings | ||||||||
VEP | Absent | Prolonged | Prolonged | Prolonged | Prolonged | Unknown | Unknown | Prolonged |
NCS | Axonal sensorimotor | Axonal sensory | Axonal sensorimotor | Axonal sensory | Axonal sensorimotor | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Brain MRI | Normal | Normal | Cerebellar atrophy | Cerebellar atrophy | Cerebellar atrophy | Normal | Unknown | Unknown |
Lower leg MRI | Fatty infiltration | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Nerve biopsy | Axonal neuropathy | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Translation termination codon. GED, GTPase effector domain; MID, middle domain; VEP, visual evoked potentials; NCS, nerve conduction studies; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.