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. 2017 Jul 13;135(7):749–760. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2017.1401

Table. Clinical Summary of 10 Patients.

Characteristic Patient ID (Institutional Identifier)
MEH1 (GC18875) MEH2 (GC20465) MEH3 (GC20390) MEH4 (GC18983) CEI1 (CEI26198) SK1 SK2 MEH5 (GC20101) MEH6 (GC3513) SK3
Age at last visit, y/sex 36/F 30/M 54/F 51/M 24/F 21/F 23/F 16/F 49/F 70/M
Age at onset, y 30s 20s Late 40s 30s Late teens <10 Early teens Early teens <10 Early teens
Presenting symptom
VA loss Absent Absent Absent Absent Mild Mild Mild Mild Mild Mild
Nyctalopia Mild Mild Mild Mild Mild Mild Mild Mild Mild Mild
BCVA snellen 20/16 20/30 20/20 20/32 20/125 20/80 20/125 NA HM LP
Fundus findings
Mac atrophy Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent Moderate Moderate
Bone spicules Absent Absent Absent Mild Intermittent Moderate Intermittent Absent Absent Moderate
AF
Central hypoAF Moderate Mild Mild Moderate Moderate Mild Mild Mild Severe Absent
HyperAF ring Mild Mild Absent Mild Moderate Mild Mild Intermittent Absent Absent
Periph hypoAF Severe Moderate Mild Severe Intermittent Mild Moderate Moderate Severe Severe
OCT
Fov
EZ loss Absent Intermittent Mild Mild Severe Moderate Moderate Severe Severe Severe
ONL loss Intermittent Mild Mild Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Severe Severe
PF
EZ loss Severe Severe Moderate Severe Severe Intermittent Mild Severe Severe Severe
ONL loss Severe Severe Severe Moderate Moderate Severe Severe Moderate Severe Severe
Mac edema Absent Moderate Severe Mild Absent Severe Absent Absent Absent Absent
VF (age, y)
Central scotoma Absent Absent Mild Absent Mild Absent Absent NA Severe Absent
VF constriction To 30° (30) Patchy loss (27) To 10° (54) To 5° (51) N/I/S (23) N/I/S (21) To 30° (23) NA ND (47) To 10° (61)
Electrophysiology (age, y)
ffERG: rod, cone function ↓ Rod: ↓↓
Cone: ↓
(30)
NA Rod: ND Cone: ↓
(51)
Rod: ↓↓↓
Cone: ↓
(37)
Rod: ND
Cone: ↓↓
(42)
Rod: ↓↓↓
Cone: ↓↓
(23)
Rod: ND
Cone: ↓↓↓
(10)
Rod: ND
Cone: ND
(12)
Rod: ND
Cone: ↓↓↓
(16)
NA Rod: ND
Cone: ND
(41)
PERG ↓↓ NA ↓↓ ↓↓ NA NA NA ↓↓↓ NA NA
mfERG: paracentral, Central PC: ↓
C: Spared
NA PC: ↓
C: Spared
PC: ↓↓
C: Spared
NA NA NA NA NA NA
Genetic analysis
Allele 1 c.1213C>T (R405W) 1-kb del 1-kb del c.1213C>T (R405W) 1-kb del c.883G>T (E295X) c.883G>T (E295X) 1-kb del 1-kb del 1-kb del
Allele 2 c.1213C>T (R405W) c.988G>A (V330I)a c.837+5G>A (splice site)a c.1213C>T (R405W) c.461-3C>G (splice site)a c.917T>A (L306H)a c.917T>A (L306H)a c.853A>G (I285V)a c.1213C>T (R405W) c.375-3C>G (splice site)a

Abbreviations: AF, autofluorescence; BCVA, best-corrected visual acuity; C, central; c, cDNA sequence with nucleotide position and change; CEI, Casey Eye Institute; ERG, electroretinography; EZ, ellipsoid zone; ffERG, full-field ERG; Fov, foveal; hyperAF, hyper-autofluorescence; hypoAF, hypo-autofluorescence; LP, light perception; MEH, Moorfields Eye Hospital; mfERG, multifocal ERG; NA, not applicable; ND, not detectable; N/I/S, nasal/inferior/superior; OCT, optical coherence tomography; ONL, outer nuclear layer; mac, macular; PC, paracentral; PERG, pattern ERG; periph, peripheral; PF, parafoveal; SK, the Hospital for Sick Children; VA, visual acuity; VF, visual field; 1-kb del, c.461-280_677+382del966 (p.Gly154Alafs*29,Val155_Gly264del); ↓, decreased.

a

Novel mutation.