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Table 1 Clinical features of the 9 affected patients belonging to the four studied families: F1, F2, F3 and F4.

From: Absence of mutations in four genes encoding for congenital cataract and expressed in the human brain in Tunisian families with cataract and mental retardation

Familles

F1

F2

F3

F4

Patients

IV13

IV16

IV35

IV36

IV37

IV10

IV11

IV11

IV12

Weigt (Kg)

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Height (cm)

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Cataract

unilateral

bilateral

bilateral

bilateral

bilateral

bilateral

bilateral

unilateral

bilateral

Age of cataract

3 years

3 years

2 years

3 years

2 years

6 months

1 year

3 years

3 years

Microcephaly

-5.5 DS

-6.7 DS

-2.8 DS

N

N

-3.5 DS

-3 DS

-5.6 DS

-3.8 DS

MR

moderate

moderate

moderate

moderate

mild

moderate

moderate

moderate

moderate

Age of MR

3 years

3 years

2 years

3 years

2 years

1 year

3 years

3 years

3 years

Developmental

delay

-Could not learn nor write.

-Troubles of eloculation

-Running all alone.

-Walked at age of 2 years.

-Difficult to shake hands and close eyes.

-Walked at 2 years.

-Spoke at 5 years.

-Absence of anatomy.

Difficult to learn.

-Spoke at 2 years.

-Speech with monosyllabic words.

Walked and spoke at ages of 2 years.

      

IV10 -Sit with supports since 5 months.

IV 10 -Walk with assistance gained.

  

MRI

N

Small parietal ischemic lesion

N

N

N

-Anomaly if Dandy-Walker.

-Thinning of corpus callosum.

N

N

Others

Slight axial hypotonia

-Retinal dystrophy

-Strabismus

-

. -

-

-Microphtalmia.

-Axial hypotonia.

-Intrauterine growth retardation.

IV10- Bilateral cryptorchidism operated.

-

-Alteration of the pigment epithelium.

-Leucorea

-Decreased visual acuity.

  1. MR: Mental Retardation, MRI: Magnetic Resonance Image, N: normal, -: no other features
  2. Age of MR = age of the patient at the first time referred to our department.