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Table 4 Clinical manifestations of systemic organ involvement caused by pathogenic variants in ALMS1 gene

From: New pathogenic variants of ALMS1 gene in two Chinese families with Alström Syndrome

Literature

General manifestation

Obesity

Heart

Kidney

Diabetes

Hormone level

Hearing

Others

Torkamandi et al.[14]

 + 

Diastolic dilated cardiomyopathy

Renal ultrasound shows hyperechoic renal medulla

Type II diabetes

Hypertriglyceridemia, hyperlipidemia

Neurological hearing loss from age 4

Acanthosis nigricans

Etheridge T et al.[15]

 + 

Dilated cardiomyopathy

-

-

Elevated triglyceride

Mild hearing loss

Cryptorchidism, history of Burkitt's lymphoma, family history of consanguineous marriage

Nasser F et al.[16]

 + 

Myocarditis cardiomyopathy

-

Type II diabetes

Elevated transaminase level

Hearing loss

Inactive thyroid nodules, hypogonadism

Gatticchi et al.[17]

-

Decreased left ventricular function

Diapers are still needed up to age 3

-

Hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia

Chronic cicatricial inflammation of the middle ear, hearing loss

Biopsy specimens from pharyngeal bronchoscopy showed reduced cilia number and attention deficit and hyperkinetic behavior;

Aldrees A, et al.[18]

 + 

Not mentioned

Not mentioned

Not mentioned

Not mentioned

Neurological hearing loss

Family history of consanguineous marriage

Dassie F et al.[19]

 + 

Cardiological

disorders

Not mentioned

Type II diabetes

hepatic steatosis

mild bilateral sensorineural hearing loss

difficulties in the auditory working memory with ideomotor and

buccofacial apraxia