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Table 1 58 patients with PHARC syndrome from 37 different families have been described in literature to our knowledge

From: PHARC syndrome: an overview

     

Polyneuropathy, cerebellar ataxia

Hearing loss

Retinitis pigmentosa

Cataract

Other

Reference

Family

Patient (sex/age at first examination or diagnosis in years)

Country

Age at onset (years)

Neuropathy

Age at onset (years)

Ataxia

Age at onset (years)

Deafness

Age at onset (years)

Retinitis pigmentosa/Night blindness

Age at onset (years)

Cataract

Age at onset (years)

Other symptoms

Age at onset (years)

Fiskerstrand et al. [1]

I.1

♀, 59

Norway

Early twenties

Demyelinating sensory motor polyneuropathy

38

N

/

Sensorineural

29

Y

38

Y

28

Foot deformities

Childhood

I.2

♂, 53

Norway

37

Demyelinating polyneuropathy

37

Y

37

Sensorineural

Thirties

Y

37

Y

49

Pes cavus

Childhood

I.3

♂, 43

Norway

Childhood

Demyelinating sensory motor polyneuropathy

38

Y

43

Y

Childhood

Y

46

Y

Twenties

Cerebellar atrophy

/

Fiskerstrand et al. [10]

II.1

♂, 58

Norway

Teens

Demyelinating and axonal polyneuropathy

51

N

/

Y

Twenties

Y

35

Y

25

Pes cavus

NK

II.2

♀, 54

Norway

Teens

Demyelinating neuropathy

53

N

/

Y

Twenties

Y

25

Y

32

Pes cavus

NK

III

♀, 36

Norway

Teens

Demyelinating neuropathy

NK

Y

NK

Y

10

Y

36

Y

15

Pes cavus

NK

IV

♂, 24

Norway

Teens

Demyelinating neuropathy

NK

N

/

Y

Late in teens

N

/

Y

16

Pes cavus; hammer toes

NK

V

♂, 16

Norway

Teens

Demyelinating neuropathy

NK

N

/

Y

13

N

/

Y

NK

Pes cavus

NK

VI.1

♂, 11

Algeria

3–4

Demyelinating neuropathy

NK

Y

3–4

N

/

N

/

N

/

N

NK

VI.2

♀, 10

Algeria

4–5

Demyelinating neuropathy

NK

Y

4–5

N

/

N

/

N

/

N

NK

VII.1

♂, 44

Algeria

7–10

Demyelinating neuropathy

NK

Y

7–10

Y

NK

N

/

NK

/

Pes cavus

NK

VII.2

♀, 26

Algeria

4–9

Severe demyelinating sensory motor polyneuropathy

NK

Y

4–9

Y

NK

Y

NK

Y

NK

Pes cavus

NK

VIII.1

♀, 26

Algeria

6

Severe demyelinating sensory motor polyneuropathy

NK

Y

6–12

Y

6

N

/

N

/

Pes cavus

NK

VIII.2

♀, 19

Algeria

NK

Demyelinating neuropathy

12

N

/

NK

/

NK

/

NK

/

Pes cavus

19

IX

♀, 32

Algeria

16–20

Axonal polyneuropathy

NK

Y

16–20

Y

NK

N

/

N

/

Pes cavus

NK

X

♀, 50

USA

Teens

Sensory neuropathy

34

Y

18

Y

17

Y

Twenties

Y

22

Pes cavus

34

XI.1

♂, 24

UAE

Childhood

Motor neuropathy

Childhood

Y

NK

Y

14

Y

Twenties

Y

15

Pes cavus

NK

XI.2

♂, 20

UAE

2

Demyelinating neuropathy

4

Y

2

Y

6

Y

NK

Y

NK

Pes cavus

NK

XI.3

♀, 6

UAE

< =6

Demyelinating neuropathy

NK

Y

NK

Y

NK

N

/

Y

NK

N

/

Eisenberger et al. [4]

XII.1

♀, 55

Lebanon

17

N

/

Y

19

Progressive severe to profound sensorineural

17

Y

18

Y

26

Atrophy of macular region

Glaucoma

Esotropia

40

55

55

XII.2

♂, 53

Lebanon

18

N

/

N

/

Progressive severe to profound sensorineural

24

Y

18

Y

23

Atrophy of macular region

Glaucoma

50

Chen et al. [5]

XIII

♀, 29

USA

3–5

Demyelinating sensory motor neuropathy

27

Y

NK

Progressive severe sensorineural

Early childhood

Y

22

Y

21

Bilateral foot deformities

Macular edema

Mild dysmetria

At birth

22

NK

Nishiguchi et al. [6]

XIV.1

♀, 78

Spain

NK

N

/

N

/

Sensorineural

NK

Y

38

Y

NK

N

/

XIV.2

♂, 75

Spain

NK

N

/

N

/

Severe sensorineural

NK

Y

Thirties

Y

NK

Cholesteatoma

NK

XIV.3

♀, 72

Spain

NK

N

/

N

/

N

/

Y

Thirties

Y

NK

N

/

XIV.4

♂, 66

Spain

NK

N

/

N

/

Sensorineural

NK

Y

Thirties

Y

NK

N

/

XV

♀, 38

Netherlands

NK

Demyelinating sensory motor neuropathy

38

N

/

Sensorineural

Twenties

Y

NK

Y

21

N

/

XVI

♂, 34

Netherlands

NK

Distal sensory neuropathy

NK

Y

35

Moderate sensorineural

Thirties

Y

NK

Y

29

N

/

Yoshimura et al. [7]

XVII.1

♂, 64

Japan

Early childhood

NK

NK

Y

63

Progressive profound sensorineural

< 10

Y

45

Y

45

Epilepsy

Cerebellar atrophy

NK

XVII.2

♂, NK

Japan

NK

NK

NK

Y

27

Y

NK

Y

NK

NK

18

Epilepsy

NK

XVII.3

♂, NK

Japan

NK

NK

NK

NK

NK

Y

NK

Y

NK

N

/

NK

NK

XVIII

♂, 56

Japan

15

Peripheral neuropathy

NK

Y

27

Progressive severe sensorineural

15

Y

22

Y

18

N

/

Bek-Tol et al. [8]

XIX.1

♂, 31

Netherlands

Childhood

Demyelinating polyneuropathy

NK

Y

Childhood

Y

20

NK

NK

Y

NK

Achilles contractures

Cerebellar atrophy

Childhood

NK

XIX.2

♂, 25

Netherlands

Childhood

Demyelinating polyneuropathy

NK

Y

NK

Y

NK

Y

Childhood

Y

NK

N

/

XIX.3

♂, 27

Netherlands

Childhood

Demyelinating polyneuropathy

NK

N

/

N

/

Y

NK

Y

Childhood

N

/

Tingaud-Sequeira et al. [9]

XX

♀, 31

Sweden

7

Demyelinating sensory motor neuropathy

15–16

Y

16

Progressive profound sensorineural

7

Y

16

Y

8

N

/

Lerat et al. [10]

XXI

♂, 36

France

5

Sensory motor polyneuropathy

15

Y

15

Sensorineural

5

N

/

Y

28

N

/

Frasquet et al. [15]

XXII.1

♂, 41

Spain

Childhood

Demyelinating polyneuropathy

12

Y

NK

Sensorineural

30

Y

NK

Y

NK

Foot deformities

Cerebellar atrophy

Childhood

NK

XXII.2

♂, NK

Spain

Childhood

Demyelinating polyneuropathy

17

Y

NK

Sensorineural

18–20

Y

40

Y

30

Foot deformities

Dysarthria, dysmetria

Cerebellar atrophy

Childhood

NK

NK

Thimm et al. [11]

XXIII.1

♂, 23

Iraq

9

Demyelinating sensory motor neuropathy

NK

Y

NK

Y

9

N

/

Y

NK

Bilateral pes cavus

Cerebellar atrophy

NK

22

XXIII.2

♂, 27

Iraq

12

Demyelinating sensory motor neuropathy

NK

Y

NK

Y

12

Y

NK

Y

NK

NK

NK

Igelman et al. [13]

XXIV

♀, 48

NK

18

NK

NK

NK

NK

N

/

Y

NK

Y

NK

Atrophy in macular region

NK

XXV

♀, 23

NK

20

NK

NK

NK

NK

N

/

Y

NK

N

NK

Atrophy in macular region

NK

XXVI

♂, 17

NK

16

NK

NK

NK

NK

N

/

Y

NK

N

NK

Bull's eye maculopathy

NK

XXVII

♂, 27

NK

22

NK

NK

NK

NK

Moderate progressive

20

Y

NK

Y

NK

Atrophy in macular region

NK

XXVIII

♂, 42

NK

Early 30 s

NK

NK

NK

NK

Moderate progressive

44

Y

NK

Y

NK

Hole in macular region

NK

XXIX

♂, 53

NK

18

NK

NK

NK

NK

Severe progressive

20

Y

NK

N

NK

Atrophy in macular region

NK

Dias Bastos et al. [12]

XXX

♀, 29

Portugal

16

Demyelinating sensory motor neuropathy

NK

Y

NK

Y

16

Y

19

Y

19

Low stature

Pes cavus

Cerebellar atrophy

NK

Nguyen et al. [14]

XXXI

♂, 47

NK

8

Y

8

NK

8

Y

28

Y

45

Y

36

N

/

XXXII

♀, 32

NK

Childhood

Y

Childhood

NK

45

Y

17

Y

32

Y

32

N

/

XXXIII.1

♂, 33

NK

3

Demyelinating neuropathy

27

NK

27

N

/

Y

14

Y

3

Macular atrophy

NK

XXXIII.2

♂, 33

NK

3

Severe demyelinating polyneuropathy

Childhood

NK

Childhood

Y

NK

Y

21

Y

3

Macular atrophy

NK

XXXIII.3

♂, 38

NK

4

Severe demyelinating polyneuropathy

Childhood

Y

Childhood

Y

20

Y

NK

Y

4

Macular atrophy

Cerebellar atrophy

NK

XXXIV

♀, 36

NK

NK

NK

NK

NK

NK

Y

12

Y

31

Y

32

N

NK

XXXV.1

♂, 20

Belgium

16

Demyelinating sensory motor neuropathy

20

N

/

Moderate sensorineural

16

Y

16

Y

17

Macular atrophy Cerebellar atrophy

NK

XXXV.2

♂, 17

Belgium

10

Demyelinating sensory motor neuropathy

18

Y

NK

Moderate sensorineural

10

Y

10

Y

10

Macular atrophy

Cerebellar atrophy

NK

XXXVI

♀, 46

NK

NK

Y

47

Y

47

Y

NK

Y

NK

Y

NK

Macular atrophy

NK

XXXVII

♂, 39

NK

NK

NK

NK

NK

NK

Y

33

Y

23

Y

29

Macular atrophy

NK

  1. Overview of all PHARC patients with their symptoms and ages at onset Related patients are indicated with the same Roman numeral. Early childhood is defined as three years old, childhood as 8 years old, and teens as 15 years old
  2. Y, yes; N no; NK, not known
  3. *Deducted from own data