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    1. Case 1

      Case#: 1, male, 3 days (onset), 2 y 8 mo (current), Chinese

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0008344 HP: 0012088, HP: 0001250, HP: 0011968, HP: 0001941, HP: 0001943, HP: 0001987, HP: 0001903, HP:0012751, HP:0002543, HP: 0001276, HP:0011343 (elevated A keto acids in urine, abnormal urinary odor, seizures, feeding difficulties, acidosis, hypoglycemia, hyperammonemia, anemia, abnormal basal ganglia MRI signal intensity, abnormal globus pallidus signals, hypertonia, moderate global developmental delay)

      HPOsFreeText: Blood ammonia: 75 uM, Valine: 532.83 uM, Isoleucine: 384.90 uM, Alloisoleucine: 213.09 uM

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      NotHPOsFreeText: N/A

      CaseAddInfo: variants also found in parents

      Case (Level 2)


      CasePreviousTesting: same as group

      CaseMethod1: same as group

      CaseMethod2: same as group

      CaseGenotypingMethod: same as group


      Variant1: NM_000709.3(BCKDHA): IVS6+1delG (can't search this format of an intronic mutations, how do I change it?)

      ClinVar: not sure how to search for BCKDHA IVS6 + 1delG

      CAID:

      gnomAD:


      Variant2: NM_000709.3(BCKDHA):c.740A>G (p.His247Arg)

      ClinVar: not found

      CAID: CA406012849

      gnomAD: not in gnomAD

      There are two variants listed for every patient except, one. The text said that all the mutations found were also found in the parents so does that mean they would be in trans?

      (didn't see this template at first, so still need to apply it to the other entries)

    1. 1 Hurler 3Y1M F (+) 704ins5/704ins5 (+) 89 (3YlM) hepatoinegaly (-) unknown

      Case#: Yamagishi Case 1, female, 3yo1mo, Japanese

      DiseaseAssertion: MPS1-Hurler

      FamilyInfo: consanguinity

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0001510, HP:0002240

      CaseHPOFreeText: mental delay, height -1.5SD

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: cardiac involvement

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: 704ins5 homozygous

      ClinVar: 11921

      CAID: CA256123

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. II:1

      Case#: Family IV-II:1, 58 years old, male

      CaseHPOs: HP:0003563 (decreased LDL cholesterol)

      CaseHPOsFreeText: Type 2 diabetes and severe non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) with pre-cirrhotic lesions and well differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) diagnosed on liver biopsy

      CasePreviousTesting: TC 120 mg/dl, LDL-C 50 mg/dl, HDL-C 55 mg/dl, TG 89 mg/dl (see additional values in Table 1) ApoB100 19 mg/dl (normal range 49-88) (Supplemental data)

      Variant: NM_000384.2:c.11153C>G (p.Ser3718Ter), heterozygous

      CAID: CA345983128

      gnomAD: Absent

      Variant evidence: APOB- p.Ser3718* mutations lead to the formation of expected truncated ApoB forms (ApoB-81) of 418 kDa (Fig. 1C, right panel) that can be secreted by the liver and lipidated.

      CaseAddInfo: Son of Family IV-I:1

    2. II:1

      Case#: Family II-II:1, 41 year old, male

      CaseHPOs: HP:0003563, HP:0001397 (decreased LDL cholesterol, hepatic steatosis)

      CaseHPOsFreeText: Prediabetes

      CasePreviousTesting: TC 113 mg/dl, LDL-C 38 mg/dl, HDL-C 69 mg/dl, TG 32 mg/dl (see additional values in Table 1). ApoB100 22 mg/dl (normal range 49-88) (Supplemental data). Normal ranges- total cholesterol (TC) 92-234 mg/dl, LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) 136-174 mg/dl, HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) 60-95 mg/dl), triglyceride (TG) 35-132 mg/dl.

      CaseGenotypingMethod: Next generation sequencing panel for high-throughput sequencing of the coding regions of genes previously linked to FHBL (APOB, PCSK9, ANGPTL3) and ABL (MTTP, SAR1B). Sanger sequencing was performed for validation.

      Variant: NM_000384.2:c.7711C>T (p.Gln2571Ter), heterozygous

      CAID: CA43502110

      gnomAD: Absent

    1. He died of progressive heart failure aged 68 years. Genetic screening identified a splice site variant, c.705+ 7G> A. None of his family members carried the variant.

      Case# Christensen A, 59 diagnosis, male

      CasePresentingHPOs HP:0004756 Ventricular Tachycardia, HP:0010872 T-Wave Inversion, HP:0005133 Right Ventricular Dilation, HP:0031317 Fatty replacement of ventricular myocardial tissue

      CasePreviousTesting amplicons were pre‐screened on a LightScanner High‐Resolution Melting Curve Analysis System

      CaseMethod1 PCR

      CaseGenotypingMethod (PCR) amplification was performed for all TMEM43 exons and flanking introns.

      Variant NM_024334.2(TMEM43):c.705+7G>A

      ClinVar 46152

      gnomAD 0.0007554 link

      VariantEvidence N/A

    1. Subjects

      Case18 Male, Finland

      CasePresentingHPOs HP:0003826, HP:0000347, HP:0001627, HP:0002101, HP:0000238, HP:0001341, HP:0007370, HP:0010664, HP:0002126, HP:0007260

      (Stillbirth, Micrognathia, Congenital heart defect, Defective lung lobation, Hydrocephalus, Olfactory lobe agenesis, Callosal agenesis, Fused thalami, Polymicrogyria, Type II lissencephaly)

      HPOsFreeText Crown-heel bodylength 45cm, body weight 2050g, brain weight 265g, abnormal larynx/trachea, occipitotemporal hypoplasia, infratentorial hypoplasia, occipitoschisis/keyhole, leptomeningeal heterotopia, absent developed and identifiable mamillary bodies, absent anterior commissure, difficult to identify nucleus dentatus

      CaseNotHPOs HP:0000202, HP:0001161, HP:0001829, HP:0007165

      (Oral cleft, Hand polydactyly, Foot polydactyly, Periventricular heterotopia)

      NotHPOsFreeText Uterus duplex, neuroepithelial rosettes, true alobar or semilobar holoprosencephaly

      CasePreviousTesting n/a

      Variant NM_145014.2(HYLS1):c.632A>G (p.Asp211Gly), homozygous

      ClinVar 1143

      gnomAD MAF= 0.009594(European(Finnish)), no homozygotes

      CaseAddInfo stillbirth, 36+6wk gestational age

      CasePMIDs n/a

    2. Subjects

      Case5 Male, Finland

      CasePresentingHPOs HP:0000347, HP:0001161, HP:0001829, HP:0000157, HP:0002101, HP:0000238, HP:0001341, HP:0007370, HP:0010664, HP:0002126, HP:0007260, HP:0030449

      (Micrognathia, Hand polydactyly, Foot polydactyly, Tongue abnormality, Defective lung lobation, Hydrocephalus, Olfactory lobe agenesis, Callosal agenesis, Fused thalami, Polymicrogyria, Type II lissencephaly, Therapeutic aboriton)

      HPOsFreeText Crown-heel body length 22cm, body weight 315g, Toe polydactly with multiple extra toes, Abnormal larynx/trachea, Hydrocephalus/open-book, Occipitotemporal hypoplasia, Infratentorial hypoplasia, occipitotemporal hypoplasia, leptomeningeal heterotopia, neuroepithelial rosettes, absent developed and identifiable mamillary bodies, absent anterior commissure, difficult to identify nucleus dentatus

      CaseNotHPOs HP:0000202, HP:0001627, HP:0002444, HP:0007165

      (Oral cleft, Congenital heart defect, Hypothalamic hamartoma, Periventricular neuronal heterotopia)

      NotHPOsFreeText Uterus duplex, hypothalamic hamartoma/bulging, true alobar or semilobar holoprosencephaly

      CasePreviousTesting n/a

      Variant NM_145014.2(HYLS1):c.632A>G (p.Asp211Gly), homozygous

      ClinVar 1143

      gnomAD MAF= 0.009594(European(Finnish)), no homozygotes

      CaseAddInfo induced abortion at 18+1wk gestational age

      CasePMIDs n/a

    3. Case 13

      Case13 Female, 6day old death, Finland

      CasePresentingHPOs HP:0000347, HP:0000157, HP:0002101, HP:0000238, HP:0001341, HP:0007370, HP:0010664, HP:0002126, HP:0007260, HP:0007165

      (Micrognathia, Tongue abnormality, Defective lung lobulation, Hydrocephalus, Olfactory lobe aplasia, Callosal aplasia, Fused thalami, Polymicrogyria, Type II lissencephaly, Periventricular neuronal heterotopia)

      HPOsFreeText Crown-heel body length 42cm, Body weight 2326g, brain weight 206g, abnormality larynx/trachea, uterus duplex, hydrocephalus/open-book, occipitotemporal hypoplasia, infratentorial hypoplasia, occipitoschisis/keyhole, leptomeningeal heterotopia, neuroepithelial rosettes, absent developed and identifiable mamillary bodies, absent anterior commissure, difficult to identify nucleus dentatus, small unilateral remnant of the olfactory tract, (Fig2:)small proximal stumps of callosal fibers with a small longitudinal Probst bundle element, lateral periventricular nodular heterotopia, smooth cortical surface without normal gyration; missing midline commissures , large leptomeningeal heterotopia between the ba and brain tissue surface immunopositive for microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP-2), hypoplastic temporal lobe displays a miniature dentate fascia, dysplastic hippocampus, heterotopic (Fig5:) glioneuronal wart-like eruption, irregular and disrupted bundles of radial glial structures, calretinin (CR)-positive and reelin positive neurons in dysplastic cortex, (Fig6:) minute dysplastic inferior olive only in some neuronal groups, totally narrowed pyramid medially below in the right lower corner of the medulla oblongata, all layers are narrowed in the atrophic cerebellar cortex of HLS, short and small frontal bundle of Probst

      CaseNotHPOs HP:0000202, HP:0001829, HP:0001627

      (Oral cleft, Foot polydactyly, Congenital heart defect)

      NotHPOsFreeText true alobar or semilobar holoprosencephaly

      CasePreviousTesting n/a

      Variant NM_145014.2(HYLS1):c.632A>G (p.Asp211Gly), homozygous

      ClinVar 1143

      gnomAD MAF= 0.009594(European(Finnish)), no homozygotes

      CaseAddInfo 33+5wk gestational age

      CasePMIDs n/a

    1. 2

      Case: Individual 2, female, AOR= 8yo

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0001263, HP:0000750, HP:0002342, HP:0007359, HP:0002500, HP:0001290, HP:0002360, HP:0000729, HP:0000739, HP:0025269, HP:0000490, HP:0001840, HP:0000486

      CasePResentingHPOText: Began walking at 22 months, first words at 2yo,. Seizure onset at 7 yo and are focal, and occur nightly. Reduced white matter bulk on MRI. Referred to as having intoeing or pigeon-toed. Low APGAR scores, brief resuscitation required

      CaseNOTHPOs: HP:0002376, HP:0000202, HP:0000924, HP:0002719,

      CasePreviousTesting: ArrayCGH, Fragile X (FMR1), Angelman Syndrome (methylation & UBE3A), Rett syndrome (MECP2), Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome (TCF4), and extensive metabolic screening were all normal

      CaseGenotypingMethod: Trio-WES performed through the DDD consortium, 2017 PMID:PMID: 28135719.

      Variant: hg19:chr2: g.48066586T>A, c.414A>T, p.(Arg138Ser) or NM_001190274.1:c.414A>T

      CA ID: CA346813374

      de novo Trio-WES performed by DDD so maternity and paternity could be investigated with this method.

      gnomAD: n/a

      AddCaseInfo: Case was part of the DDD study 2017 PMID: 28135719,

      VariantEvidence: Arg138 is located N-terminal to the F-box region of FBXO11, and is conserved across species. Pathogenicity algorithms showing varying predictions, from tolerated to damaging, thus indicating a VUS. No functional assays were performed to indicate the impact of the R138S mutation on FBXO11 function.

    1. 2.1.14 year/MDistended abdomen, developmental delayNo − PathogenicIDUAc.1882C > Tp. Arg628TerHomMPS I

      Case#: Patient 2.1.1, male, 4yo, Indian

      DiseaseAssertion: MPS1

      FamilyInfo: No family history reported, but said not to be consanguineous

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: Distended abdomen, developmental delay

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: NGS, Sanger

      PreviouslyPublished:

      Variant: c.1882C > T p. Arg628Ter homozygous

      ClinVar: 550421

      CAID: CA2802462

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. Family 5/Case 1/M/43 + +/+ + +/+ Diffuse myalgia + RRFs/COX - + NA c.1635 C > G (p.S545R)

      Case#: Family 5 Case 1, male, 43yo, south France

      DiseaseAssertion: OA plus

      FamilyInfo: mother and brother also had optic atrophy, but further details such as genotype and more phenotype information were not confirmed

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000648, HP:0000508, HP:0000365, HP:0001251, HP:0002403, HP:0003326, HP:0009830, HP:0003200, HP:0000590, HP:0003688, HP:0003390,

      CaseHPOFreeText: visual impairment since childhood, colic occlusion without any evident mechanical cause, impaired sensation to all modalities predominantly in the lower limbs, atrophy of the corpus callosum and brainstem and a mild cerebellar atrophy, bilateral basal ganglia hypointensity was detected at T2-weighted MRI scan

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished:

      PreviousTesting: Direct sequencing of the complete coding region and the exon/intron boundaries of the genes POLG1, PEO1 (Twinkle) and SLC25A4 (ANT1). mtDNA multiple deletions present.

      GenotypingMethod: genomic DNA was amplified by PCR with specific primers designed to amplify all exons and flanking intronic regions and sequenced. Southern blot analysis, long-range PCR, sequencing in both directions, and quantitation of mtDNA relative to nuclear DNA was performed on mtDNA

      Variant: c.1635 C > G (p.S545R)

      ClinVar: 30461

      CAID: CA10575554

      SupplementalData:

    1. DNA from two Syrian families with H syndrome was analyzed through direct sequencing, and the expression of hENT3 in normal human skin was investigated by in situ hybridization and immunostaining. Results: We identified two novel mutations in the SLC29A3 gene: a homozygous splice site mutation IVS1+2T>G predicted to cause a splicing error, and a homozygous missense mutation c.1157G>A (p.R386Q) which substituted highly conserved amino acid residue in a transmembrane domain of hENT3. Furthermore, we demonstrate that hENT3 is expressed in histiocytes as well as in endothelium of blood and lymphatic vessels in normal human skin.

      unable to annotate in PDF.

      Case: Farooq Family 2 Proband, Syrian, female, 16yo at report, onset at 1wk old

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0030148, HP:0001629, HP:0033190, HP:0004322, HP:0012785, HP:0001730, HP:0002240, HP:0001395

      CasePresentingHPOsFreeText: Hyperpigmentation on thighs and later genital area. Hearing started deteriorating progressively after an ear infection. Fasting blood glucose was elevated (350 mg/dl).

      CaseNOTHPOs:

      CaseNOTHPOSFreeText:

      CasePreviousTesting:

      CaseGenotypingMethod: All 6 exons including exon-intron boundaries of the SLC29A3 gene were amplified by PCR from the genomic DNA. Direct sequencing analysis. Restriction enzyme digest.

      Variant: p.R386Q homozygous

      ClinVarID: or CAID: 39870/CA130660

      gnomAD: The missense variant p.Arg386Gln is present in gnomAD v4.0.0 with a MAF=0.00003999 (3/75018 alleles) in the African/African American population and 0 homozygotes.

      AddCaseInfo: Consanguineous, heterozygous parents. Proband's younger sister was also reported by the parents to be affected, but was not examined by the authors or genotyped.

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      VariantEvidence: n/a

    1. Patient 2

      Case2: Male, Birth onset, Australia

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0008947, HP:0002460, HP:0001270, HP:0003701, HP:0000467, HP:0001488, HP:0002938, HP:0010628, HP:0003391, HP:0002942, HP:0003803, HP:0003755 (Infantile muscular hypotonia, Distal muscle weakness, Motor delay, Proximal muscle weakness, Neck muscle weakness, Bilateral ptosis, Lumbar hyperlordosis, Facial palsy, Gowers sign, Thoracic kyphosis, Type 1 muscle fiber predominance, Type 1 fibers relatively smaller than type 2 fibers)

      HPOsFreeText: Type 2B fibers absent

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0003798, HP:0030177, HP:0030877, HP:0031237 (Nemaline bodies, Abnormal nerve conduction study, Obstructive deficit on pulmonary function testing, Internally nucleated skeletal muscle fibers)

      NotHPOsFreeText: N/A

      CaseAddInfo: Variant is de novo with parental testing confirmation

      CasePreviousTesting: Patients were diagnosed with CFTD via clinical notes and muscle biopsies at pathology centers throughout Australia and several international centers.

      CaseGenotypingMethod: Two methods were used for genotyping. In 16 patients, the 10 exons spliced onto the muscle-specific isoform of TPM3 were bidirectionally sequenced from genomic DNA. For the other 7 patients, complementary DNA was generated from patient muscle and isoform-specific primers were used to sequence the transcript. Paternity was confirmed in isolated patients using microsatellite markers.

      Variant: NM_152263.4(TPM3):c.505A>G (p.Lys169Glu)

      ClinVar: 42115 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/42115/

      gnomAD: Not in gnomAD

    1. From supplemental tables S2 and S3 (authors used hg19 alignment).

      MONDO: MONDO:0005144 for FALS

      Case#8: Smith 2014 FALS W407X, F, 66 y.o. onset, Italy

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007354

      CaseHPOFreeText: spinal-onset ALS with upper and lower motor neuron signs

      CasePreviousTesting: All FALS were screened for known causative mutations/repeat expansions in SOD1, C9orf72, TARDBP, FUS, PFN1, UBQLN2, OPTN, VCP and ANG and removed from cohort if positive for variant.

      CaseMethod1: This case identified through case-control study

      CaseGenotypingMethod: Exome sequencing, confirmed with Sanger sequencing.

      Variant: NM_006000.3(TUBA4A):c.1220G>A (p.Trp407Ter)

      ClinVar: 180184

      CaseAddInfo: This variant found in 0/13023 control samples.

    1. Case#: Consequence 1 Table 1 in Data Supplement (1 case)

      DiseaseAssertion: HCM

      FamilyInfo: N/A

      CasePresentingHPOs: N/A

      CaseHPOFreeText: Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, BSA, NYHA functional class, obstructive HCM, atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, NSVT, Syncope, SCD family hitory, wall thickness

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: Additional oligonucleotide hybridization–based DNA sequencing and dideoxy-based DNA sequencing for MYBPC3, TMP1, TNNC1, TNNI2, TNNI3, TNNT2, ACTC1, MYL3

      CaseGenotypingMethod: oligonucleotide hybridization–based DNA sequencing and dideoxy-based DNA sequencing

      Variant: NM_000257.4(MYH7):c.1988G>A (p.Arg663His)

      ClinVar: 42875 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/42875/

      CAID: n/a

      gnomAD: 0.00003097 European (non-Finnish) https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/14-23896042-C-T

    2. Case#: Consequence 17 Table 1 in Data Supplement (1 cases)

      DiseaseAssertion: HCM

      FamilyInfo: N/A

      CasePresentingHPOs: N/A

      CaseHPOFreeText: Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, BSA, NYHA functional class, obstructive HCM, atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, NSVT, Syncope, SCD family hitory, wall thickness

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: Additional oligonucleotide hybridization–based DNA sequencing and dideoxy-based DNA sequencing for MYBPC3, TMP1, TNNC1, TNNI2, TNNI3, TNNT2, ACTC1, MYL3

      CaseGenotypingMethod: oligonucleotide hybridization–based DNA sequencing and dideoxy-based DNA sequencing

      Variant: NM_000257.4(MYH7):c.2681A>G (p.Glu894Gly)

      ClinVar: 42922 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/42922/

      CAID: n/a

      gnomAD: absent

    3. Case#: Consequence 21 Table 1 in Data Supplement (1 cases)

      DiseaseAssertion: HCM

      FamilyInfo: N/A

      CasePresentingHPOs: N/A

      CaseHPOFreeText: Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, BSA, NYHA functional class, obstructive HCM, atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, NSVT, Syncope, SCD family hitory, wall thickness

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: Additional oligonucleotide hybridization–based DNA sequencing and dideoxy-based DNA sequencing for MYBPC3, TMP1, TNNC1, TNNI2, TNNI3, TNNT2, ACTC1, MYL3

      CaseGenotypingMethod: oligonucleotide hybridization–based DNA sequencing and dideoxy-based DNA sequencing

      Variant: NM_000257.4(MYH7):c.2945T>C (p.Met982Thr)

      ClinVar: 42941 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/42941/

      CAID: n/a

      gnomAD: 0.001416 European (non-Finnish) https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/14-23892910-A-G

    4. Case#: Consequence 18 Table 1 in Data Supplement (4 cases)

      DiseaseAssertion: HCM

      FamilyInfo: N/A

      CasePresentingHPOs: N/A

      CaseHPOFreeText: Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, BSA, NYHA functional class, obstructive HCM, atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, NSVT, Syncope, SCD family hitory, wall thickness

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: Additional oligonucleotide hybridization–based DNA sequencing and dideoxy-based DNA sequencing for MYBPC3, TMP1, TNNC1, TNNI2, TNNI3, TNNT2, ACTC1, MYL3

      CaseGenotypingMethod: oligonucleotide hybridization–based DNA sequencing and dideoxy-based DNA sequencing

      Variant: NM_000257.4(MYH7):c.1750G>C (p.Gly584Arg)

      ClinVar: 14090 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/14090/

      CAID: n/a

      gnomAD: 0.000008790 European (non-Finnish) https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/14-23896932-C-G

    1. The proposita (II-1 in Fig. 1A)

      Case# II-1, F, 13yo diagnosis, European

      CasePresentingHPOs HP:0001254, HP:0001137, HP:0025404, HP:0008936, HP:0002509, HP:0025430, HP:0003739, HP:0002353, HP:0001508, HP:0000297, HP:0010804, HP:0000218, HP:0000347, HP:0001212, HP:0001864, HP:0040082, HP:0012167, HP:0030820, HP:0000276, HP:0000268, HP:0000549, HP:0000678, HP:0012166, HP:0002465

      HPOcont: Lethargy, Alternating esotropia, Abnormal visual fixation, Muscular hypotonia of the trunk, Limb hypertonia, High-pitched cry, Myoclonic spasms, EEG abnormality, Failure to thrive, Facial hypotonia, Tented upper lip vermilion, High palate, Micrognathia, Prominent fingertip pads, Clinodactyly of the 5th toe, Happy demeanor, Hair-pulling, Hooded eyelid, Long face, Dolichocephaly, Abnormal conjugate eye movement, Skin-picking, Poor speech

      Free Text: "Birth weight, length and head circumference were 3.149 kg (−0.18SD), 51 cm (+0.99SD), and 33 cm (−0.74SD), respectively. Although she did not cry immediately and was described as sleepy and lethargic, her Apgar scores were 8 and 9 at 1 and 5 minutes, respectively. She has had poor weight gain throughout life. By 2 months of age, she developed alternating esotropia, poor visual fixation, truncal hypotonia, upper and lower extremity hypertonia and a high-pitched cry. She also had myoclonic jerks and jerky movements of her extremities. Her weight, height and head circumference were 4.6 kg (−1.57SD), 51 cm (−3.81 SD) and 39.2 cm (+0.06SD), respectively. A head CT scan detected no anatomical anomalies. An EEG showed excessively slow background without epileptiform activity. Despite intervention, her weight gain continued to fall off, and she was diagnosed with failure to thrive. She rolled over at age 6 months, sat unsupported at 1 year. A follow-up EEG at 14 months showed a slow dysrhythmic background compatible with a seizure predisposition and diffuse cerebral dysfunction. A brain MRI at 18 months of age showed normal anatomy and myelination. In the ensuing months, she demonstrated a happy disposition, low truncal muscle tone and distal hypertonia as well as a myopathic facial appearance, a tented upper lip, a high arched palate, micrognathia, prominent finger pads and mild fifth toe clinodactyly. At age 4 years and 1 month, a developmental assessment defined her overall functioning at no more than a 12-month-old equivalent; she was not autistic. At age 6 years and 11 months, she manifested sparse hair (trichotillomania), hooded eyelids, high arched palate, thin long face and mild micrognathia. At age 12 years, she walked with the support of splints. Her height, weight and head circumference were 127 cm (−3.64 SD), 22.6 kg (−4.06 SD), and 52 cm (−0.94SD), respectively. Her features included dolicocephaly, hooded eyelids, intermittently disconjugate gaze, sparse hair, high palate and crowded dentition. Developmental assessment documented behavioral difficulties including repetitive and self-stimulatory behaviors, sensory issues such as repetitively rubbing her hands on the floor and/or licking them and mouthing objects, rigidity, communication deficits, difficulties with emotional regulation and aggression when frustrated. Her aggression included the self-injurious behaviors of dermatillomania, biting and trichotillomania. She communicated with a few words, signs, gestures and a picture exchange communication system (PECS). She developed menses at age 13 years."

      CasePreviousTesting "Family history was negative for intellectual disability, multiple congenital anomalies and recurrent miscarriages. Normal genetic investigations included a karyotype (550 band resolution), subtelomeric FISH, methylation studies of SNRPN, sequence analysis of UBE3A, and DMPK repeat analysis. Normal metabolic tests included transferrin isoelectric focussing, CSF amino acids and neurotransmitters, plasma amino acids, urine organic acids, urine purines and pyrimidines, serum acylcarnitines, blood ammonia and blood lactate. She also had normal audiological testing."

      CaseMethod1 WES

      CaseMethod2 Sanger

      CaseGenotypingMethod SNP array and WES, confirmed with Sanger qt/rtPCR

      Variant (1) NM_032504.1:c.3983-3_3994delinsA (p.Ser1328Argfs19), (2) NM_032504.1:c.2431C>T (p.Arg811)

      CAID (1) CA658820714, (2) CA350137388

      VariantEvidence skin fibroblasts from affected sister showed no unc80 mRNA.

      CaseAddInfo nonconsanguineous, confirmed in trans. Affected sister with similar phenotypes died of respiratory distress at age 7.

    1. Haplotype analyses using exon-specific primers (Table S3) on families 1, 4, and 5 showed they carried the allele on a common founder haplotype and suggested that the c.713C>T (p.Ser238Leu) change is a founder variant

      Family Name: Family 5

      FamilyPresentingHPOs: HP:0000705

      FamilyNotHPOs:

      CountryOrigin: Turkey

      Ethnicity: Turkish

      Race: n/a

      FamilyPreviousTesting: candidate gene sequencing, array comparative genomic hybridization, or exome sequencing

      FamilyGenotypingMethod: WES

      Affected: 1

      Unaffected: 4

      Segregations: n/a

      PublishedLOD: n/a

      eLOD: n/a

      AddSegregationInfo: non-consanguineous family

      ProbandLabel:

      Variant: NM_033068.2(ACP4):c.713C>T (p.Ser238Leu)

      ClinVar or CAID: 374862, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/374862/

      genomAD: 8.127e-6, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/19-51297008-C-T

      FamilyAddInfo: parents unaffected

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0006316, HP:0006297, HP:0011055, HP:0011079, HP:0011073

      CasePresentingHPOTerm: wide interdental spacing due to thin enamel, missing second mandibular permanent molar, maxillary canine not yet erupted, black staining on maxillary anterior teeth and first permanent molars, brown staining on posterior teeth

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0010299

      AddCaseInfo:

      VariantEvidence:

    1. 11 years. Her

      Case# Postma 3:3, female, 11yo, white

      CasePresentingHPOs HP:0004758, HP:0001688

      CasePreviousTesting no

      CaseMethod1 PCR

      CaseGenotypingMethod amplified/screen of CASQ2, SCN5A, HRC, PLN, RYR2, KCNQ1, KCNH2, and KCNK1 genes

      Variant NM_001232.3(CASQ2):c.97C>T (p.Arg33Ter)

      ClinVar 41043 link

      gnomAD 0.000008968 link

      VariantEvidence not in this article

    1. One is a novel 5-bp insertion between the thymidine at nt 704 and a cytosine at nt 705 (704ins5), which is seen only in the Japanese population.

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      Case#: Yamagishi Case 3, female, 3y4m at dx

      DiseaseAssertion: Hurler/Scheie

      FamilyInfo: Case 4 is this patient's sibling. Same genotype and similar phenotype

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0001433

      CaseHPOFreeText: height=90cm (-1.2SD)

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: mental delay. cardiac involvement

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: 704ins5; R89Q

      ClinVar: 11921; 11922

      CAID: CA256123; CA256124

      SupplementalData: n/a

    2. One is a novel 5-bp insertion between the thymidine at nt 704 and a cytosine at nt 705 (704ins5), which is seen only in the Japanese population.

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      Case#: Yamagishi Case 1, female, 3y1m at dx

      DiseaseAssertion: Hurler

      FamilyInfo: consanguinity

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0002240

      CaseHPOFreeText: mental delay. height=89cm (-1.5SD)

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: cardiac involvement

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: 704ins5/704ins homozygous

      ClinVar: 11921

      CAID: CA256123

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. Patients 3

      Case3: Male, Germany, 20 yrs report

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0010628, HP:0002015, HP:0040288, HP:0001260, HP:0003690, HP:0003798, HP:0002650 (Facial weakness, Swallowing difficulties, Nasogastric tube feeding, Dysarthric speech, Limb weakness, Nemaline bodies, Scoliosis)

      HPOsFreeText: 7/8/9 Apgar score

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0002015, HP:0002540, , HP:0002098 (Swallowing difficulties, Non-ambulatory, Respiratory distress)

      NotHPOsFreeText: N/A

      CaseAddInfo: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      CaseGenotypingMethod: Next generation sequnecing-based panel analysis detected the below variants in LMOD3.

      Variant1: NM_198271.4:c.1648C>T (p.Leu550Phe)

      ClinVar: 374498 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/374498/

      gnomAD: Not in gnomAD

      Variant2: NM_198271.4:c.1004A>G (p.Gln335Arg)

      ClinVar: 374499 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/374499/

      gnomAD: Not in gnomAD

    1. DD

      Case#: DD, 21 years, female

      CasePresentingHPOsFreeText: apo-B plasma levels <2% of normal and > 50% acanthocytes; total cholesterol 1.27 (normal range 4-6.5 mmol/l), triglyceride 0.3 (normal range 0.3-1.8 mmol/l), apoB 1.5 (normal range 60-140 mg/dl), “virtually no LDL”; diagnosed with “homozygous” (i.e. biallelic) familial hypobetalipoproteinemia because both parents (AD and PD) had total plasma cholesterol and apo-B levels below the 5th percentile. Designated as the proband in the paper. However, only one variant identified (note that full gene sequencing was not performed”), and therefore PD (mother of DD) was added as the proband here as she is heterozygous for the variant and has lipid levels consistent with this.

      PresentingNotHPOsFreeText: No neurological or retinal disease.

      CasePreviousTesting: On Western blot a truncated species of apo-B was found in the VLDL/chylomicron fraction (fig. 3), predicted based on size to be at the 5’ end of exon 26. The protein was absent from the HDL or infranate fractions.

      CaseGenotypingMethod: Genomic DNA was digested with a panel of restriction enzymes and Southern blotted. Based on truncated apoB size (detected on Western blot), the variant was predicted to be at the end of exon 26. Approximately 1.7 kb of genomic DNA including exon 26 was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), cloned into M13, and sequenced.

      Variant: Variant 1: NM_000384.3(APOB):c.5463del (p.His1822fs)

      ClinVar: Variant 1 17882 Variant 2 – Not identified (not that full gene sequencing was not performed)

      gnomAD: Variant 1 - 0.000008797 (European non-Finnish) Variant 2 – Not identified ((not that full gene sequencing was not performed)

      CaseAddInfo: PD (mother) had the truncated apo-B (apo-B39) in both her VLDL and LDL lipoprotein fractions, but it was present at reduced levels compared to the apo-B100 arising from her one normal apo-B allele (fig. 3). Only apo-B100 and apo-B48 were detected in the father, AD.

    1. Dutch patient

      Case1: Female, 12 yrs onset, Dutch

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0002093, HP:0001288, HP:0003690, HP:0010628, HP:0003722, HP:0003202, HP:0003798 (Respiratory insufficiency, Gait difficulties, Limb muscle weakness, Facial muscle weakness, Neck flexor weakness, Muscle hypotrophy, Nemaline rods)

      HPOsFreeText: Mild form of nemaline myopathy, Wheelchair from the age of 48, Selective hypotrophy of Type 1 muscle fibres

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      NotHPOsFreeText: N/A

      CaseAddInfo: No family history of neuromuscular disorders, Variant was not detected in healthy mother or 7 unaffected siblings, Father was deceased so no sample was available

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      CaseGenotypingMethod: Genomic DNA and RNA was extracted from blood or lymphoblastoid cell lines. SSCP was used to analyze all 10 exons of TPM2. After locating the mutations, RT-PCR was used to confirm the mutated allele expression and haplotype analysis was performed on the probands and their family.

      Variant: NM_003289.3:c.440A>C (p.Gln147Pro)

      ClinVar: 12461 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/12461/

      gnomAD: Not in gnomAD

    1. B1103M5714 yearsSpinalNoIVS2+4A>Gc.226+4A>G

      Case#: B1103, M, 57 y.o., Italian

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007354, HP:0003202, HP:0007340

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0100543

      CaseGenotypingMethod: Sanger sequencing

      Variant: NM_006000.3(TUBA4A):c.226+4A>G IVS2+4A>G

      CAID: CA2018007638

      CaseAddInfo: While most cases were found to be negative during pre-screening for known mutations, some cases were positive for mutations in SOD1 (n=4), C9orf72 (n=12), TARDBP (n=4), & FUS/TLS (n=1) genes. Whether this case tested positive for any of these is not specified.

    1. two unrelated patients

      CaseRoma: France

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0006785, HP:0003236, (Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, Elevated serum creatine kinase)

      HPOsFreeText: Wheelchair bound before 14 yrs

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      NotHPOsFreeText: N/A

      CaseAddInfo: Probands are from consanguineous gypsy families supporting a founder event, This mutation segregated with the disease in 18 patients and all asymptomatic parents were heterozygous, 15 siblings were heterozygous and asymptomatic except for a moderate increase in Serum CK in some

      CasePreviousTesting: Duchenne-like clinical presentation, Males and females equally affected, Normal dystrophin and decreased level of α- and γ-SG in muscle specimens

      CaseGenotypingMethod: DNA was isolated from peripheral blood leukocytes and subject to PCR amplification for linkage analysis. Total RNA was extracted from muscle biopsies and cDNA synthesis was performed and amplified. This was sequenced and analyzed for mutations.

      Variant: NM_000231.2(SGCG):c.848G>A (p.Cys283Tyr)

      ClinVar: 2006 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2006/

      gnomAD: 0.000008796, https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/13-23898652-G-A

      Affected: 18

      Unaffected: At least 29

      Segregations: N/A

      SegregationAddInfo: Candidate Gene Sequencing

    1. Patient 2

      Case2: Female, Birth onset, Germany

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0003552, HP:0001558, HP:0002375, HP:0002747, HP:0004887, HP:0001385, HP:0001537, HP:0000023, HP:0012418, HP:0000278, HP:0000347, HP:0000470, HP:0001276, HP:0002808, HP:0001376, HP:0002063, HP:0011968, HP:0000975, HP:0003236, HP:0000938, HP:0009803, HP:0030084, HP:0001561, HP:0002828, HP:0005949, HP:0001284, HP:0003198, HP:0003557, HP:0003687, HP:0010602 (Muscle stiffness, Decreased fetal movement, Hypokinesia, Respiratory insufficiency due to muscle weakness, Respiratory failure requiring assisted ventilation, Hip dysplasia, Umbilical hernia, Inguinal hernia, Hypoxemia, Retrognathia, Micrognathia, Short neck, Hypertonia, Kyphosis, Limited joint motion, Rigidity, Feeding difficulties, Profuse sweating, Elevated serum creatine phosphokinase, Osteopenia, Shortened phalanges, Clinodactyly, Polyhydramnios, Multiple joint contractures, Apneic episodes in infancy, Areflexia, Myopathic changes, Increased variability in muscle fiber diameter, Centrally nucleated skeletal muscle fibers, Type 2 muscle fiber predominance)

      HPOsFreeText: Tracheostomy performed, Bladder catheter required, Inability to sit or roll, Increased echogenicity on muscle ultrasound, Treatment with carbamazepine, benzodiazepines, and baclofen reportedly provided no substantial benefit, Difficulty sitting due to hyperactivity of hip extensors, Mini rods and z-band broadening were seen in atrophic fibers

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0100543, HP:0003730, HP:0002486, HP:0002353, HP:0002363, HP:0000496, HP:0003202, HP:0003798 (Cognitive impairment, EMG: myotonic runs, Myotonia, EEG abnormality, Abnormality of brainstem morphology, Abnormality of eye movement, Skeletal muscle atrophy, Nemaline bodies)

      NotHPOsFreeText: Abnormal metabolic screening, Muscle fiber type grouping

      CaseAddInfo: Case is de novo and confirmed via parental testing

      CasePreviousTesting: Negative ACTA1 and CRYAB

      CaseGenotypingMethod: Based on the Patient 1 results, the same region of TPM3 (Exon 6) was PCR amplified and sequenced in the proband and her parents via bidirectional Sanger sequencing.

      Variant: NM_152263.4(TPM3):c.654_656AGA[1] (p.Glu219del)

      ClinVar: 235144 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/235144/

      gnomAD: Not in gnomAD

    1. Here, we report the identification and cDNA analysis of four intronic and three exonic OPA1 gene mutations that cause a variety of splicing defects including activation of cryptic splice sites in either flanking exon or intron sequences, and a leaky splicing mutation. Our results show that cDNA analysis is of prime importance for the full evaluation of the effect of putative splicing mutations in the OPA1 gene.

      Article is a PDF, so annotating here.

      Case#: OAK 96

      DiseaseAssertion: clinical dx of adOA based on ophthalmological examination

      FamilyInfo:

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: All 30 coding exons of the OPA1 gene were amplified from genomic DNA by means of PCR. PCR and RT-PCR products were sequenced employing BigDyeTerminator Chemistry (Applied Biosystems, Darmstadt, Germany) and separated on an ABI 3100 DNA Sequencer

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.1705+1G>T (p.V556fsX596)

      CAID: CA10576007

      SupplementalData:

      AdditionalInfo: Generation of minigene constructs and heterologous expression in COS7 cells allowed for cDNA analysis of the c.1705+1G>T mutation. This revealed a deletion of the last 40 nucleotides in exon 17 resulting from a splicing event that involves a cryptic splice donor site within exon 17 resulting in a frameshift and premature translation termination (p.V556fsX596).

    1. SD9 F I 25.2 (L) 90 c.850C>T (p.R284X) c.850C>T (p.R284X)

      Case: Zampieri SD9, Female

      DiseaseAssertion: Sandhoff Disease

      FamilyInfo: patient's genotype was confirmed in parents

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000007, HP:0033978

      CaseHPOFreeText: neurological symptoms (unspecified)

      CaseNOTHPOs:

      CaseNOTHPOFreeText:

      CasePreviousTesting: Patients presented with neurological symptoms and diagnosis was confirmed by the demonstration of reduced Hex A and Hex B activity in peripheral white blood cells or cultured fibroblasts.

      GenotypingMethod: PCR

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      SupplementalData: n/a

      Variant: c.850C>T (p.R284X) same on both alleles

      CAID: CA116495

      gnomAD: MAF: 0.0002286 South Asian, gnomAD variant ID: 5-74009409-C-T

      VariantEvidence: PMID:8162015 previously reported this variant to be associated with the infantile form of SD. A fibroblast line from this patient with the infantile form of the disease was investigated for mutations by single strand conformation polymorphism analysis and direct sequencing of PCR products. A nonsense mutation was found which generated a stop codon at codon 284. The study investigated the steady-state level of mRNA produced by cells containing stop codons using a competitive polymerase chain reaction technique and found that at codon 284, the mRNA levels were 0.8%, as percent of normal per single gene dose.

    1. Patient historyWe present a Polish female patient current age 10 years, born at term by natural delivery at the 39th week of the mother’s first pregnancy. Parents were healthy, non-consanguineous, Caucasian in origin. At the time of birth, the mother was 29 years old; the father was 33 years old.Family history was negative for individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders. Patient birth body parameters were the following: body weight: 3380 g (50 pc); body length: 54 cm (<95 pc); occipital frontal circumference: 31 cm (<3 pc). Apgar scores were 10 points at 1 and 5 min of life.Presented girl displayed normal, uneventful postnatal adaptation and development from birth to 5 months of life.At 22 weeks, directly after third dose-vaccination with DTaP (Infanrix-Hexa), motor and cognitive regression, deterioration of eye contact, and the lack of a smile were noticed. Consequently, further vaccinations were suspended. At the age of 18 months, further developmental regression became apparent. She was intensively rehabilitated, but no progress was observed. In clinical evaluation, she could not stand up or walk independently and she could pronounce a few simple syllables and try to combine them into words. Detailed clinical observations from 1.5 to 10 years of age are described in supplementary data.At the age of 10 years, she had not acquired the ability to walk; cognitive development remains at a low level. Summary of neurological examinations showed global developmental delay, tetraparesis with hypotonia and symmetrical tendon reflexes, limited eye contact, postural defects including a “rounded” back, protruding shoulder blades, and funnel-shaped chest (Fig. ​(Fig.1aIII–IV).1aIII–IV). Phenotypic evaluation of the face revealed slight ptosis, a tendency to open the mouth and tilt the head back, without other specific features of dysmorphism (Fig. ​(Fig.11aI).Open in a separate windowFig. 1a Photographic documentation of the patient at age 10 years old. b COQ5 cDNA gel electrophoresis. c Graphical representation of the splicing products of the COQ5 gene in a patient, her parents, and healthy control. For more details, please see supplementary dataExploratory assaysMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain at the age of 8 years revealed clear cortico-subcortical atrophy of the cerebellum–enlargement of the 4th ventricle and widening of cerebellar sulci (Supp.Fig.1a-d, arrows) as compared to the normal appearance in a healthy individual (Supp.Fig.1e-h, arrows). The cerebellar sulci were wider in our patient at age 8 years than at 18 months, as well as in comparison to an age-matched healthy control. This indicates progressive atrophy of cerebellar tissue. Atrophy involved both vermis and cerebellar hemispheres. The supratentorial structures are normal. Echocardiogram, abdominal ultrasonography, and ophthalmologic investigation were also uneventful.

      Case: Dawidziuk Proband, female, Polish, Caucasian, 10yo at report, onset at 22wks

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0033044, HP:0034332, HP:0000817, HP:0002540, HP:0001263, HP:0002273, HP:0001252, HP:0000508, HP:0001272, HP:0002470, HP:0001298, HP:0004322, HP:0001344, HP:0100710, HP:5200044, HP:0000252, HP:0002061, HP:0000767

      CasePresentingHPOsFreeText: lack of smile, “rounded” back, protruding shoulder blades, tendency to open the mouth and tilt the head back, cortico-subcortical atrophy of the cerebellum on MRI, enlargement of the 4th ventricle and widening of cerebellar sulci. Low COQ10 level tests showing 0.6 mg/l (normal range >0.67 mg/l); after 2-month treatment: 0.7 mg/l

      Cardiac echocardiogram, complete blood count, electrolyte levels, CPK, liver and renal function tests, carnitine and acyl-carnitine, copper, thyroid function tests, lactate, blood amino acid profile, homocysteine, as well as urine for protein and organic acids, were within normal limits.

      CaseNOTHPOs: HP:0025190, HP:0010865, HP:0001336, HP:0001250, HP:0000639, HP:0000514, HP:0000570, HP:0000657, HP:0001310, HP:0002174, HP:0002080, HP:0002353,

      CaseNOTHPOSFreeText: family history of neurodevelopmental disorders. The supratentorial structures are normal. Echocardiogram, abdominal ultrasonography, and ophthalmologic investigation were also uneventful. Encephalomyopathy

      CasePreviousTesting: The aCGH analysis did not show any pathogenic copy number variations. Genetic panel excluded congenital Rett, Rett-like and Angelman's syndromes, microdeletion / microduplication syndromes and genetically based lysosomal diseases

      CaseGenotypingMethod: Exome sequencing, Sanger sequencing of parents to confirm biallelic origin

      Variant: c.681+1G>A; c.352G>A (p.Gly118Ser) confirmed in trans

      ClinVarID: or CAID: CA386577420; CA244466459

      gnomAD: The splice-site variant, c.681+1G>A in exon /7, is present in gnomAD v4.1.0 with a MAF=0.00002229 (1/44868 alleles) in the East Asian population and 0 homozygotes. The missense variant, p.Gly118Ser, is present in gnomAD v4.1.0 with a MAF=0.0001650 (1/6062 alleles) in the Middle Eastern population and 0 homozygotes.

      AddCaseInfo: healthy, non-consanguineous parents

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      VariantEvidence: COQ5 mRNA (Supp.Fig.3) showed that its level is markedly diminished

    1. FSIP2_4

      CaseFSIP2_4 male, 43yo report, Tunisian

      CasePresentingHPOs HP:0003251, HP:0012207, HP:0012868

      (male infertility, asthenospermia, sperm tail anomaly)

      HPOsFreeText Sperm volume: 1.7mL, sperm concentration: 49.5 million/mL, total motility: 5h, vitality: 52%, normal spermatozoa: 0%, absent flagella: 6%, short flagella: 70%, coiled flagella: 14%, flagella of irregular caliber: 80%

      CaseNotHPOs n/a

      CasePreviousTesting Previous genetic analysis of DNAH1, CFAP43, and CFAP44 did not end in diagnosis. "Normal somatic karyotypes 46,XY and were negative for Y chromosome microdeletions."

      Variant NM_173651.3(FSIP2):c.16393_16396del (p.Asn5465Glufs)

      ClinVar 586971

      gnomAD not in gnomAD

      CaseAddInfo Consanguineous parents

      CasePMIDs 29449551

    1. OA-16c.1635C>Gp.S545R333.71.0-5.020/117020/200 - HM

      Case#: Pedigree OA-16, North of England

      DiseaseAssertion: optic atrophy

      FamilyInfo: 2 additional affected individuals

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000648

      CaseHPOFreeText: Snellen BCVA 20/200 - hand movement, mean age of onset= 3.7yrs

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: Cautious that they may overlap with the individuals from Hudson et al since both are from England, but the author notes that they "checked against the eOPA1 database (http://lbbma.univ-angers.fr/eOPA1/, Accessed 10-12-09) to determine whether they had been described in previous mutational reports."

      GenotypingMethod: The entire coding region of the OPA1 and OPA3 genes was amplified by PCR and sequenced. Variants were confirmed by reverse sequencing.

      Variant: c.1635C>G; p.S545R

      ClinVar: 30461

      CAID: CA10575554

      SupplementalData:

  2. Oct 2026
    1. STGD1 was determined according to initial symptoms of VA loss; fundus images showing orange-yellow flecks in the retina, a beaten-bronze appearance; and normal or cone-altered ffERG results

      Case#: MD-0242, onset at 18yo, 24yo at report

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

      FamilyInfo: Segregation noted, but no specific details provided

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: VA loss, BCVA=0.1/0.1, "STGD1 was determined according to initial symptoms of VA loss; fundus images showing orange-yellow flecks in the retina, a beaten-bronze appearance; and normal or cone-altered ffERG results"

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: VF loss, abnormal ERG

      GenotypingMethod:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.1715G>C p.(Arg572Pro); c.5242G>A p.(Gly1748Arg)

      ClinVar: 99073

      CAID: CA226919

      SupplementalData: Table S1

    1. Patients with RPE atrophy areas ≥0.05 mm2 secondary to STGD1 or AMD were included. RPE atrophy was defined as clearly demarcated definitely decreased fundus autofluorescence (FAF) under short-wavelength excitation light (488 nm) in combination with hypertransmission in optical coherence tomography (OCT).31,32 Insufficient pupil dilation, additional retinal pathology, previous retinal treatment, or other ocular comorbidities substantially affecting visual function or image quality (e.g., significant media opacity, amblyopia or optic nerve disease) led to exclusion from the study. The diagnosis of AMD was based on soft drusen and other retinal alterations consistent with the disease,9 while the diagnosis of STGD1 was based on (1) a compatible phenotype (yellow-white flecks that correlated with hyperautofluorescent flecks on FAF imaging) and (2) the presence of at least one mutated ABCA4 allele as well as the absence of mutations in peripherin-2 (PRPH2). To avoid potential confounding, patients exhibiting “diffuse-trickling geographic atrophy” were not included, as choroidal insufficiency has been previously implicated in the pathogenesis.33–37  Genetic testing was conducted at the Institute of Human Genetics, University of Regensburg (n = 7), and at the Center for Human Genetics Bioscientia, Ingelheim (n = 6). Analysis of all coding exons of the ABCA4 and PRPH2 genes was done by either direct chain-terminating dideoxynucleotide Sanger sequencing, a custom-designed GeneChip CustomSeq Resequencing Array (RetChip; Affymetrix, Santa Clara, CA, USA), or next-generation sequencing (Regensburg, n = 5; Bioscientia, n = 6). Two patients (#1 and #3) were screened for known mutations/polymorphisms using the Asper Ophthalmics ABCR400 microarray followed by Sanger sequencing to confirm selected variants.38 Only STGD1 patients with a minimum age of onset (first reported subjective symptoms) of 45 years were included as defined previously.38,39 Healthy subjects without retinal pathology served as controls.

      Case#: Patient #13

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: RPE atrophy (clearly demarcated definitely decreased fundus autofluorescence (FAF) under short-wavelength excitation light (488 nm) in combination with hypertransmission in optical coherence tomography (OCT)) areas ≥0.05 mm2 secondary to STGD1 or AMD. diagnosis of STGD1 was based on (1) a compatible phenotype (yellow-white flecks that correlated with hyperautofluorescent flecks on FAF imaging) and (2) the presence of at least one mutated ABCA4 allele as well as the absence of mutations in peripherin-2 (PRPH2). Minimum age of onset (first reported subjective symptoms) of 45 years.

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Insufficient pupil dilation, additional retinal pathology, previous retinal treatment, or other ocular comorbidities substantially affecting visual function or image quality (e.g., significant media opacity, amblyopia or optic nerve disease) led to exclusion from the study. “diffuse-trickling geographic atrophy”

      GenotypingMethod: Analysis of all coding exons of the ABCA4 and PRPH2 genes was done by either direct chain-terminating dideoxynucleotide Sanger sequencing, a custom-designed GeneChip CustomSeq Resequencing Array, or NGS

      PreviouslyPublished: possible since the study was at the same university with the same first author as PMID: 33214501

      Variant: c.3468C>G/p.(Tyr1156*) and c.5059A>T/p.(Ile1687Phe)

      ClinVar: n/a

      CAID: CA341290648

      SupplementalData: supplement 1 has the genotype for probands

    1. STGD102 R572Q-2588G→C IVS35+2T→A Yes

      Case#: STGD102, 10-14yo at onset, German

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: segregation in family

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "The diagnosis of STGD was based on the demonstration of bilateral impairment of central vision and the appearance of perimacular and/or peripheral yellow-white flecks, with or without atrophy of the central retinal-pigment epithelium and a normal or only mildly abnormal flash electroretinogram when recorded in early stages of the disease."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis, dHPLC, and SSCP analysis, PCR amplification of individual coding exons and flanking intron sequences, direct DNA sequencing

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: R572Q-2588G→C IVS35+2T→A in trans "Correct segregation of disease alleles was demonstrated in all 39 cases in which family samples were available for study"

      ClinVar: 7900

      CAID: CA226918

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. Mutation scanning and direct DNA sequencing of all 50 exons of ABCR were completed for 150 families segregating recessive Stargardt disease (STGD1). ABCR variations were identified in 173 (57%) disease chromosomes, the majority of which represent missense amino acid substitutions. These ABCR variants were not found in 220 unaffected control individuals (440 chromosomes) but do cosegregate with the disease in these families with STGD1, and many occur in conserved functional domains. Missense amino acid substitutions located in the amino terminal one-third of the protein appear to be associated with earlier onset of the disease and may represent misfolding alleles. The two most common mutant alleles, G1961E and A1038V, each identified in 16 of 173 disease chromosomes, composed 18.5% of mutations identified. G1961E has been associated previously, at a statistically significant level in the heterozygous state, with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Clinical evaluation of these 150 families with STGD1 revealed a high frequency of AMD in first- and second-degree relatives. These findings support the hypothesis that compound heterozygous ABCR mutations are responsible for STGD1 and that some heterozygous ABCR mutations may enhance susceptibility to AMD.

      Annotating here since the full text is a PDF.

      Case#: Family AR263 proband, male, US, 9yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: 3 generations, no other affected members in the pedigree

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: The essential and defining features of STGD were (1) pedigrees with at least one living affected individual compatible with autosomal recessive inheritance; (2) an ophthalmoscopically characteristic retinal disorder in families with both parents living; (3) bilateral central visual loss with both “beaten metal” elliptical foveal dystrophy and temporal pallor of the optic discs, documented by retinal color photography, with or without yellow-pigment epithelial flecks in the macular and/or retinal “near periphery”; and (4) the characteristic fluorescein angiographic feature of a dark choroid (Blacharski 1988).

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.6445C>T (p.Arg2149Ter); c.6079C>T (p.Leu2027Phe). Heteroduplex and SSCP analyses were used to screen the 50 exons of ABCA4

      ClinVar: 99460

      CAID: CA227404

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. Among 161 patients with a Stargardt-related phenotype previously assessed with the commercial ABCA4 mutation microarray, we analyzed the ABCA4 gene with High-resolution melting (HRM) in patients in whom the array analysis identified either a heterozygous mutation (n = 50) or no mutation (n = 30).

      annotating here since the article is a PDF

      Case#: Duno Patient D015, Danish

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt flavimaculatus phenotype

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: The diagnosis was based on standard ophthalmological examinations including fundus photography, colour vision assessment, dark adaptometry, and full field ERG.

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: ABCA4 mutation microarray and High-resolution melting (HRM) in patients in whom the array analysis identified either a heterozygous mutation (n = 50) or no mutation (n = 30).

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.1654G>A p.V552I; c.6478A>G p.K2160E; c.3380G>A p.G1127E phase unknown

      CAID: CA239745

      SupplementalData:

    1. The study included index patients with ABCA4-related retinopathy and their parents. ABCA4-related retinopathy was diagnosed based on characteristic findings on indirect ophthalmoscopy, optical coherence tomography, and conventional fundus AF imaging. The clinical diagnosis was confirmed by the presence of biallelic mutations in ABCA4, and segregation analysis was carried out with samples of the parents. All index patients and their parents underwent a complete ophthalmologic examination including best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), slit-lamp examination, and indirect ophthalmoscopy with dilated pupils. Axial length and corneal curvature were measured using the IOL-Master 500 (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Jena, Germany). Healthy subjects without ocular disease served as controls. To minimize an influence of factors known to alter qAF measurements,22 exclusion criteria were age ≥ 65 years, ethnicity other than Caucasian, significant lens opacities, dilated pupil diameter below 7 mm, unstable fixation, refractive error > ±6 diopters (spherical equivalent), and any other additional known ocular pathology or prior intraocular surgery.

      Case#: Muller Subject #8, 34yo, qAF=590

      DiseaseAssertion: ABCA4-related retinopathy

      FamilyInfo: mother was 59yo at report with qAF=399

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "ABCA4-related retinopathy was diagnosed based on characteristic findings on indirect ophthalmoscopy, optical coherence tomography, and conventional fundus AF imaging. The clinical diagnosis was confirmed by the presence of biallelic mutations in ABCA4, and segregation analysis was carried out with samples of the parents."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: age ≥ 65 years, ethnicity other than Caucasian, significant lens opacities, dilated pupil diameter below 7 mm, unstable fixation, refractive error > ±6 diopters (spherical equivalent), and any other additional known ocular pathology or prior intraocular surgery.

      GenotypingMethod: ABCA4 sequence analysis of all coding exons and flanking splice junctions was performed either by Sanger chain-terminating dideoxynucleotide sequencing after PCR amplification, by multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) analysis (performed when only a single mutation was detected), or by next-generation sequencing (NGS) including a quantitative readout to detect large structural rearrangements using a gene panel covering 120 genes associated with inherited retinal disease as described previously.23 Validation of identified putatively pathogenic variants and segregation analysis were carried out by conventional sequencing

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: maternal allele: [c.1622T>C (p.Leu541Pro); c.3113C>T (p.Ala1038Val)]; paternal allele: c.1654G>A (p.Val552Ile); c.4771G>A (p.Gly1591Arg)

      CAID: CA239745

      SupplementalData:

  3. Sep 2026
    1. Thirty-Three Truncated and 98 Amino Acid–Changing Variants in the ABCA4 Gene

      This variant was found on one allele of a Stargardt patient, but no additional details are provided about the patient or the other allele. A combination of single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) and automated DNA sequencing was used to evaluate the entire exonic and flanking intron sequence of the ABCA4 gene

    2. Thirty-Three Truncated and 98 Amino Acid–Changing Variants in the ABCA4 Gene

      c.1989G>CA (p.Trp663Ter) variant was found on one allele of a Stargardt patient, but no additional details are provided about the patient or the other allele. A combination of single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) and automated DNA sequencing was used to evaluate the entire exonic and flanking intron sequence of the ABCA4 gene

    3. Thirty-Three Truncated and 98 Amino Acid–Changing Variants in the ABCA4 Gene

      This variant was found on one allele of a Stargardt patient, but no additional details are provided about the patient or the other allele. A combination of single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) and automated DNA sequencing was used to evaluate the entire exonic and flanking intron sequence of the ABCA4 gene

    1. Patient 1, a 40-year-old Caucasian woman, presented in July 1998 with a history of progressive decline in visual acuity since the age of 15.

      PMID: 10612508

      Gene: ABCA4

      Case#: Patient 1, 40-year-old female

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

      FamilyInfo: One of four affected siblings in a family of eight. Segregation consistent with autosomal recessive inheritance.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000545 — Decreased visual acuity HP:0000612 — Central scotoma HP:0007754 — Macular atrophy HP:0030638 — Retinal flecks HP:0000512 — Abnormal fundus morphology

      CaseHPOFreeText: Progressive decline in visual acuity since age 15. Best-corrected visual acuity RE 20/400, LE 20/150. Central scotomas reported. Fundus exam showed bilateral central macular atrophy (worse in right eye), pigment deposits at the level of the retinal pigment epithelium, and numerous yellow flecks in the midperiphery. Fluorescein angiography demonstrated central hypofluorescence corresponding to atrophy with surrounding hyperfluorescence and peripheral dark choroid.

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0000662 — Night blindness (absent)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Patient denied nyctalopia.

      GenotypingMethod: PCR amplification and direct sequencing of all 50 exons of ABCA4 following SSCP screening.

      PreviouslyPublished: Yes

      Variant: NM_000350.2:c.2588G>C (p.Gly863Ala) NM_000350.2:c.161G>A (p.Cys54Tyr)

      ClinVar: Not reported

      CAID: Not reported

      SupplementalData: Segregation demonstrated in pedigree (Figure 1); mutation confirmation by sequencing (Figure 4)

    2. Patient 4, a 33-year-old Caucasian woman, presented in July 1998 with a gradual decline in visual acuity over the last 9 years and a best-corrected visual acuity of 20/300 in both eyes.

      Case#: Patient 4, Female, Caucasian, 33yo

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

      FamilyInfo: One of eight siblings; four affected. Disease segregates with ABCA4 variants consistent with autosomal recessive inheritance. Parents are deceased and can't be tested.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007663, HP:0007754, HP:0025147, HP:0007924, HP:0011507

      CaseHPOFreeText: gradual decline in visual acuity over 9 years, BCVA 20/300 OU, bilateral beaten-bronze appearance of the macula, numerous perimacular yellow flecks, fluorescein angiography showing hyperfluorescence in the posterior pole and dark choroid in the periphery

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: absence of central hypofluorescence on fluorescein angiography (present in affected siblings but not this patient)

      Genotyping Method: SSCP analysis; Taq Dyedeoxy Terminator Cycle Sequencing kit

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.2588G>C (p.Gly863Ala), NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.161G>A (p.Cys54Tyr)

      ClinVar: ClinVarID:7879, ClinVarID:99065

      CAID: N/A

      SupplementalData: Segregation and sequencing data (Figures 1, 4)

    3. Patient 2, a 46-year-old Caucasian woman, presented in July 1998 with a history of progressive decline in visual acuity since the age of 16

      PMID: 10612508

      Gene: ABCA4

      Case#: Patient 2, 46-year-old female

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

      FamilyInfo: One of four affected siblings in a family consistent with autosomal recessive inheritance.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000545 — Decreased visual acuity HP:0007754 — Macular atrophy HP:0030638 — Retinal flecks HP:0000512 — Abnormal fundus morphology

      CaseHPOFreeText: Progressive visual decline since age 16. Best-corrected visual acuity 20/400 in both eyes. Fundus examination showed bilateral symmetrical central chorioretinal atrophy (~3 disc diameters) with prominent pigment deposits and numerous yellow flecks in the posterior pole. Fluorescein angiography demonstrated central hypofluorescence with surrounding hyperfluorescence and peripheral dark choroid.

      CaseNotHPOs: Not reported

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Not reported

      GenotypingMethod: PCR amplification and direct sequencing of ABCA4 after SSCP screening

      PreviouslyPublished: Yes

      Variant: NM_000350.2:c.2588G>C (p.Gly863Ala) NM_000350.2:c.161G>A (p.Cys54Tyr)

      ClinVar: Not reported

      CAID: Not reported

      SupplementalData: Segregation and sequencing data shown in Figures 1 and 4

    4. Patient 3, a 37-year-old Caucasian woman, presented in July 1998 with a gradual decline in visual acuity that began at the age of 12.

      Case#: Patient 3, 37-year-old female

      PMID: 10612508

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

      FamilyInfo: Affected sibling in autosomal recessive family.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000545 — Decreased visual acuity HP:0007754 — Macular atrophy HP:0030638 — Retinal flecks HP:0000512 — Abnormal fundus morphology

      CaseHPOFreeText: Gradual visual decline beginning at age 12. Visual acuity 20/400 in both eyes. Fundus examination revealed bilateral macular atrophy with pigment deposits and numerous yellow flecks in the posterior pole and midperiphery. Fluorescein angiography showed large hypofluorescent regions with surrounding hyperfluorescence and peripheral dark choroid.

      CaseNotHPOs: Not reported

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Not reported

      GenotypingMethod: PCR and direct sequencing of ABCA4

      PreviouslyPublished: Yes

      Variant: NM_000350.2:c.2588G>C (p.Gly863Ala) NM_000350.2:c.161G>A (p.Cys54Tyr)

      ClinVar: Not reported

      CAID: Not reported

      SupplementalData: Segregation and sequencing data (Figures 1, 4)

    1. STGD113 L541P-A1038V 2588G→C Yes

      Case#: STGD113, 20-24yo at onset, German

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: segregation in family

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "The diagnosis of STGD was based on the demonstration of bilateral impairment of central vision and the appearance of perimacular and/or peripheral yellow-white flecks, with or without atrophy of the central retinal-pigment epithelium and a normal or only mildly abnormal flash electroretinogram when recorded in early stages of the disease."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis, dHPLC, and SSCP analysis, PCR amplification of individual coding exons and flanking intron sequences, direct DNA sequencing

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: L541P-A1038V; 2588G→C in trans "Correct segregation of disease alleles was demonstrated in all 39 cases in which family samples were available for study"

      ClinVar: 7879

      CAID: CA119128

      SupplementalData: n/a

    2. STGD138 IVS13+1GA 2588G→C Yes

      Case#: STGD138, 15-19yo at onset, German

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: segregation in family

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "The diagnosis of STGD was based on the demonstration of bilateral impairment of central vision and the appearance of perimacular and/or peripheral yellow-white flecks, with or without atrophy of the central retinal-pigment epithelium and a normal or only mildly abnormal flash electroretinogram when recorded in early stages of the disease."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis, dHPLC, and SSCP analysis, PCR amplification of individual coding exons and flanking intron sequences, direct DNA sequencing

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: IVS13+1G→A; 2588G→C in trans "Correct segregation of disease alleles was demonstrated in all 39 cases in which family samples were available for study"

      ClinVar: 7879

      CAID: CA119128

      SupplementalData: n/a

    3. STGD87 2588G→C Q1750X Yes

      Case#: STGD87, 10-14yo at onset, German

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: segregation in family

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "The diagnosis of STGD was based on the demonstration of bilateral impairment of central vision and the appearance of perimacular and/or peripheral yellow-white flecks, with or without atrophy of the central retinal-pigment epithelium and a normal or only mildly abnormal flash electroretinogram when recorded in early stages of the disease."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis, dHPLC, and SSCP analysis, PCR amplification of individual coding exons and flanking intron sequences, direct DNA sequencing

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: Q1750X; 2588G→C in trans "Correct segregation of disease alleles was demonstrated in all 39 cases in which family samples were available for study"

      ClinVar: 7879

      CAID: CA119128

      SupplementalData: n/a

    4. STGD47/164 IVS13+1G→A 2588G→C Yes

      Case#: STGD47/164, 10-14yo at onset, German

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: segregation in family

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "The diagnosis of STGD was based on the demonstration of bilateral impairment of central vision and the appearance of perimacular and/or peripheral yellow-white flecks, with or without atrophy of the central retinal-pigment epithelium and a normal or only mildly abnormal flash electroretinogram when recorded in early stages of the disease."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis, dHPLC, and SSCP analysis, PCR amplification of individual coding exons and flanking intron sequences, direct DNA sequencing

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: IVS13+1G→A; 2588G→C in trans "Correct segregation of disease alleles was demonstrated in all 39 cases in which family samples were available for study"

      ClinVar: 7879

      CAID: CA119128

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. 413; 19c.1804C>T; c.2828G>Ap.R602W (D); p.R943Q (U)16c.2453G>Ap.G818E (D)Compound heterozygous

      Case#: Sporadic Case #4, Mexican

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: STGD diagnosis based on: "onset of symptoms in childhood or early adulthood (before 20 years of age), bilateral central vision loss (central and peripheral visual field computerized testing), a retinal “beaten-bronze” foveal appearance and/or yellow-whitish flecks from the posterior pole to the mid periphery, normal caliber of the retinal vessels, no pigmented bone spicules in the retinal periphery, a normal to subnormal electroretinogram, and a typical dark choroid in fluorescein angiography."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: allele 1: c.1804C>T (p.R602W) and c.2828G>A (p.R943Q) allele 2: c.2453G>A (p. G818E); direct sequencing of exons of ABCA4

      ClinVar: 99135

      CAID: CA227000

      SupplementalData: n/a

    2. 816c.2453G>Ap.G818E (D)28c.4249_4251 delTTCp.F1417del (D; N)Compound heterozygous

      Case#: Familial Case #8, Mexican

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: STGD diagnosis based on: "onset of symptoms in childhood or early adulthood (before 20 years of age), bilateral central vision loss (central and peripheral visual field computerized testing), a retinal “beaten-bronze” foveal appearance and/or yellow-whitish flecks from the posterior pole to the mid periphery, normal caliber of the retinal vessels, no pigmented bone spicules in the retinal periphery, a normal to subnormal electroretinogram, and a typical dark choroid in fluorescein angiography."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: allele 1: c.2453G>A (p. G818E) allele 2: c.4249_4251 delTTC (p.F1417del); direct sequencing of exons of ABCA4

      ClinVar: 99135

      CAID: CA227000

      SupplementalData: n/a

    3. 1016c.2453G>Ap.G818E (D)16c.2453G>Ap.G818E (D)Homozygous

      Case#: Sporadic Case #10, Mexican

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: STGD diagnosis based on: "onset of symptoms in childhood or early adulthood (before 20 years of age), bilateral central vision loss (central and peripheral visual field computerized testing), a retinal “beaten-bronze” foveal appearance and/or yellow-whitish flecks from the posterior pole to the mid periphery, normal caliber of the retinal vessels, no pigmented bone spicules in the retinal periphery, a normal to subnormal electroretinogram, and a typical dark choroid in fluorescein angiography."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.2453G>A (p. G818E) homozygous; direct sequencing of exons of ABCA4

      ClinVar: 99135

      CAID: CA227000

      SupplementalData: n/a

    4. 616; 41c.2453G>A; c.5824G>Cp. G818E (D); p. E1942Q (B;N)46c.6384A>Gp.H2128R (D)Compound heterozygous

      Case#: Sporadic Case #16, Mexican

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: STGD diagnosis based on: "onset of symptoms in childhood or early adulthood (before 20 years of age), bilateral central vision loss (central and peripheral visual field computerized testing), a retinal “beaten-bronze” foveal appearance and/or yellow-whitish flecks from the posterior pole to the mid periphery, normal caliber of the retinal vessels, no pigmented bone spicules in the retinal periphery, a normal to subnormal electroretinogram, and a typical dark choroid in fluorescein angiography."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: allele 1: c.2453G>A (p. G818E); c.5824G>C (p. E1942Q) allele 2: c.6384A>G (p.H2128R) direct sequencing of exons of ABCA4

      ClinVar: 867010

      CAID: CA957117

      SupplementalData: n/a

    5. 1545c.6221G>Tp.G2074V (D; N)16c.2453G>Ap.G818E (D)Compound heterozygous

      Case#: Sporadic Case #15, Mexican

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: STGD diagnosis based on: "onset of symptoms in childhood or early adulthood (before 20 years of age), bilateral central vision loss (central and peripheral visual field computerized testing), a retinal “beaten-bronze” foveal appearance and/or yellow-whitish flecks from the posterior pole to the mid periphery, normal caliber of the retinal vessels, no pigmented bone spicules in the retinal periphery, a normal to subnormal electroretinogram, and a typical dark choroid in fluorescein angiography."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: allele 1: c.6221G>T (p.G2074V) allele 2: c.2453G>A (p. G818E); direct sequencing of exons of ABCA4

      ClinVar: 99135

      CAID: CA227000

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. MD-0560ABCA423c.3386G>Tp.Arg1129Leu47c.6410G>Ap.Cys2137Tyr16NPABCR400

      Case#: Family MD-0560 Proband, 16yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: AR Stargardt

      FamilyInfo:

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: STGD diagnosed based on "bilateral central vision loss; fundus presenting with a beaten-bronze appearance and/or the presence of orange-yellow flecks in the retina from the posterior pole to the mid-periphery; fluorescein angiography showing typical dark choroid; and normal electroretinogram (ERGs)." VA loss, VF loss, BCVA=0.1/0.1

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.6410G>A (p.Cys2137Tyr); c.3386G>T (p.Arg1129Leu) found by ABCR400

      ClinVar: 2202779; 99224

      CAID: CA341277358; CA227116

      SupplementalData:

    2. MD-0170ABCA430c.4457C>Tp.Pro1486Leu9c.1222C>Tp.Arg408*14YesABCR400

      Case#: MD-0170 Proband, 14yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: Family MD-0170

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: STGD diagnosed based on "bilateral central vision loss; fundus presenting with a beaten-bronze appearance and/or the presence of orange-yellow flecks in the retina from the posterior pole to the mid-periphery; fluorescein angiography showing typical dark choroid; and normal to subnormal electroretinogram (ERGs)."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: Haplotype analysis, ABCR400

      PreviouslyPublished: unclear

      Variant: c.4457C>T (p.Pro1486Leu); c.1222C>T (p.Arg408*)

      ClinVar: 99283

      CAID: CA227192

      SupplementalData: n/a

    3. MD-0084ABCA447c.6410G>Ap.Cys2137Tyr47c.6410G>Ap.Cys2137Tyr7YesABCR400 + dHPLC + HRM + MLPAValverde et al. 2006 (6); Aguirre-Lamban et al. 2010 (16)

      Case#: Family MD-0084 Proband, 7yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: AR Stargardt

      FamilyInfo:

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: STGD diagnosed based on "bilateral central vision loss; fundus presenting with a beaten-bronze appearance and/or the presence of orange-yellow flecks in the retina from the posterior pole to the mid-periphery; fluorescein angiography showing typical dark choroid; and normal to subnormal electroretinogram (ERGs)." VA loss, VF loss, BCVA=<0.05/<0.05

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: PMID: 16917483 (variant not found in this paper); PMID: 19959634

      Variant: c.6410G>A (p.Cys2137Tyr) homozygous, found by ABCR400 + dHPLC + HRM + MLPA

      ClinVar: 2202779

      CAID: CA341277358

      SupplementalData:

    4. MD-0242ABCA412c.1715G>Cp.Arg572ProNot detected18YesABCR400

      Case#: Family MD-0242 Proband, 18yo at onset, Spanish

      DiseaseAssertion: AR Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: STGD diagnosed based on "bilateral central vision loss; fundus presenting with a beaten-bronze appearance and/or the presence of orange-yellow flecks in the retina from the posterior pole to the mid-periphery; fluorescein angiography showing typical dark choroid; and normal to subnormal electroretinogram (ERGs)."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: Haplotype analysis, ABCR400 microarray, direct sequencing for confirmation

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.1715G>C p.Arg572Pro

      ClinVar: 99073

      CAID: CA226919

      SupplementalData:

    5. MD-0324ABCA423c.3386G>Tp.Arg1129Leu1c.3G>Ap.Met1Ile ^15YesABCR400 + NGSThis study

      Case#: MD-0324 Proband,

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: Family MD-0324

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: STGD diagnosed based on "bilateral central vision loss; fundus presenting with a beaten-bronze appearance and/or the presence of orange-yellow flecks in the retina from the posterior pole to the mid-periphery; fluorescein angiography showing typical dark choroid; and normal to subnormal electroretinogram (ERGs)."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: Haplotype analysis, ABCR400, NGS

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant:c.3386G>T p.Arg1129Leu; c.3G>A p.Met1Ile

      ClinVar: n/a

      CAID: CA341289040

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. Sixty-six individuals representing 54 families were studied (Supplementary Material, Table S1). All individuals were found to harbor two ABCA4 variants likely to cause the retinal disease (18,20–26). In 40 families (74%), independent segregation of the two alleles was demonstrated. The ages at the time of their first visit ranged from 9 to 74 years (mean = 35.9, median = 35.2 years); in the majority of individuals (36/66=55%), data were available from a second visit that occurred on average 8.7 years (range=2–20 years, median = 6.9 years) after the first visit.

      This variant was found in 6 different families (F32, F33, F40, F41, F42, and F43).

      PP4: F32: Patient #37 is a 31yo male, ADI=4yo, dx of CRD F33: Patient #38 is a 32yo female, ADI=>32yo, dx of STGD, segregation in the family but no further details F40: Patient #45 is a 65yo male, ADI=26yo, dx of CRD, segregation of homozygous alleles with disease was demonstrated in 2 affected siblings in Family 40. F41: Patient #46 is a 38yo female, ADI=>38yo, dx of STGD F42: Patient #47 is a 45yo female, ADI=>53yo, dx of STGD F43: Patient #48 is a 55yo female, ADI=46yo, dx of STGD

      PM3: In family 40, the proband was homozygous. In the other families, the variant was in compound heterozygosity with p.A1038V;p.L541P (F32); p.A1038V (F33); p.V1686M (F41); p.G1961E (F42); p.K2172R (F43).

    2. Sixty-six individuals representing 54 families were studied (Supplementary Material, Table S1). All individuals were found to harbor two ABCA4 variants likely to cause the retinal disease (18,20–26). In 40 families (74%), independent segregation of the two alleles was demonstrated. The ages at the time of their first visit ranged from 9 to 74 years (mean = 35.9, median = 35.2 years); in the majority of individuals (36/66=55%), data were available from a second visit that occurred on average 8.7 years (range=2–20 years, median = 6.9 years) after the first visit.

      Case#: Patient #35, male, 35yo at report, 14yo at onset,

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: family 30, segregation was noted as "yes" but no other details provided

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: allele 1: A1038V;L541P allele 2: G818E

      ClinVar: 99135

      CAID: CA227000

      SupplementalData: supplemental table 1

    1. proband

      Case#: Two affected sisters/Female siblings/Progressive onset initially presenting as Stargardt disease

      DiseaseAssertion: ABCA4

      FamilyInfo: Large American family pedigree with two affected sisters. Both sisters were compound heterozygous for two novel ABCA4 variants. Unaffected relatives carried one variant or neither variant, supporting autosomal recessive inheritance.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000556, HP:0000572, HP:0007754, HP:0000648, HP:0000510, HP:0001133, HP:0000610

      CaseHPOFreeText: Proband initially showed phenotype compatible with Stargardt disease with progressive central vision loss. Over several years disease advanced into severe cone-rod dystrophy with worsening retinal degeneration, abnormal visual fields, and reduced electroretinography responses.

      CaseNotHPOs: n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Unaffected family members with only one mutation had no retinal disease phenotype.

      Genotyping Method: Genome-wide linkage analysis using 408 microsatellite markers followed by direct Sanger DNA sequencing of all ABCA4 exons and exon-intron boundaries. Segregation analysis performed in family members.

      PreviouslyPublished: No, both variants were novel at time of publication.

      Variant: ABCA4 (RefSeq: NM_000350.3): c.655A>T ; ABCA4 (RefSeq: NM_000350.3): c.5312+3A>T

      ClinVar: 632118

      CAID: n/a

      SupplementalData: Variants absent in 200 unrelated controls. Clinical testing included visual acuity, fundus examination, fluorescein angiography, visual field testing, and electroretinography. Compound heterozygous state associated with severe progressive phenotype.

    1. The latter finding suggests that loss of significance is likely due to lack of statistical power caused by the reduced number of individuals in the subsequent analyses (from n = 335 to n = 247 to n = 197 patients, Supplementary Table S5).

      3 STGD patients have this variant but no specific clinical details (supplemental table s5).

      Patient 79: c.1654G>A p.(V552I); c.5196+1013A>G

      Patient 265: c.1654G>A p.(V552I) only

      Patient 320: c.1654G>A p.(V552I); c.4254-1G>C; c.6230G>A p.(R2077Q)

    1. RP-0298 CRD 8 c.950del p.(Gly317Alafs*57) 33 c.4720G>T p.(Glu1574*) yes 10 10 8 36y - HM/HM This stud

      This variant is found in compound heterozygosity with c.950del p.(Gly317Alafs*57) in family RP-0298 in this study. Proband is 10yo at onset of VA loss and VF loss, 8yo at night blindness, and 36yo at opthalmological exam. BCVA=HM/HM.

    2. MD-1146 STGD1 14 c.2023G>A p.(Val675Ile) 47 c.6410G>A p.(Cys2137Tyr) Yes 46 - - 46y Normal 1/1 This study

      This variant is found in compound heterozygosity with c.2023G>A p.(Val675Ile) in family MD-1146 in this study. Proband is 46yo at onset of VA loss. 46yo at opthalmological exam. Normal ERG. BCVA=1/1. Not eligible for PP4 due to age of onset.

    3. MD-0740 STGD1 47 c.6410G>A p.(Cys2137Tyr) IVS28 c.4253+43G>A p.[=, Ile1377Hisfs*3] - 61 No - 62y - 0.8/0.16 This study

      This variant is found in compound heterozygosity with c.4253+43G>A p.[=, Ile1377Hisfs*3] in family MD-0740 in this study. Proband is 61yo at onset of VA loss with no VF loss. 62yo at opthalmological exam. Cone pattern on ERG. BCVA=0.8/0.16. Not eligible for PP4 due to age of onset.

    4. MD-0723 STGD1 23 c.3386G>T p.(Arg1129Leu) 47 c.6410G>A p.(Cys2137Tyr) - 13 13 Yes 15y Cone-pattern 0.2/0.2 This study

      This variant is found in compound heterozygosity with c.3386G>T p.(Arg1129Leu) in family MD-0723 in this study. Proband is 13yo at onset of VA loss and VF loss with night blindness. 15yo at opthalmological exam. Cone pattern on ERG. BCVA=0.2/0.2. Eligible for PP4.

    1. ARDM-133 32T→C L11P 2888delG Frameshift Cosegregates

      Case#: Family ARDM-133 Proband, Spanish Retinal Dystrophy Investigation Network (EsRetNet), 8yo at onset, 42yo at report

      DiseaseAssertion: arCRD

      FamilyInfo: cosegregates

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007663, HP:0000575, HP:0007641, HP:0000613

      CaseHPOFreeText: "The diagnosis of CRD was based on the following criteria: initial complaints of blurred central vision without a history of night blindness, poor visual acuity (typically 20/100 or worse, with progressive decline from an early age), impairment of color vision, funduscopic evidence of atrophic macular degeneration, peripheral disturbances including pigment clumping and/or pigment epithelial thinning, and greater or earlier loss of cone than rod ERG amplitude."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: ABCR400 microarray, PCR amplification

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: 32T→C, L11P; 2888delG

      ClinVar: 99217

      CAID: CA227106

      SupplementalData:

    1. Our case-control association study included 116 patients with atrophic AMD, 77 with RP, 86 with STGD, and 100 healthy controls. All the patients were evaluated by a standard ophthalmologic examination and OCT. ERG was performed on STGD and RP patients. All the subjects underwent a blood drawing for genetic testing and the CFHY402H polymorphism was genotyped with the TaqMan real-time polymerase chain reaction single nucleotide polymorphism assay.

      annotating here since unable to annotate on PDF.

      Case#: Stargardt patient 22, Italian

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo:

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: STGD criteria: "(1) juvenile to adult onset of symptoms; (2) bilateral central vision loss; (3) macular dystrophy and/or atrophy (beaten bronze appearance or large patch of atrophy); (4) normal caliber of retinal vessels; (5) absence of pigmented bone spicules. The presence of yellow-white flecks was not considered obligatory inclusion criteria, even though they could be found in most of the patients of our series. Similarly, the possible presence of the “dark choroid” phenomenon could be identified in the fluorescein angiography examinations carried out on some patients in previous clinical settings, but it was not considered significant for the recruitment."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: "myopia >6 diopters, hyperopia and astigmatism >3 diopters, ocular disorders other than RP, STGD, or AMD, significant systemic diseases, a history of inflammation-associated diseases and media opacities preventing fundus examination"

      GenotypingMethod: all coding exons, including intron-exon boundaries of the ABCA4 gene (NM 000350) were sequenced. PCR

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.5882G>A (p.Gly1961Glu); c.4450C>T (p.Pro1484Ser); c.203C>T (p.Pro68Leu)

      ClinVar: 99113

      CAID: CA226972

      SupplementalData: Table S2

    1. Family: SG-04

      MonDO: MONDO:0019353

      Case: Family SG-04 Patient II:1. Indian Male, 26 years old diagnosed with Stargardt's disease DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt disease

      FamilyInfo: Only child of nonconsanguineous parents. Proband's unaffected mother (I:1) harbored only one heterozygous variant (p.Gly1961Glu) in ABCA4. His father (I:2) was clinically normal and was not included for genetic testing.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0001129, HP:0007401 (Large central visual field defect, Macular atrophy)

      CaseHPOFreeText: atrophic macular lesions

      CaseNOTHPOs: HP:0011507 (macular flecks)

      CasePreviousTesting: Five clinically confirmed unrelated patients with Stargardt disease and their available family members were enrolled for genetic analysis. Study subjects underwent a complete ophthalmic examination including measurement of visual acuity, intraocular pressure, slit lamp biomicroscopy, detailed fundus examination, fundus photography, fundus autofluorescence (FAF), spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT), and full field electroretinography (ERG). Fifty normal controls without any history of eye diseases were included.

      GenotypingMethod: NGS panel testing targeting 184 genes with previously known pathogenic variations associated with multiple eye disorders. Peripheral blood samples were obtained from all subjects.

      MultipleGeneVariants:

      (1) GeneName: ABCA4

      (1) Variant: p.Gly1961Glu

      (1) CAID: CA119132

      (1) gnomAD: The total minor allele frequency in gnomAD v4.1.0 is 0.003406 (5498/1614012 alleles).

      (2) GeneName: ABCA4

      (2) Variant: p.Tyr872X

      (2) CAID: CA341276149

      (2) gnomAD: Not found in gnomad v. 4.1

    1. Finally, we examined whether the phenotype‐associated known/candidate pathogenic variants could explain the patient's disease, andif the MAF in population‐matched control data (8.3kJPN) was relatedto disease prevalence. Patients were classified as “Solved” if theirgenotype was consistent with their clinical phenotype. Patients wereclassified as “Partially solved” when a heterozygous known/candidatepathogenic variant was detected in a recessive allele, but without anadditional variant in trans. Patients were categorized as “Unsolved” iftheir genotypes exhibited either no candidate pathogenic variants ormultiple heterozygous pathogenic variants that did not explain thephenotype clearly. Variants annotated as causal for solved patients arelisted in Supporting Information: Table S2. Novel variants identified inthis study are listed in the second sheet of Table S2. SupportingInformation: Table S3 shows the phenotypes and genotypes of solvedpatients.2.4 | Statistical analysisBefore counting the allele frequency in our cohort, the list ofpatients was modified to contain only the proband to avoid theoverrepresentation of pedigrees with larger numbers of affectedindividuals. Inter‐pedigree comparisons of genetic diagnoses evaluat-ing proband only and proband with family members were performedby the chi‐square test. Enrichments of the pathogenic variants ingenetically solved and unsolved patients were compared by the one‐sided binominal test. Allele frequencies were compared with thehighest allele frequencies among the 8.3KJPN, HGVD, ExAC_EAS, andgnomAD_EAS databases. Statistical analyses were performed byR (ver. 4.0.3).2.5 | Detection of RP1:c.4052‐4053ins328(Alu insertion)Previously reported primers were used to amplify the expectedAlu‐inserted region (Nikopoulos et al., 2019). Genomic DNA wasamplified with Prime Star (TAKARA) following the manufacturer'sSUGA ET AL . | 310981004, 0, Downloaded from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/humu.24492 by Mie University, Wiley Online Library on [07/11/2022]. See the Terms and Conditions (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/terms-and-conditions) on Wiley Online Library for rules of use; OA articles are governed by the applicable Creative Commons License

      This variant is listed in supplementary tables S2 and S3. Proband TM-319 is a "solved" patient, meaning the phenotype matches the genotype. Compound heterozygous (c.5318C>T p.A1773V) female with Stargardt disease- all that is provided.

    2. Finally, we examined whether the phenotype‐associated known/candidate pathogenic variants could explain the patient's disease, andif the MAF in population‐matched control data (8.3kJPN) was relatedto disease prevalence. Patients were classified as “Solved” if theirgenotype was consistent with their clinical phenotype. Patients wereclassified as “Partially solved” when a heterozygous known/candidatepathogenic variant was detected in a recessive allele, but without anadditional variant in trans. Patients were categorized as “Unsolved” iftheir genotypes exhibited either no candidate pathogenic variants ormultiple heterozygous pathogenic variants that did not explain thephenotype clearly. Variants annotated as causal for solved patients arelisted in Supporting Information: Table S2. Novel variants identified inthis study are listed in the second sheet of Table S2. SupportingInformation: Table S3 shows the phenotypes and genotypes of solvedpatients.2.4 | Statistical analysisBefore counting the allele frequency in our cohort, the list ofpatients was modified to contain only the proband to avoid theoverrepresentation of pedigrees with larger numbers of affectedindividuals. Inter‐pedigree comparisons of genetic diagnoses evaluat-ing proband only and proband with family members were performedby the chi‐square test. Enrichments of the pathogenic variants ingenetically solved and unsolved patients were compared by the one‐sided binominal test. Allele frequencies were compared with thehighest allele frequencies among the 8.3KJPN, HGVD, ExAC_EAS, andgnomAD_EAS databases. Statistical analyses were performed byR (ver. 4.0.3).2.5 | Detection of RP1:c.4052‐4053ins328(Alu insertion)Previously reported primers were used to amplify the expectedAlu‐inserted region (Nikopoulos et al., 2019). Genomic DNA wasamplified with Prime Star (TAKARA) following the manufacturer'sSUGA ET AL . | 310981004, 0, Downloaded from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/humu.24492 by Mie University, Wiley Online Library on [07/11/2022]. See the Terms and Conditions (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/terms-and-conditions) on Wiley Online Library for rules of use; OA articles are governed by the applicable Creative Commons License

      This variant is listed in supplementary tables S2 and S3. Proband TI-50 is a "solved" patient, meaning the phenotype matches the genotype. Homozygous female with MD/CORD- all that is provided.

    3. Finally, we examined whether the phenotype‐associated known/candidate pathogenic variants could explain the patient's disease, andif the MAF in population‐matched control data (8.3kJPN) was relatedto disease prevalence. Patients were classified as “Solved” if theirgenotype was consistent with their clinical phenotype. Patients wereclassified as “Partially solved” when a heterozygous known/candidatepathogenic variant was detected in a recessive allele, but without anadditional variant in trans. Patients were categorized as “Unsolved” iftheir genotypes exhibited either no candidate pathogenic variants ormultiple heterozygous pathogenic variants that did not explain thephenotype clearly. Variants annotated as causal for solved patients arelisted in Supporting Information: Table S2. Novel variants identified inthis study are listed in the second sheet of Table S2. SupportingInformation: Table S3 shows the phenotypes and genotypes of solvedpatients.

      This variant is listed in supplementary tables S2 and S3. Proband KN-187 is a "solved" patient, meaning the phenotype matches the genotype. Compound heterozygous (c.6290C>T p.P2097L; c.6445C>T p.R2149X) male with Stargardt disease- all that is provided.

    1. In 20 patients (19 STGD and 1 CRD), 18 different genotypes were identified (Table 1). Except p.Arg187His and p.Tyr954Ser variants, the rest of changes were previously reported as disease-associated allele. 14 The p.Arg187His and p.Tyr954Ser variants were not found in 100 ethnically matched control chromosomes. All the mutations identified in the 20 patients except one were detected by HRM for sensitivity of 95%; however, only 16 variants were identified by dHPLC for sensitivity of 80%.  Table 1. View Table Mutations AnalyzedTable 1. Mutations Analyzed Family Exon Genotype Mutation Detected by dHPLC Mutation Detected by HRM Nucleotide Change Amino Acid Change ARDM-167 5 c.560G>A p.Arg187His No Yes ARDM-257 5 c.560G>A p.Arg187His No Yes ARDM-164 6 c.700C>T p.Gln234X Yes Yes ARDM-135 8 c.1029_1030insT p.Asn344fsX Yes No ARDM-240 15 c.2285C>A p.Ala762Glu Yes Yes ARDM-248 19 c.2861A>C p.Tyr954Ser Yes Yes ARDM-90 — IVS21-2A>T — Yes Yes ARDM-40 27 c.3943C>T p.Gln1315X Yes Yes ARDM-158 30 c.4537delC p.Gln1513fsX1525 Yes Yes ARDM-38 33 c.4739delT p.Leu1580fs Yes Yes ARDM-163 36 c.5172G>T p.Trp1724Cys Not Yes ARDM-197 36 c.5172G>T p.Trp1724Cys Yes Yes ARDM-181 — IVS38+5G>A — Yes Yes ARDM-125 40 — p.KNLFA1876dup Yes Yes ARDM-183 43 c.5929G>A(False −) p.Gly1977Ser(False −) Yes Yes ARDM-146 44 c.6140T>A p.lle2047Asn Yes Yes ARDM-174 — IVS44+2T>A — Yes Yes ARDM-247 47 c.6410G>A p.Cys2137Tyr* Yes Yes ARDM-84 47 c.6410G>A p.Cys2137Tyr† No Yes ARDM-225 48 c.6559C>T p.Gln2187X Yes Yes  Previously unreported mutations are shown in bold. *  Mutation in heterozygous. †  Mutation in homozygous. Homozygous sequence alteration (p.Cys2137Tyr) could be identified from wild-type by HRM analyses (Fig. 1). In contrast, dHPLC did not distinguish any homozygous mutation, except when we mixed it, in a 1:1 proportion, with a previously sequenced wild-type sample at the end of each PCR session and before heteroduplex formation.

      Case#: Family MD-0084/ARDM-84 Proband, 7yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: AR Stargardt

      FamilyInfo:

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: STGD diagnosed based on "bilateral central vision loss; fundus presenting with a beaten-bronze appearance and/or the presence of orange-yellow flecks in the retina from the posterior pole to the mid-periphery; fluorescein angiography showing typical dark choroid; and normal to subnormal electroretinogram (ERGs)." VA loss, VF loss, BCVA=<0.05/<0.05

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.6410G>A (p.Cys2137Tyr) homozygous, found by ABCR400 + dHPLC + HRM + MLPA

      ClinVar: 2202779

      CAID: CA341277358

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. V1 H1 Exon 36.1–3 G>A chr1:94,484,001 c.5196+1137G>A 4 4 0 0

      Case#: Braun Family 6 Proband (from left to right, top to bottom of available pedigrees), male

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: Genotypes not provided for parents. No siblings

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "five or more of the following features of ABCA4-associated retinal disease: decreased visual acuity before age 20, decreased visual acuity as the first visual symptom, symmetrical fundus findings, pisciform flecks, beaten metal macular atrophy, bulls-eye maculopathy, peripapillary sparing, vermillion fundus, masked choroid on fluorescein angiography, nummular pigment overlying extensive macular atrophy, central outer retinal atrophy on optical coherence tomography and central scotomas on Goldmann perimetry."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: one plausible disease-causing mutation detected in ABCA4 after assessing the entire coding sequence and canonical retinal splice junctions with automated bidirectional Sanger sequencing using an ABI 3730 sequencer

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.5196+1137G>A; c.454C>T (p.R152X)

      ClinVar: 438100

      CAID: CA26843511

      SupplementalData: pedigree in fig s2

    2. V1 H1 Exon 36.1–3 G>A chr1:94,484,001 c.5196+1137G>A 4 4 0

      Case#: Braun Family 8 Proband (from left to right, top to bottom of available pedigrees), female

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: Unaffected carrier parents. c.5196+1137G>A maternally inherited; c.4577C>T (p.T1526M) paternally inherited

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "five or more of the following features of ABCA4-associated retinal disease: decreased visual acuity before age 20, decreased visual acuity as the first visual symptom, symmetrical fundus findings, pisciform flecks, beaten metal macular atrophy, bulls-eye maculopathy, peripapillary sparing, vermillion fundus, masked choroid on fluorescein angiography, nummular pigment overlying extensive macular atrophy, central outer retinal atrophy on optical coherence tomography and central scotomas on Goldmann perimetry."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: one plausible disease-causing mutation detected in ABCA4 after assessing the entire coding sequence and canonical retinal splice junctions with automated bidirectional Sanger sequencing using an ABI 3730 sequencer

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.5196+1137G>A; c.4577C>T (p.T1526M)

      ClinVar: 438100

      CAID: CA26843511

      SupplementalData: pedigree in fig s2

    3. V1 H1 Exon 36.1–3 G>A chr1:94,484,001 c.5196+1137G>A 4 4 0 0

      Case#: Braun Family 5 Proband (from left to right, top to bottom of available pedigrees), male

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: Proband has 1 affected sister with the same genotype and 1 unaffected, heterozygous brother. Genotypes not provided for parents.

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "five or more of the following features of ABCA4-associated retinal disease: decreased visual acuity before age 20, decreased visual acuity as the first visual symptom, symmetrical fundus findings, pisciform flecks, beaten metal macular atrophy, bulls-eye maculopathy, peripapillary sparing, vermillion fundus, masked choroid on fluorescein angiography, nummular pigment overlying extensive macular atrophy, central outer retinal atrophy on optical coherence tomography and central scotomas on Goldmann perimetry."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: one plausible disease-causing mutation detected in ABCA4 after assessing the entire coding sequence and canonical retinal splice junctions with automated bidirectional Sanger sequencing using an ABI 3730 sequencer

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.5196+1137G>A; c.4363T>C (p.C1455R)

      ClinVar: 438100

      CAID: CA26843511

      SupplementalData: pedigree in fig s2

    4. V1 H1 Exon 36.1–3 G>A chr1:94,484,001 c.5196+1137G>A 4 4 0 0

      Case#: Braun Family 1 Proband (from left to right, top to bottom of available pedigrees), female

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: Both parents are unaffected heterozygotes. c.4139C>T (p.P1380L) paternally inherited, c.5196+1137G>A maternally inherited. Proband has 2 unaffected, heterozygous children.

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "five or more of the following features of ABCA4-associated retinal disease: decreased visual acuity before age 20, decreased visual acuity as the first visual symptom, symmetrical fundus findings, pisciform flecks, beaten metal macular atrophy, bulls-eye maculopathy, peripapillary sparing, vermillion fundus, masked choroid on fluorescein angiography, nummular pigment overlying extensive macular atrophy, central outer retinal atrophy on optical coherence tomography and central scotomas on Goldmann perimetry."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: one plausible disease-causing mutation detected in ABCA4 after assessing the entire coding sequence and canonical retinal splice junctions with automated bidirectional Sanger sequencing using an ABI 3730 sequencer

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.5196+1137G>A; c.4139C>T (p.P1380L)

      ClinVar: 438100

      CAID: CA26843511

      SupplementalData: pedigree in fig s2

    5. V1 H1 Exon 36.1–3 G>A chr1:94,484,001 c.5196+1137G>A 4 4 0 0

      Case#: Braun Family 7 Proband (from left to right, top to bottom of available pedigrees), female

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: Unaffected carrier parents. c.5196+1137G>A maternally inherited; c.4561-10T>C paternally inherited

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "five or more of the following features of ABCA4-associated retinal disease: decreased visual acuity before age 20, decreased visual acuity as the first visual symptom, symmetrical fundus findings, pisciform flecks, beaten metal macular atrophy, bulls-eye maculopathy, peripapillary sparing, vermillion fundus, masked choroid on fluorescein angiography, nummular pigment overlying extensive macular atrophy, central outer retinal atrophy on optical coherence tomography and central scotomas on Goldmann perimetry."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: one plausible disease-causing mutation detected in ABCA4 after assessing the entire coding sequence and canonical retinal splice junctions with automated bidirectional Sanger sequencing using an ABI 3730 sequencer

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.5196+1137G>A; c.4561-10T>C

      ClinVar: 438100

      CAID: CA26843511

      SupplementalData: pedigree in fig s2

    6. V1 H1 Exon 36.1–3 G>A chr1:94,484,001 c.5196+1137G>A 4 4 0 0

      Case#: Braun Family 2 Proband (from left to right, top to bottom of available pedigrees), female

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: Both parents are unaffected carriers. c.1622T>C (p.L541P) and c.3113C>T (p.A1038V) complex variants were paternally inherited, c.5196+1137G>A maternally inherited.

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "five or more of the following features of ABCA4-associated retinal disease: decreased visual acuity before age 20, decreased visual acuity as the first visual symptom, symmetrical fundus findings, pisciform flecks, beaten metal macular atrophy, bulls-eye maculopathy, peripapillary sparing, vermillion fundus, masked choroid on fluorescein angiography, nummular pigment overlying extensive macular atrophy, central outer retinal atrophy on optical coherence tomography and central scotomas on Goldmann perimetry."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: one plausible disease-causing mutation detected in ABCA4 after assessing the entire coding sequence and canonical retinal splice junctions with automated bidirectional Sanger sequencing using an ABI 3730 sequencer

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.5196+1137G>A; c.1622T>C (p.L541P) and c.3113C>T (p.A1038V) complex variant

      ClinVar: 438100

      CAID: CA26843511

      SupplementalData: pedigree in fig s2

    7. V1 H1 Exon 36.1–3 G>A chr1:94,484,001 c.5196+1137G>A 4 4 0 0

      Case#: Braun Family 3 Proband (from left to right, top to bottom of available pedigrees), female

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: Both parents are unaffected, but only mother has genotype information available since father is deceased. c.1622T>C (p.L541P) and c.3113C>T (p.A1038V) complex variants were maternally inherited.

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "five or more of the following features of ABCA4-associated retinal disease: decreased visual acuity before age 20, decreased visual acuity as the first visual symptom, symmetrical fundus findings, pisciform flecks, beaten metal macular atrophy, bulls-eye maculopathy, peripapillary sparing, vermillion fundus, masked choroid on fluorescein angiography, nummular pigment overlying extensive macular atrophy, central outer retinal atrophy on optical coherence tomography and central scotomas on Goldmann perimetry."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: one plausible disease-causing mutation detected in ABCA4 after assessing the entire coding sequence and canonical retinal splice junctions with automated bidirectional Sanger sequencing using an ABI 3730 sequencer

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.5196+1137G>A; c.1622T>C (p.L541P) and c.3113C>T (p.A1038V) complex variant

      ClinVar: 438100

      CAID: CA26843511

      SupplementalData: pedigree in fig s2

    8. V1 H1 Exon 36.1–3 G>A chr1:94,484,001 c.5196+1137G>A 4 4 0 0

      Case#: Braun Family 4 Proband (from left to right, top to bottom of available pedigrees), male

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: Both parents are unaffected, but only mother has genotype information available since father is deceased. c.5196+1137G>A maternally inherited. c.1022-1035fs inferred to be inherited from the father since other siblings also have this variant. Proband has 1 affected sister with the same genotype, and 2 siblings that were unaffected heterozygotes

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "five or more of the following features of ABCA4-associated retinal disease: decreased visual acuity before age 20, decreased visual acuity as the first visual symptom, symmetrical fundus findings, pisciform flecks, beaten metal macular atrophy, bulls-eye maculopathy, peripapillary sparing, vermillion fundus, masked choroid on fluorescein angiography, nummular pigment overlying extensive macular atrophy, central outer retinal atrophy on optical coherence tomography and central scotomas on Goldmann perimetry."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: one plausible disease-causing mutation detected in ABCA4 after assessing the entire coding sequence and canonical retinal splice junctions with automated bidirectional Sanger sequencing using an ABI 3730 sequencer

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.5196+1137G>A; c.1022-1035fs

      ClinVar: 438100

      CAID: CA26843511

      SupplementalData: pedigree in fig s2

    1. 5 4514 S 12 1/10 / 1/10 c.32T>C(1) / c.[1A>G(1)]+[6089G>A(44)] p.Leu11Pro [12]/p.(Met1Val [6])+(Arg2030Gln [9])

      Case#: Maia-Lopes Family 5 Proband 4514, Portuguese, 12yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: Family 5

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: severe central fundus changes, vision: 1/10 / 1/10

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: ABCR400 microarray, dHPLC

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.32T>C(1) / c.[1A>G(1)]+[6089G>A(44)]; p.Leu11Pro/p.(Met1Val)+(Arg2030Gln)

      ClinVar: 99217

      CAID: CA227106

      SupplementalData: n/a

    2. 11 4613 S 9 FC / FC c.[4926C>G(35)]+[5041_5055del(36)] / c.32T>C(1) p.(Ser1642Arg [10])+(Val1681_Cys1685del [10])/p.Leu11Pro

      Case#: Maia-Lopes Family 11 Proband 4613, Portuguese, 9yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: Family 11

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: severe central fundus changes, vision: FC/FC

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: ABCR400 microarray, dHPLC

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.[4926C>G(35)]+[5041_5055del(36)] / c.32T>C(1); p.(Ser1642Arg [10])+(Val1681_Cys1685del [10])/p.Leu11Pro

      ClinVar: 99217

      CAID: CA227106

      SupplementalData: n/a

    3. 18 5709 Mi 9 2/10 / 2/10 c.32T>C(1) / c.1804C<T(13) p.Leu11Pro/p.Arg602Thr

      Case#: Maia-Lopes Family 18 Proband 5709, Portuguese, 9yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: Family 18

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: mild central fundus changes, vision: 2/10 / 2/10

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: ABCR400 microarray, dHPLC

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.1804C<T/ c.32T>C(1); p.Arg602Thr/p.Leu11Pro

      ClinVar: 99217

      CAID: CA227106

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. Thirty-eight sporadic cases (60%) were resolved, of which 34 presented mutations in AR inheritance genes, three in AD inheritance genes, and one in XL inheritance. According to the genetic results, five initially AD retinitis pigmentosa (adRP) cases were reclassified to AR retinitis pigmentosa (arRP; fRPN-110) and to XL RP (fRPN-GB, fRPN-45, fRPN-97, fRPN-174), two arRP families to adRP (fRPN-AP, fRPN-168), one autosomal dominant MD family to late-onset retinal degeneration (LORD; fRPN-100), one Best MD case to CRD (fRPN-125), and one STGD case to Best MD (fRPN-39) (Supplemental Table S5).

      Case#: Proband RPN-290, Male, 43yo at genetic testing, 27yo at dx, onset in 30s, Spanish

      DiseaseAssertion: Nonsyndromic Inherited Retinal Dystrophies. Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: Family RPN-133

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: decreased visual acuity, photophobia, BCVA (logMAR) 28y: 0,0/0,0 35y: 0,4/0,1 43y: 1,0/1,0, central scotoma (56/ 63), yellow-white deposits around the macula, central and peripheral neuroepithelium thinning; 43y: without significant changes, 27y: normal visual evoked potentials, normal : full field electroretinography, abnormal electrooculogram (Arden index); 36y: delayed latency right eye visual evoked potentials, decreased cone and rod ffERG.

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: NGS; MLPA and array CGH

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.4457C>T; p.(Pro1486Leu) homozygous

      ClinVar: 99283

      CAID: CA227192

      SupplementalData: supplemental table S2 has phenotype, S4 and S5 have genotype information

    1. 231

      Case#: Patient 231, Female, age of onset at 7 y.o, Poland

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

      FamilyInfo: Mother was a carrier, unaffected father.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007722, HP:0000608, HP:0025158

      CaseHPOFreeText: RPE atrophy, macular degeneration, central hyper-autofluorescence in fundus autofluorescence

      CaseNotHPOs: n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a, non-proband identified HPO's mentioned, but not assignable to individual proband.

      Genotyping Method: DNA isolated from peripheral blood from patients and relatives via MagNA Pure 24, samples screened with MIPs targeting 108 genes involved in pathogensis of IRD's. PCR completed on library, analysed with NGS fragment analysis kit.

      PreviouslyPublished: yes

      Variant: c.4234C>T , p.(Gln1412*)

      ClinVar: 99263

      gnomeAD 0.00001984 allelic frequency

      CAID: n/a

      SupplementalData: Fig1: List of families displaying pseudo-dominant inheritance. Fig2: Number of alleles for most common variants.

    2. c.634C>T

      Case#: Patient 225, Female, age of onset 7 y.o, Poland

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD-1

      FamilyInfo: no given family information.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007722, HP:0000608, HP:0025158

      CaseHPOFreeText: RPE atrophy, macular degeneration, central hyper-autofluorescence in fundus autofluorescence

      CaseNotHPOs: n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a, non-proband identified HPO's mentioned, but not assignable to individual proband.

      Genotyping Method: DNA isolated from peripheral blood from patients and relatives via MagNA Pure 24, samples screened with MIPs targeting 108 genes involved in pathogensis of IRD's. PCR completed on library, analysed with NGS fragment analysis kit.

      PreviouslyPublished: yes

      Variant: c.634C>T,p.(Arg212Cys)

      ClinVar: 7898

      CAID: n/a

      gnomeAD 0.0001177 allele frequency

      SupplementalData: Fig1: List of families displaying pseudo-dominant inheritance. Fig2: Number of alleles for most common variants.

    3. c.5882G>A

      Case#: Patient 231, Female, age of onset at 7 y.o, Poland

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

      FamilyInfo: Mother was a carrier, unaffected father.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007722, HP:0000608, HP:0025158

      CaseHPOFreeText: RPE atrophy, macular degeneration, central hyper-autofluorescence in fundus autofluorescence

      CaseNotHPOs: n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a, non-proband identified HPO's mentioned, but not assignable to individual proband.

      Genotyping Method: DNA isolated from peripheral blood from patients and relatives via MagNA Pure 24, samples screened with MIPs targeting 108 genes involved in pathogensis of IRD's. PCR completed on library, analysed with NGS fragment analysis kit.

      PreviouslyPublished: yes

      Variant: c.5882G>A

      ClinVar:7888

      gnomeAD: 0.00310 allelic freq.

      CAID: n/a

      SupplementalData: Fig1: List of families displaying pseudo-dominant inheritance. Fig2: Number of alleles for most common variants.

    1. 32-year-old woman

      Case#: 32-year old woman, onset in early twenties

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0011462, HP:0011507, HP:0000505, HP:0007722, HP:0030500, HP:0030329, HP:0030610, HP:0000575, HP:0030602

      CaseHPOFreeText: Patient’s best-corrected visual acuity was OD: 20/200 and OS: 20/40. Refractive error was OD: −5.25/−0.75 × 4° and OS: −5.75/−0.50 × 133°. Flecks in macular area extended anterior to the vascular arcades and the optic disc in both eyes. Atrophic lesion in the macula with flecks observed across the posterior pole. IS/OS junction loss central macular area bilaterally. Absolute scotoma in left eye (ie total deviation −20 dB). Defect in the RPE/Bruch membrane complex was observed on SD-OCT in both eyes in the central macula. The defects in the RPE-Bruch membrane complex measured OD: 332 um and OS: 266 um in maximum horizontal diameter. Herniation of the retina through these defects into the sub-RPE/choroidal space. Abnormal thickening of the RPE in the parafoveal region. Normal amplitudes and implicit times in both rod and cone photoreceptor systems were detected by ERG.

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0000510, HP:0007984

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Normal amplitudes and implicit times in both rod and cone photoreceptor systems were detected by ERG. There was no evidence of sub-RPE choroidal neovascularization (CNV), pigment epithelial defects (PED) or subretinal fluid.

      Genotyping Method: ABCR 600 micro-array chip

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.5714+5G>A

      ClinVar: 99403

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. Flow of individuals. A schematic representation showing the outcome of the 677 individuals with IRD participating in the study. *Supplementary Table 4. Indiv: individuals.

      Case#: Patient #330

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "Patients clinically suspected of having a retinal dystrophy were selected for the targeted analysis based on evaluation of available clinical records (clinical diagnosis, clinical history, fundus changes, OCT imaging, ERG, visual acuity, visual fields, family history)."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: NGS panel of 125 genes known to be associated with: retinitis pigmentosa, Bardet-Biedl syndrome, cone-rod dystrophy, Leber congenital amaurosis, Usher syndrome and congenital stationary night blindness (some genes cause more than one eye disorder).

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: 2453G>A (p.Gly818Glu)

      ClinVar: 99135

      CAID: CA227000

      SupplementalData: supplemental table s4

    1. Seven hundred and fifty-six patients (98%) had inherited retinal diseases (IRD), and the remaining 17 (2%) had other etiologies, such as optic atrophy (6) and coloboma (4). Four hundred and eighty-three patients (62%) had a diagnosis of non-syndromic retinitis pigmentosa (RP), 41 (5%) of early-onset severe retinal dystrophy (EOSRD), 40 (5%) of Stargardt disease, 39 (5%) of Usher syndrome, 38 (5%) of macular dystrophy (MD), 19 (2%) of cone-rod dystrophy (CORD), 19 (2%) of choroideremia (CHM), and the remaining patients had less frequent conditions (Fig. ​(Fig.22 and Supplementary Table 1).

      Case#: Patient 339, Argentinian

      DiseaseAssertion: macular dystrophy

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.6383A>G (p.His2128Arg); c.4457C>T (p.Pro1486Leu) NGS

      ClinVar: 99455

      CAID: CA227399

      SupplementalData: supplemental table 1 contains phenotype info

    1. A 69-year-old female patient complained of progressive vision loss. Her parents were first cousins. She had been diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa 27 years previously.

      Case#: Female, 69yo, Puerto Rican

      DiseaseAssertion: STDG1

      FamilyInfo: Parents were first cousins (consanguinity), no other family history reported

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0030603, HP:0007754, HP:0000512, HP:0008020, HP:0000603

      CaseHPOFreeText: progressive vision loss, severe reduction in visual acuity (counting fingers at 5’ and 3’), bilateral central scotoma, extensive central macular atrophy, retinal pigment epithelium atrophy and pigment hyperplasia, multifocal retinal atrophy, central hypoautofluorescence with peripheral expansion, reduced macular thickness and volume on OCT, abnormal visual field (marked mean deviation)

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0000510

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: normal rod response on full-field electroretinogram

      Genotyping Method: Next-generation sequencing (Invitae Corporation, San Francisco, California)

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.5714+5G>A

      ClinVar: ClinVarID:99403

      CAID: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

    1. The 1,000 probands in this study came to our clinic from 40 different states, the District of Columbia and seven foreign countries (Supplemental Figure 1). Four hundred eighty-nine were female and 511 were male. The average age at entry into the study was 37.3 years (36.3 years for males and 38.5 years for females); the range was 8 months to 88 years. Plausible disease-causing genotypes were identified in 760 of these probands, 393 males and 367 females (Supplemental Table 1). The average age at entry into the study was very slightly younger for those in whom a disease-causing genotype was identified (34.9 years for males and 37.7 years for females).

      Case#: Patient 817, female, 33yo at entry

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt disease

      FamilyInfo:

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: category IIA (autosomal recessive stargardt disease)

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: one or more of the following approaches: automated Sanger sequencing with an ABI 3730xl sequencer, allele-specific genotyping with a Fluidigm EP1, amplification refractory mutation system (ARMS 17), chromosomal microarray analysis, and/or plasmid cloning of PCR products followed by Sanger sequencing. WES, WGS

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.1654G>A (p.Val552Ile); second variant not identified

      CAID: CA239745

      SupplementalData: supplemental table 1

    2. Four hundred eighty-nine were female and 511 were male. The average age at entry into the study was 37.3 years (36.3 years for males and 38.5 years for females); the range was 8 months to 88 years. Plausible disease-causing genotypes were identified in 760 of these probands, 393 males and 367 females (Supplemental Table 1). The average age at entry into the study was very slightly younger for those in whom a disease-causing genotype was identified (34.9 years for males and 37.7 years for females).

      Case#: Patient 721, male, 41yo at entry

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt disease

      FamilyInfo:

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: category IIA (autosomal recessive stargardt disease)

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: one or more of the following approaches: automated Sanger sequencing with an ABI 3730xl sequencer, allele-specific genotyping with a Fluidigm EP1, amplification refractory mutation system (ARMS 17), chromosomal microarray analysis, and/or plasmid cloning of PCR products followed by Sanger sequencing. WES, WGS

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.6416G>C p.Arg2139Pro; c.2588G>C p.Gly863Ala. confirmed in trans

      CAID: CA10611614

      SupplementalData: supplemental table 1

    1. The patients’ demographic and genetic characteristics are provided in eTable 1 in Supplement 1.

      Proband can genotype and some phenotype information can be found in eTable 1.

      Case#: Patient 601691#46, male, Italian, 32yo

      DiseaseAssertion: ABCA4-Associated Retinopathy

      GenotypingMethod: sequencing with Illumina NexSeq500 platform, confirmation with Sanger sequencing

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.5018+2T>C; c.6415C>T (p.Arg2139Trp)

      CAID: CA227402

      SupplementalData: eTable 1

    1. In the German cohort of 46 patients with single heterozygous ABCA4 variants, none of the known or any novel variant was found in the regions analyzed (Supp. Table S3).

      Case#: Bauwens Case ID #20864, German

      DiseaseAssertion: Simplex Retinitis Pigmentosa

      FamilyInfo:

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: Screening for V1-V7 (deep intronic variants) negative, sequencing of the coding exons and intron–exon boundaries of ABCA4, Sanger sequencing

      PreviouslyPublished:

      Variant: c.1654G>A p.(Val552Ile), no second allele

      CAID: CA239745

      SupplementalData: supplemental table s3

    1. We performed diagnostic NGS testing for 537 patients (287 males and 250 females) referred with clinical indications of IRD. All of the 537 individuals were initially referred on a singleton basis.Phenotype classification IRDs have a diverse spectrum of overlapping clinical presentation, which can vary by age of onset, extent of visual impairment, nature of disease progression and involvement of additional clinical features. We grouped all referred patients into 10 distinct clinical classifications (see online supplementary table S3). The most common referral was non-syndromic RCD/RP (n=250). The most common referral of syndromic disease was Usher syndrome (n=38), a disorder characterised by neurosensory hearing loss and visual impairment. There were eight cases of suspected syndromic ciliopathies referred, including seven cases of BBS.

      Case#: Case #82863

      DiseaseAssertion: CRD

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs: n/a

      CaseHPOFreeText: n/a

      CaseNotHPOs: n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a

      CasePreviousTesting: n/a

      GenotypingMethod: NGS panel of 105 genes

      PreviouslyPublished: possible since this is an international cohort

      Variant: c.3098delA; c.4139C>T p.(Pro1380Leu)

      ClinVar: 236516

      CAID: CA10581650

      SupplementalData: supplemental table S3 has genotype info and phenotype

    1. man in hismid-40s

      Case#: Male, mid-40s

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

      FamilyInfo: Retinal disease reported in sibling and material grandfather. Mother exhibited decreased visual acuity, BEM in right eye, and tapetal reflex in both eyes.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000622, HP:0000613, HP:0000662, HP:0011504, HP:0007663, HP:0011463

      CaseHPOFreeText: n/a

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0007843, HP:0011507

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Autofluorescence(qAF): 381.5. The Case's qAF was noted to be in the range observed in healthy eyes, and also lower than many other STGD1 patients with the same age. There were no flecks, intraretinal pigment migration, retinal vessel attenuation, or optic nerve pallor (Figure 1).

      Genotyping Method: Sanger Sequencing

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.1411G>A (p.Glu471Lys), NM_001034853.2(RPGR):c.3070G>T (p.Glu1024Ter)

      ClinVar: 99052, 1275798

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. STGD in 48 patients (55%) was explained by recessive ABCA4 mutations (supplemental table S2). Only 22 patients could be solved using previously known STGD causing mutations. However, we identified 35 novel mutations in ABCA4 contributing to the diagnosis of 25 STGD patients. This contained 10 novel mutations leading to amino acid substitutions already known to cause disease and mutations known to cause diseases other than STGD. In addition, we identified 13 novel nonsense mutations. The remaining 12 novel mutations are well justified, and novel mutations were either completely absent or extremely rare in controls.

      Case#: Patient #126, Chinese

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs: "Clinical diagnosis of STGD was made when the patient, usually a child, developed central visual acuity loss with an atrophic maculopathy with or without flecks." No individual details

      CaseHPOFreeText: n/a

      CaseNotHPOs: n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a

      GenotypingMethod: shotgun sequencing; Sanger sequencing; CNV analysis using CGH microarray

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.6119G>A p.(R2040Q); c.5776C>T p.(Q1926X)

      CAID: CA232815

      SupplementalData: info found in table S2

    2. STGD in 48 patients (55%) was explained by recessive ABCA4 mutations (supplemental table S2). Only 22 patients could be solved using previously known STGD causing mutations. However, we identified 35 novel mutations in ABCA4 contributing to the diagnosis of 25 STGD patients. This contained 10 novel mutations leading to amino acid substitutions already known to cause disease and mutations known to cause diseases other than STGD. In addition, we identified 13 novel nonsense mutations. The remaining 12 novel mutations are well justified, and novel mutations were either completely absent or extremely rare in controls.

      Case#: Patient #133, Chinese

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs: n/a "Diagnosis of STGD was based on the clinical manifestations" is all that is stated

      CaseHPOFreeText: n/a

      CaseNotHPOs: n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.6289 C>T p.(P2097S); c.4605_4606insT p.(V1535fs)

      ClinVar: 2202780

      CAID: CA341277622

      SupplementalData: info found in table S2

    3. STGD in 48 patients (55%) was explained by recessive ABCA4 mutations (supplemental table S2). Only 22 patients could be solved using previously known STGD causing mutations. However, we identified 35 novel mutations in ABCA4 contributing to the diagnosis of 25 STGD patients. This contained 10 novel mutations leading to amino acid substitutions already known to cause disease and mutations known to cause diseases other than STGD. In addition, we identified 13 novel nonsense mutations. The remaining 12 novel mutations are well justified, and novel mutations were either completely absent or extremely rare in controls.

      Case#: Patient #9, Canadian

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs: "Clinical diagnosis of STGD was made when the patient, usually a child, developed central visual acuity loss with an atrophic maculopathy with or without flecks." No individual details

      CaseHPOFreeText: n/a

      CaseNotHPOs: n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.6383 A>G p.(H2128R); c.785 G>A p.(G1961E)

      ClinVar: 99455

      CAID: CA227399

      SupplementalData: info found in table S2

    1. Age of onset

      Case #: Eldest sister/Female/Onset at 3yo

      DiseaseAssertion: SLC26A2

      FamilyInfo: Family pedigree showing consanguinity of the proband's parents. The osteochondrodysplasia genotype, derived from a homozygous variant in the SLC26A2 gene and compound heterozygous variants in the ABCA4 gene, is responsible for the retinal phenotype

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0034345, HP:0000556, HP:0002098, HP:0001903, HP:0001385, HP:0007754, HP:0002650, HP:0000939, HP:0025388, HP:0007987, HP:0003124, HP:0007401

      CaseHPOFreeText: Visual acuity was 1/50 and 2/50 for both eyes, knee dysplasia, sticky platelet syndrome type II

      CaseNotHPOs: n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a

      GenotypyingMethod: genetic screening by next‐generation sequencing (NGS) was performed on a panel of genes involved in retinal dystrophy and macular degeneration

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: ABCA4 (RefSeq: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.203C>T (p.Pro68Leu))

      CAID: n/a

      SupplementalData: Comparison of phenotypes (table 1)

    1. Table.

      MonDO: MONDO_0800406

      GenotypingMethod: combined SSCP and heteroduplex analyses of all 50 exons of ABCA4, Sanger sequencing

      For PP4: Patients harbored heterozygous or homozygous ABCA4 variants in addition to G1961E.

      Case 7-1: Male, Jordanian, born to consanguineous parents, disease onset at 4 years (PP4 +0.5 pts), Stage 3 STGD, Compound Hmz G1961E and H1838D. PP4: 2.5 points.

      Phenotype: central macular atrophy (PP4 +0.5 pts) with parafoveal or perifoveal flecks, severe fundus abnormalities, complete resorption of flecks with choriocapillaris atrophy also within the macula

      Patient was previously reported in review article by Iannaccone A. The genetics of hereditary retinopathies and optic neuropathies. Compr. Ophthalmol Update. 2005;6:39–62. (No PMID). Fig 1C: "View of the right macula of a 10-year-old Jordanian male with autosomal recessive cone-rod dystrophy. There are atrophic changes, a beaten-bronze appearance (PP4 +0.5pts), and abnormal vitreoretinal interface reflexes. The central lesion is surrounded by a halo of coarse deep mottling (PP4 +0.5pts) and there were pigmentary deposits in the retinal midperiphery (not shown). Electroretinogram testing revealed a cone-rod pattern of severe retinal dysfunction. This patient was homozygous for a previously reported ABCA4 mutation resulting in a glycine-to-glutamate amino acid substitution at codon 1961 (G1961E), as well as a previously unreported change at codon 1838, predicting a histidine-to-aspartate amino acid change (H1838D) and seven additional polymorphisms. (PP4 +0.5pts)"

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007401, HP:0011507, HP:0001098, HP:0000548, HP:0025147, HP:0007793, HP:0001098 (Macular atrophy, Macular flecks, Abnormal fundus morphology, Cone/cone-rod dystrophy, Beaten bronze macular sheen, Granular macular appearance, Abnormal fundus morphology)

      CaseHPOFreeText: abnormal vitreoretinal interface reflexes, chroiocapillaris atrophy

      Case 7-2: Female, sibling of 7-1, Jordanian, born to consanguineous parents, disease onset at 7 years (PP4 +0.5 pts), Stage 4 STGD, Compound Hmz G1961E and H1838D (PP4 +0.5pts)

      Phenotype: severe central macular atrophy (PP4 +0.5 pts), peripheral intraretinal pigmentation on fundus photography, extensive atrophy of the RPE, Central scotomata (PP4 +0.5pts) with reduced visual sensitivity more peripherally, severe fundus abnormalities, central macular atrophy with parafoveal or perifoveal flecks (PP4 +0.5pts), Widespread RPE and chorioretinal atrophy throughout the fundus

      Case 8-1: Female, Italian, disease onset at 7 years (PP4 +0.5pts), Stage 3 STGD, Compound G1961E Hmz and N96K Het (PP4 +0.5 pts); PP4 = 3.5 pts

      Phenotype: severe central macular atrophy (PP4 +0.5pts), peripheral intraretinal pigmentation on fundus photography, extensive atrophy of the RPE, Central scotomata (PP4 +0.5pts) with reduced visual sensitivity more peripherally, severe fundus abnormalities, central macular atrophy with parafoveal or perifoveal flecks (+PP4 0.5pts), complete resorption of flecks with choriocapillaris atrophy also within the macula, Decreased central acuity (VA score of 20/2000 in both eyes) (PP4 +1 pts)

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007401, HP:0000603, HP:0001098, HP:0011507, HP:0001141, HP:0030491 (Macular atrophy, Central scotoma, Abnormal fundus morphology, Macular flecks, Severely reduced visual acuity, chroiocapillaris atrophy)

      CaseHPOFreeText: peripheral intraretinal pigmentation on fundus photography, atrophy of RPE

      Case 8-2: Male, Italian, sibling of 8-1, disease onset at 10 years, Stage 4 STGD, N96K Het Central scotomata with reduced visual sensitivity more peripherally, severe fundus abnormalities, central macular atrophy with parafoveal or perifoveal flecks, Widespread RPE and chorioretinal atrophy throughout the fundus

      Case 9: Female, Italian, disease onset set 12 years (PP4 +0.5pts), Stage 4 STGD, G1961E Hmz and N96K Hmz (PP4 +0.5pts); PP4 = 3 points history of early central vision loss (PP4 +1 pts), severe fundus abnormalities, central macular atrophy (PP4 +0.5pts) with parafoveal or perifoveal flecks (PP4 +0.5 pts), Widespread RPE and chorioretinal atrophy throughout the fundus.

      Family members (parents and siblings) were available in all cases except for patients 6 and 10. The phase and true homozygosity of the G1961E mutation were determined by segregation analyses. Hemizygosity, that is the homozygous appearance due to the deletion on the other chromosome, was ruled out in all cases.

    1. Table S9. List of unique causative variants detected in 858 STGD probands mmc8.xlsx (19.3KB, xlsx) Table S11. STGD1 cases with at least two (likely) causal ABCA4 variants mmc9.xlsx (39.6KB, xlsx)

      Case#: DNAID 071549/Pat23, male

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "In classic STGD1, loss of central vision starts around the second decade of life, but both early- and late-onset subtypes have been extensively described." No patient-specific details provided

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: smMIPs sequencing of the complete ABCA4 locus

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.6416G>C (p.Arg2139Pro); c.1648G>A (p.Gly550Arg)

      CAID: CA10611614

      SupplementalData: tables s9 and s11

    2. able S9. List of unique causative variants detected in 858 STGD probands mmc8.xlsx (19.3KB, xlsx) Table S11. STGD1 cases with at least two (likely) causal ABCA4 variants

      Case#: DNAID 072884/Pat255, female

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "In classic STGD1, loss of central vision starts around the second decade of life, but both early- and late-onset subtypes have been extensively described." No patient-specific details provided

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: smMIPs sequencing of the complete ABCA4 locus

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.1519G>T (p.Asp507Tyr); c.5312+3A>T (p.Asn1734Glyfs*14) phase not confirmed

      CAID: CA958508

      SupplementalData: tables s9 and s11

    3. Table S9. List of unique causative variants detected in 858 STGD probands mmc8.xlsx (19.3KB, xlsx) Table S11. STGD1 cases with at least two (likely) causal ABCA4 variants mmc9.xlsx (39.6KB, xlsx)

      Case#: DNAID 072888/Pat258, female

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "In classic STGD1, loss of central vision starts around the second decade of life, but both early- and late-onset subtypes have been extensively described." No patient-specific details provided

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: smMIPs sequencing of the complete ABCA4 locus

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.6416G>C (p.Arg2139Pro); c.3323G>A (p.Arg1108His)

      CAID: CA10611614

      SupplementalData: tables s9 and s11

    1. Among the 390 probands and 16 pseudodominant relatives in the cohort, 736 instances of 241 different alleles of the ABCA4 gene were observed (Table S2, available at www.aaojournal.org). A total of 10% of these alleles harbored terminating variants, 22% harbored splice-altering variants, and 61% harbored missense variants. No disease-causing variants could be found on 7% of the probands' alleles.

      Case#: Proband P399, Family F345, male, 8yo at onset, US

      DiseaseAssertion:

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: phenotypically focused tiered testing strategy beginning with allele-specific testing of the most common disease alleles and progressing through Sanger sequencing of candidate genes and, in many cases, to next generation sequencing of whole exomes and whole genomes

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: Pro1380Leu (c.4139C>T); Glu2031Lys (c.6091G>A) phase unconfirmed

      ClinVar: 866538

      CAID: CA341279017

      SupplementalData: table s2 (listed as table 1 when you open it)

    1. Table 1shows the age, sex, vision at the most recent visit, fluorescein angiographic findings, and clinical phenotype for 29 patients with a possible disease-causing mutation in the ABCRgene. Each of the 29 patients were from different pedigrees. However, the mother of patient 12 and the father of patient 29 were also found to have compound heterozygous sequence variations in the ABCRgene.

      Case#: Fishman Patient #22, male, 28yo

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt dystrophy or fundus flavimaculatus

      FamilyInfo:

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: dark choroid, diffuse yellowish white flecks in the fundus, 20/400 OU, central scotoma

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: only one variant found: c.6383A>G (p.His2128Arg) Single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis and DNA sequencing were used to identify variations in coding sequences of the ABCRgene.

      ClinVar: 99455

      CAID: CA227399

      SupplementalData:

    1. Eighty-four unrelated STGD1 patients were found to carry two or more disease-causing ABCA4 mutations, and cosegregation analyses were performed in 54 (64.3%). (See Supplementary Table S3 for a summary of clinical phenotype of STGD1 patients). The mean disease onset age of the patients was 13.1 years (range, 2–44 years), and half of these patients experienced their symptoms of visual impairment in their first decade. We classified the patients into three groups by their disease onset age. For the patients in the first group, whose disease onset ages were between 1 and 10 years, the fraction (45.3%, 19/42) of patients carrying compound heterozygous or homozygous deleterious mutations (nonsense, frameshift insertion or deletion, or splicing mutations) or complex alleles was much higher than those observed for the patients in the group 2 (24.1%, 7/29) and group 3 (15.4%, 2/13), whose disease onset ages were from 11 to 20 years or older than 20 years, respectively. In contrast, the percentage of patients carrying compound heterozygous or homozygous missense mutations was higher in group 3 than in group 1 or group 2 (Table 2). The most common mutation (p.Y808X) was detected in 12 patients, and all were heterozygous compound with missense (6 patients), splicing (1 patient), and insertion or deletion (5 patients) mutations. The two most frequent missense mutations (p.F2188S and p.N965S) were identified as heterozygous. In 84 patients, 9 patients carried complex mutations, and 4 of those 9 patients carried a common complex allele p.E328V/p.E1036K. All these patients had early onset age and relatively severe visual acuity defects. One patient (010222) also carried three heterozygous mutations (p.E328, p.E1036K, and p.R1843W); however, he did not harbor the common complex allele p.E328V/p.E1036K, as only p.E1036K was detected in his son in the subsequent cosegregation analysis. Compared to the four patients carrying the common complex alleles (p.E328V/p.E1036K), patient 010221 had a late onset age (44 years old).

      Case#: Patient#010046, Chinese, 28yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: stargardt

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs: STGD1 diagnosis based on the following criteria: "a bilateral central vision defect; fundus displaying a beaten-bronze appearance and/or orange-yellow flecks in the retina from the macula to the midperiphery; fluorescein angiography presenting with a typical dark choroid; and normal to subnormal ERG results." stage 2( numerous yellow-whitish flecks throughout the posterior pole) BCVA=0.05/ 0.05

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: p.P2097S; p.A1773V phase unknown

      ClinVar: 2202780

      CAID: CA341277622

      SupplementalData: supplementary table S3 has phenotype information

    1. 93RECRDrecessive ABCA4 c.3988G>Tp.E1330XHet[a]c.6410G>Ap.C2137YHet[a]

      Case#: 93RE proband, Spanish

      DiseaseAssertion: cone rod dystrophy

      FamilyInfo: 1 affected sibling with the same genotype. het, carrier parents

      CasePresentingHPOs: n/a

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs: n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.6410G>A (p.C2137Y); c.3988G>T (p.E1330X) found on WES. Cosegregation with GNAT2, ZNF513, OPA1, RP1L1

      ClinVar: 2202779

      CAID: CA341277358

      SupplementalData: pedigree with genotype in supplemental file

    1. Case 3A 15-year-old female presented with complaints of difficulty reading materials held greater than 6 inches from her eyes. She was clinically diagnosed with STGD 4 years prior and noted decreased visual acuity since age seven, which stabilized over the past few years. Family history was not significant for ocular disease. Best-corrected visual acuity was 20/150 OU. Anterior segment exam was unremarkable with applanation tonometry measuring 16 mmHg OU. Posterior segment exam and autofluorescence was significant for bilateral central atrophy and pisciform fleck atrophy involving the peripapillary, macular, and peripheral regions OU (Figure 3, A and B). Genotyping was significant for ABCA4 mutations P1380L and R2030Q.Open in a separate windowFig. 3A and B, Case 3. STGD mutations P1380L and R2030Q. Autofluorescence OD and OS demonstrate atrophic fleck lesions involving the macula and periphery with an area of confluent atrophy superotemporal to the fovea OD. Hyperautofluorescent flecks are also present in the periphery OU. The peripapillary regions reveal atrophic flecks OU without areas of confluent atrophy.

      Case#: Hwang Case 3, female, 15yo at report, 7yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: Family history was not significant for ocular disease.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0500087, HP:0011507

      CaseHPOFreeText: difficulty reading materials held greater than 6 inches from her eyes, decreased visual acuity since age seven. BCVA was 20/150 OU. Posterior segment exam and autofluorescence was significant for bilateral central atrophy and pisciform fleck atrophy involving the peripapillary, macular, and peripheral regions OU (Figure 3, A and B).

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: Genotyping was performed by the ABCR400 microarray followed by direct sequencing to confirm identified variants.

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: P1380L and R2030Q

      ClinVar: 7904

      CAID: CA129033

      SupplementalData: n/a

    2. Case 1

      Case#: 55 year old female

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: no significant ocular disease shown.

      CasePresentingHPOs: difficulty reading materials 6 inches from her eyes, decreased visual acuity from age seven. BCVA was 20/150 OU. Posterior segment exam and autofluorescence was significant for bilateral central atrophy and pisciform fleck atrophy involving the peripapillary, macular, and peripheral regions.

      CaseHPOFreeText: NR

      CaseNotHPOs: NR

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: NR

      Genotyping Method: ABCR400 microarray

      PreviouslyPublished: NR

      Variant: NM_000350.3:c.4139C>T, NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.6089G>A

      ClinVar: 7904, 99428

      CAID: CA129033

      SupplementalData: NR

    3. Case 2A 19-year-old female referred for consultation for difficulty reading, particularly in dim light. She was clinically diagnosed with STGD 3 month prior, after complaining of gradual difficulty in focusing. Family history was not significant for ocular disease. Visual acuity measured 20/40 OD and 20/150 OS. Slit-lamp examination was unremarkable with normal anterior segments and applanation tensions of 14 mmHg OU. Funduscopic exam revealed bilateral central atrophy, multiple fleck lesions, multiple clumps of yellowish deposits at the level of the retinal pigment epithelium in the posterior pole surrounded with some pigment clumping, and no evidence of atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium. Autofluorescence imaging revealed multifocal atrophic lesions involving the central macula and peripheral hyperautofluorescent flecks OU. The peripapillary regions demonstrated atrophic flecks OU without confluent atrophy (Figure 2, A and B). Genotyping revealed homozygous ABCA4 mutations, P1380L and P1380L.Open in a separate windowFig. 2Case 2. STGD mutations P1380L and P1380L. A, Autofluorescence OD. B, Autofluorescence OS show multifocal hypoautofluorescent (atrophic) lesions involving the central macula OU and peripheral hyperautofluorescent flecks OU. The peripapillary regions have atrophic flecks OU but there is not confluent peripapillary atrophy.

      Case#: Hwang Case 2, female, 19yo at report, 18yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: Family history was not significant for ocular disease

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007663, HP:0500087, HP:0011507

      CaseHPOFreeText: difficulty reading, particularly in dim light; gradual difficulty in focusing. Visual acuity measured 20/40 OD and 20/150 OS. bilateral central atrophy, multiple fleck lesions, multiple clumps of yellowish deposits at the level of the retinal pigment epithelium in the posterior pole surrounded with some pigment clumping, and no evidence of atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium. Autofluorescence imaging revealed multifocal atrophic lesions involving the central macula and peripheral hyperautofluorescent flecks OU. The peripapillary regions demonstrated atrophic flecks OU without confluent atrophy (Figure 2, A and B).

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: Genotyping was performed by the ABCR400 microarray followed by direct sequencing to confirm identified variants.

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: P1380L homozygous

      ClinVar: 7904

      CAID: CA129033

      SupplementalData: n/a

    4. Case 4A 52-year-old male was examined for declining vision OS over the past few months. He was previously clinically diagnosed with STGD 7 years before presentation. Family history was not significant for ocular disease. Best-corrected visual acuity measured 20/100 OD and 20/70 OS. Spherical refractive error measured −3.00 OD and −3.25 OS. Anterior segment examination was unremarkable and applanation tonometry measured 17 mmHg OD and 14 mmHg OS. Posterior segment examination was significant for central atrophy and classic peripheral pisciform flecks sparing the peripapillary regions OU (Figure 4, A and B). Autofluorescence imaging demonstrated inner atrophic flecks and outer hyperautofluorescent flecks. Moderate peripapillary hypoautofluorescence, but not atrophy, was present, likely secondary to the patient’s myopia (Figure 4, C and D). Genotyping revealed two heterozygous ABCA4 mutations, P1380L and S1696N.Open in a separate windowFig. 4Case 4. STGD mutation IVS40 + 5G>A. A, Color Photo OU. B, Red-Free Photo OU reveal central atrophy and classic peripheral pisciform flecks sparing the peripapillary regions OU. C, Autofluorescence OD. D, Autofluorescence OS show that the innermost flecks are hypoautofluorescent, consistent with atrophy, whereas the outermost flecks are hyperautofluorescent, demonstrating excess lipofuscin. There is moderate peripapillary hypoautofluorescence that is not as dark as this patient’s central atrophy or the peripapillary atrophy of Case 1. This finding may thus be due to the patient’s myopia.

      Case#: Hwang Case 4, male, 52yo at report, 45yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: Family history was not significant for ocular disease.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000545

      CaseHPOFreeText: declining vision OS, BCVA was 20/100 OD and 20/70 OS. Spherical refractive error measured −3.00 OD and −3.25 OS. Posterior segment examination was significant for central atrophy and classic peripheral pisciform flecks sparing the peripapillary regions OU (Figure 4, A and B). Autofluorescence imaging demonstrated inner atrophic flecks and outer hyperautofluorescent flecks. Moderate peripapillary hypoautofluorescence, but not atrophy, was present (Figure 4, C and D).

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0500087

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: Genotyping was performed by the ABCR400 microarray followed by direct sequencing to confirm identified variants.

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: P1380L and S1696N

      ClinVar: 7904

      CAID: CA129033

      SupplementalData: n/a

    5. Case 1A 55-year-old male was examined for long-standing central visual impairment since age 18. Family history was not significant for ocular disease. His best-corrected visual acuity of 20/350 OD and 20/200 OS was consistent with measurements over the last 20 years. Spherical refractive error measured −3.5 OD and −2.0 OS. Anterior segment examination was unremarkable and applanation tonometry measured 17 mmHg OD and 14 mmHg OS. Posterior segment examination and autofluorescence imaging were significant for sharply demarcated central and peripapillary zones of atrophy and the absence of fleck lesions (Figure 1, A–D). Humphrey visual fields demonstrated bilateral central scotomas with eccentric fixation at the inferior border. ERG examination was subnormal and similar to results obtained 22 years ago.Open in a separate windowFig. 1Case 1. STGD with peripapillary atrophy and mutations P1380L and IVS40 + 5G>A. A, Autofluorescence OD. B, Color Photo OD. C, Autofluorescence OS. D, Color Photo OS. All show marked peripapillary and macular atrophy with a sharply demarcated zone of sparing between them. These characteristics caused initial diagnostic confusion with choroidal sclerosis.Genetic testing was employed for further diagnostic information and two heterozygous ABCA4 mutations, P1380L and IVS40 + 5G>A, were identified and classified as disease-causing alleles, thereby confirming the diagnosis of STGD.

      Case#: Hwang Case 1, US, male, 55yo at report, 18yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt disease

      FamilyInfo: Family history was not significant for ocular disease

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007663, HP:0500087, HP:0000603, HP:0000512

      CaseHPOFreeText: BCVA of 20/350 OD and 20/200 OS. Spherical refractive error measured −3.5 OD and −2.0 OS. Posterior segment examination and autofluorescence imaging were significant for sharply demarcated central and peripapillary zones of atrophy and the absence of fleck lesions (Figure 1, A–D). Humphrey visual fields demonstrated bilateral central scotomas with eccentric fixation at the inferior border.

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: Genotyping was performed by the ABCR400 microarray followed by direct sequencing to confirm identified variants.

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: P1380L and IVS40 + 5G>A

      ClinVar: 7904

      CAID: CA129033

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. Patient 8, a 13-year-old individual carrying two mutations, the p.Leu541Pro and p.Ala1038Val, most likely as a complex allele, had an early disease onset with 20/200 VA and stage 4 FC (Table 1). Previous reports have documented the severity and early age of onset associated with the p.[Leu541Pro;Ala1038Val] complex variant.36,38 Our screening studies failed to detect an additional mutation in ABCA4 in patients 6, 8, or 12.

      Case#: Patient 8, 13yo at report, British Columbia, Canada

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt disease

      FamilyInfo:

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: stage 4 Fishman classification (extensive choroid and RPE atrophy throughout the fundus, decreased ERG cone and rod amplitudes, and moderate to severe peripheral field restriction). Visual acuity= 20/200

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: exons and exon-intron boundaries of ABCA4, CNGB3, and ELOVL4 were sequenced

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: L541P; A1038V phase unknown, but likely a complex allele

      ClinVar:

      CAID: CA226911

      SupplementalData: n/a

    2. Patient 4, a 30-year-old individual with the deleterious c.213dupG/p.Ile73Asnfs*26 frameshift mutation and the c.1654G>A/p.Val552Ile missense mutation, displayed mild STGD1 with stage 2 FC and 20/30 VA. The p.Ile73Asnfs*26 mutation is classified as a pathogenic mutation, whereas the p.Val552Ile mutation is classified as likely neutral. Biochemical analysis of the p.Val552Val, however, suggests that this is a mild mutation at a functional level consistent with the clinical assessment of patient 4 (see Discussion section for additional information).

      Case#: Garces Patient 4, Canada

      DiseaseAssertion: mild STGD1

      FamilyInfo:

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: 30yo, VA=20/30, FC=Stage 2 (flecks throughout the posterior pole, anterior to the vascular arcades and nasal to the optic disc and relatively normal ERGs but with prolonged dark adaptation)

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: screened for mutations in the ABCA4, CNGB3, and ELOVL4 genes

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.213dupG/p.Ile73Asnfs*26; c.1654G>A/p.Val552Ile

      CAID: CA239745

      SupplementalData:

    1. 6Mc.4720G>Tp.Glu1574*not detected 20/15020/2006/38/32

      Case#: Patient #16, male, 6yo at onset, Brazilian

      DiseaseAssertion: stargardt

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: type II (an area of foveal hypofluorescence surrounded by an area with a heterogeneous appearance and hyperautofluorescent and hypoautofluorescent points that extend to the temporal arcades, giving the retina a reticulate appearance). visual acuity: OD=20/150, OS=20/200

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.4720G>T p.(Glu1574*), no second variant. NGS and conclusive molecular testing regarding other Stargardt genes were excluded

      ClinVar: 1460063

      CAID: CA341283936

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. We identified 255 patients (87.9 %) harboring biallelic ABCA4 variants, 27 probands (9.3 %) with two or three variants but lacking familial segregation analysis, and eight patients (2.8 %) with monoallelic ABCA4 variants (Supplemental Table S4). We detected 268 distinct ABCA4 variants, consisting of 114 missense, 35 nonsense, 34 frameshift deletion or insertion, 31 canonical splice variants, 13 noncanonical splice site variants, 9 in-frame deletion or insertion, 9 DIVs, 4 structural variations, and 19 complex variants (Fig. 2).

      Case#: Patient#010477, Chinese, male, 18yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: stargardt

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs: STGD1 diagnosis based on the following criteria: "a bilateral central vision defect; fundus displaying a beaten-bronze appearance and/or orange-yellow flecks in the retina from the macula to the midperiphery; fluorescein angiography presenting with a typical dark choroid; and normal to subnormal ERG results." BCVA=0.4/ 0.5

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: p.P2097S; c.2255G>T p.(Ser752Ile) phase unknown

      ClinVar: 2202780;

      CAID: CA341277622;

      SupplementalData: supplementary table S4 has phenotype information

    2. We identified 255 patients (87.9 %) harboring biallelic ABCA4 variants, 27 probands (9.3 %) with two or three variants but lacking familial segregation analysis, and eight patients (2.8 %) with monoallelic ABCA4 variants (Supplemental Table S4). We detected 268 distinct ABCA4 variants, consisting of 114 missense, 35 nonsense, 34 frameshift deletion or insertion, 31 canonical splice variants, 13 noncanonical splice site variants, 9 in-frame deletion or insertion, 9 DIVs, 4 structural variations, and 19 complex variants (Fig. 2).

      Case#: Patient#010382, Chinese, male, 29yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: stargardt

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs: STGD1 diagnosis based on the following criteria: "a bilateral central vision defect; fundus displaying a beaten-bronze appearance and/or orange-yellow flecks in the retina from the macula to the midperiphery; fluorescein angiography presenting with a typical dark choroid; and normal to subnormal ERG results." BCVA=0.4/ 0.6

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: p.P2097S; c.6050G>A p.(Cys2017Tyr) phase unknown

      ClinVar: 2202780;

      CAID: CA341277622;

      SupplementalData: supplementary table S4 has phenotype information

    3. We identified 255 patients (87.9 %) harboring biallelic ABCA4 variants, 27 probands (9.3 %) with two or three variants but lacking familial segregation analysis, and eight patients (2.8 %) with monoallelic ABCA4 variants (Supplemental Table S4). We detected 268 distinct ABCA4 variants, consisting of 114 missense, 35 nonsense, 34 frameshift deletion or insertion, 31 canonical splice variants, 13 noncanonical splice site variants, 9 in-frame deletion or insertion, 9 DIVs, 4 structural variations, and 19 complex variants (Fig. 2).

      Case#: Patient#010455, Chinese, male, 18yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: stargardt

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs: STGD1 diagnosis based on the following criteria: "a bilateral central vision defect; fundus displaying a beaten-bronze appearance and/or orange-yellow flecks in the retina from the macula to the midperiphery; fluorescein angiography presenting with a typical dark choroid; and normal to subnormal ERG results." BCVA=0.01/ 0.01

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: p.P2097S; c.4906_4908del p.(Asn1636del) phase unknown

      ClinVar: 2202780;

      CAID: CA341277622;

      SupplementalData: supplementary table S4 has phenotype information

    4. We identified 255 patients (87.9 %) harboring biallelic ABCA4 variants, 27 probands (9.3 %) with two or three variants but lacking familial segregation analysis, and eight patients (2.8 %) with monoallelic ABCA4 variants (Supplemental Table S4). We detected 268 distinct ABCA4 variants, consisting of 114 missense, 35 nonsense, 34 frameshift deletion or insertion, 31 canonical splice variants, 13 noncanonical splice site variants, 9 in-frame deletion or insertion, 9 DIVs, 4 structural variations, and 19 complex variants (Fig. 2).

      Case#: Patient#010046, Chinese, female, 28yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: stargardt

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs: STGD1 diagnosis based on the following criteria: "a bilateral central vision defect; fundus displaying a beaten-bronze appearance and/or orange-yellow flecks in the retina from the macula to the midperiphery; fluorescein angiography presenting with a typical dark choroid; and normal to subnormal ERG results." stage 2( numerous yellow-whitish flecks throughout the posterior pole) BCVA=0.05/ 0.05

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: PMID: 26780318

      Variant: p.P2097S; p.A1773V phase unknown

      ClinVar: 2202780

      CAID: CA341277622

      SupplementalData: supplementary table S4 has phenotype information

    1. The proband (II-1), a 43-year-old man

      Case#: 43-year old man, German descent, onset within first decade of life

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

      FamilyInfo: Family pedigree shown in Figure 1.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0011463, HP:0000533, HP:0000580, HP:0030500, HP:0011507, HP:0000548, HP:0000510, HP:0007703, HP:0007663, HP:0000512, HP:0000610

      CaseHPOFreeText: Retinal vessels were visibly attenuated.

      CaseNotHPOs: n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Peripapillary region around the optic nerve had no disease related changes.

      Genotyping Method: Illumina MiSeq platform, Array-CGH analysis

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.161G>A (p.Cys54Tyr), NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.4539+2028C>T

      ClinVar: 99065, 236116

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. 92 RHO c.180C>A p.Tyr60* – [a] ROM1: f 31 RP ad no Ger c.178C>A p.Pro60Thr; – [42], [43] c.323C>T p.Thr108Met rs146358003 [42], [43] ABCA4: c.1654G>A p.Val552Ile rs145525174 [44] c.5714+5G>A RP2: splice rs61751407 [45] c.844C>T RPGRIP1: c.2510C>G p.Arg282Trp rs1805147 [17], [18] p.Ala837Gly – [22]

      Case#: Eisenberger Patient 92, female, 31yo, German

      DiseaseAssertion: Autosomal dominant RP

      FamilyInfo: non-consanguineous

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "The diagnoses of all patients were established by medical history, family history and detailed clinical evaluation of vision. Ophthalmological examination included stereoscopic funduscopy, standard ERG, perimetry, measurement of dark adaptation, and determination of best-corrected visual acuity in most patients."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: NGS for the exons of 55 RP and LCA genes, Sanger for confirmation

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: Allele 1: RHO c.180C>A p.Tyr60; Allele 2*: ROM1: c.178C>A p.Pro60Thr; c.323C>T p.Thr108Met;

      ABCA4: c.1654G>A p.Val552Ile; c.5714+5G>A; <br /> RP2: c.844C>T p.Arg282Trp; <br /> RPGRIP1: c.2510C>G p.Ala837Gly

      ClinVar:

      CAID: CA239745

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. Case 3 showed a p.Ala643Gly variant in the PROM1 gene and a single variation in the ABCA4 gene, but molecular testing results were inconclusive.

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      Case 3 is a 6yo male. VA: OD: 20/150, OS: 20/200. Proband had macular atrophy and flecks at the posterior pole. In the autofluorescence exam, there was peripapillary sparing of the hyper-autofluorescent flecks. On OCT images the atrophic areas at the macula correlated to disruption of the elipsoid layer and decrease in the foveal thickness. OCT showed loss of the photoreceptor layer and EPR layer. Proband has only 1 ABCA4 variant, so not eligible for PP4. Also has a variant in PROM1 (p.Ala643Gly). ABCA4, PROM1, and ELOVL4 genes sequenced by next-generation sequencing (NGS) test.

    1. ABCA4 whole-gene sequencing, subsequent WGS, and segregation analysis identified a complex deep-intronic allele (NM_000350.2(ABCA4):c.[1555-5882C>A;1555-5784C>G]) in trans to the missense variant.

      PMID: 39421326 (PMCID: PMC11675205)

      Gene: ABCA4

      HGNC ID: 34

      Case#: Patient 24 (male)

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD (Stargardt disease)

      FamilyInfo: Caucasian family from Germany. Patient has two siblings carrying the variant but they are not clinically affected according to pedigree information.

      CasePresentingHPOs: Decreased central visual acuity (HP:0000545) Macular atrophy (HP:0007754) Retinal flecks (HP:0030638) Abnormal fundus autofluorescence (HP:0030647) Macular degeneration (HP:0007754) Abnormal electroretinogram (HP:0000763)

      CaseHPOFreeText: Male patient diagnosed before age 50 with Stargardt disease. Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) approximately 0.05–0.2. Fundus imaging shows paracentral scotoma, macular atrophy, and hyperfluorescent flecks with sparing of the fovea. Autofluorescence demonstrates hyperreflective spots and patchy lesions with parafoveal involvement.

      CaseNotHPOs: None explicitly reported.

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Pattern-like distribution of lesions noted on clinical examination.

      Genotyping Method: Whole-exome sequencing (WES) with an in-house RD-associated gene panel including 619 candidate and disease-associated genes.

      PreviouslyPublished: No (novel complex deep-intronic allele described in this study).

      Variant: c.[1555-5882C>A;1555-5784C>G]

      ClinVar: Not reported in ClinVar in the provided information.

      CAID: CA272741; CA227172

      SupplementalData: Segregation data and functional splicing analysis available in the supplemental data (Table S1, Figure S1) of the article.

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      Case#: Bertelsen Patient D023, female, 9yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: generalized choriocapillaris dystrophy

      FamilyInfo:

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: end-stage generalized choriocapillaris dystrophy characterized by semiconfluent multifocal areolar outer retinal atrophy, the severity of which decreases with increasing eccentricity. Central patches of visible sclera are surrounded by coarse confluent hyperpigmentation. The periphery shows isolated or clustered hyperpigmentation. In and around the fovea there is pronounced atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium, the photoreceptor layer, and the outer nuclear layer and intraretinal hyperreflective material corresponding to the hyperpigmentation

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: microarray

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.203C>T p.P68L; c.3329-2A>G

      ClinVar: 99113

      CAID: CA226972

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. Disease-causing or likely disease-causing mutations were identified in 185 out of 251 patients (74%) with MD/CCRD (Supplementary Table 1).

      Case#: Patient #43, male, 9yo at onset, 16yo at report, German

      DiseaseAssertion: macular dystrophy or cone-rod dystrophy

      FamilyInfo: inheritance= sporadic. phase not confirmed, but no other affected family members and no parental consanguinity

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: reduced visual acuity, erg scotopic= reduced, erg-photopic=reduced

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: syndromic retinal disease, age-related macular degeneration, central serous retinopathy, autoimmune retinopathy, retinal vascular disease, achromatopsia, X-linked retinoschisis, North Carolina macular dystrophy

      CasePreviousTesting: n/a

      GenotypingMethod: Sanger sequencing of ABCA4

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.3098del (p.Lys1033Serfs*51); c.3243G>T (p.Lys1081Asn)

      ClinVar: 236516

      CAID: CA10581650

      SupplementalData: Supplementary table 1

    2. Disease-causing mutations were identified in 74% of 251 consecutive MD/CCRD patients

      Case#: Patient #9, female, 23yo at onset, 32yo at report, German

      DiseaseAssertion: macular dystrophy or cone-rod dystrophy

      FamilyInfo: inheritance= sporadic. phase not confirmed, but no other affected family members and no parental consanguinity

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: reduced visual acuity, erg scotopic= reduced, erg-photopic=reduced

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: syndromic retinal disease, age-related macular degeneration, central serous retinopathy, autoimmune retinopathy, retinal vascular disease, achromatopsia, X-linked retinoschisis, North Carolina macular dystrophy

      CasePreviousTesting: n/a

      GenotypingMethod: Sanger sequencing of ABCA4

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.1654G>A p.Val552Ile; c.4771G>A p.Gly1591Arg; c.1622T>C p.Leu541Pro; c.3113C>T p.Ala1038Val

      CAID: CA239745

      SupplementalData: Supplementary table 1

    1. A six-year-old girl with vision loss and prominent behavioral changes and overlooking was presumptively diagnosed as having the Batten disease form of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis.

      MonDO: MOND:08000406

      Case: Female, onset 6 years VA 20/200 OU identify 1 ouf 15 Ishiara cards and overlooking symptom. Presumably diagnosed with Batten disease but found to harbor genetic variant for Stargardt disease.

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt disease

      FamilyInfo: No family history of visual loss in childhood.

      "CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007663, HP:0007988, HP:0030584, HP:0008043, HP:0008001, HP:0030609 (Reduced visual acuity, Macular hypopigmentation, Color vision test abnormality, Retinal arteriolar constriction, Foveal hyperpigmentation, Photoreceptor layer loss on macular OCT"

      CaseHPOFreeText: bull's eye lesions, prominent overlooking, hyperreflective granular deposits

      CaseNOTHPOFreeText: HP:0001336, HP:0001250, HP:0000648, HP:0000707

      CasePreviousTesting: (Myoclonus, Seizure, Optic atrophy, Abnormality of the nervous system

      GenotypingMethod: Genetic testing was negative for all mutations known to cause neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, but whole exome sequencing showed compound heterozygosity for 2 pathogenic variants in the ABCA4 gene

      MultipleGeneVariants:

      (1) GeneName: ABCA4

      (1) Variant: c.3007C>T, p.Q1003X

      (1) ClinVarID or CAID: CA119132

      (1) gnomAD: 0.003406 total AF in gnomAD v4.1 (https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/1-94008251-C-T?dataset=gnomad_r4)

      (2) GeneName: ABCA4

      (2) Variant: c.768G>T

      (2) ClinVarID or CAID: CA227458

      (2) gnomAD: 0.00007930 total AF in gnomAD v4.1 (https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/1-94098794-C-A?dataset=gnomad_r4)

    1. We found two variants or more in ABCA4 in 69/95 (73%) probands (Supplementary Tables 2, 3); a single ABCA4 variant was found in 9/95 (9.5%) probands with STGD1 phenotype. A second variant could be found in four of these nine patients by Khan et al. (2020) (Figure 1 and Supplementary Tables 2, 4). Therefore, a total of 73/95 (77%) probands of our cohort ended up having two or more ABCA4 variants. In 17/95 (18%) probands, no variant was found in any of the sequenced genes.

      Case#: Patient STG-16, 13yo at onset, Argentina

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: BCVA=0.7/0.7, FA=3B, AF pattern=2, OCT showed decreased retinal thickness with disruption of external layers

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: NGS of ABCA4 (NM_000350.2), ELOVL4 (NM_022726.3), PROM1 (NM_006017.2), and CNGB3 (NM_019098.4)

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.4457C>T (p.Pro1486Leu); c.1804C>T (p.Arg602Trp)

      ClinVar: 99283

      CAID: CA227192

      SupplementalData: supplementary table 2 has genotype/phenotype info

    1. RP-029895-0103 ABCA4 c.4720G>Tp.E1574*known [44]

      Case#: Proband 95-0103, Spanish, onset at 8yo

      DiseaseAssertion: cone-rod dystrophy

      FamilyInfo: Family RP-0298. Affected sister, 95-0101, with same genotype

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0001133, HP:0000529, HP:0000662, HP:0000512, HP:0000543, HP:0007737, HP:0007641, HP:0007787

      CaseHPOFreeText: BCVA=0.1/0.1; ERG: scotopic-Low amplitude, normal latency, photopic-abolished, mixed-diminished a and b waves; dense pigment accumulation at macular region;, bilateral posterior subcapsular cataract.

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: 19365591

      Variant: c.4720G>T p.E1574; c.950delG p.G317Afs57. WES, All patients were previously tested and all resulted to be negative for known autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa (ARRP) or Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA) mutations by microarray screening

      ClinVar: 1460063

      CAID: 341283936

      SupplementalData: Table S2 has phenotype details

    1. 534-05STGD2461 T→AW821RMissense4139 C→TP1380LMissense5682 G→CNoneSilent5814 A→GNoneSilent

      Case#: Family AR534 Proband 05

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: Three paternal cousins are affected with STGD, with onset between the ages of 8 and 10 (unaffected het parents). The proband’s parents reported no visual impairment (father has P1380L/wt, mother has W821R/wt), but the paternal grandmother had been diagnosed previously with age-related macular degeneration at age 68 (het for P1380L). Subsequently, she developed hemorrhagic detachment of the macula, and a diagnosis of exudative AMD was made at age 74

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: central visual impairment at age 11, retinal atrophy of the macula and a few peripheral flecks, A dark choroid was observed on fluorescein angiography,

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: Direct DNA sequencing of the 50 exons and flanking intronic regions of ABCR. Heteroduplex analysis

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.2461T>A (p.W821R); c.4139C>T (p.P1380L). Phase confirmed. Also has 2 synonymous variants (c.5682G>C and c.5814A>G)

      ClinVar: 7904

      CAID: CA129033

      SupplementalData: n//a

    1. P023 ABCA4 20 c.3035_3037delACA p.Asn1012Ile ATP-binding domain novel deletion – DCABCA4 24 c.3547G>T p.Gly1183Cys – reported – – –ABCA4 46 c.6289C>T p.Pro2097Ser ATP-binding domain novel missense probablydamagingDC

      Case#: Patient #P023, Korean

      DiseaseAssertion: stargardt

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: no individual phenotype information, group only

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: exome sequencing: c.6289C>T p.Pro2097Ser; c.3547G>T p.Gly1183Cys; c.3035_3037delACA p.Asn1012Ile

      ClinVar: CA341277622

      CAID: 2202780

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. In this study, we summarized the phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of 129 Chinese patients with ABCA4-RD.

      paper not publicly available, but is said to contain this variant based on LOVD entry. requested from library.

      Update: Received paper from library. 1 proband in Figure 1 has this variant, but cannot access the supplementary info to see the individual phenotype information. Affected maternal aunt with homozygous c.4605_4606ins-non-segregation.

    2. In this study, we summarized the phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of 129 Chinese patients with ABCA4-RD.

      Case#: Patient 8541, male, 10yo at presentation, 9yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: The inclusion criteria for patients were as follows: (1) clinical phenotypes were consistent with retinal dystrophy, and two or more ABCA4 gene mutations were identified by genetic analysis; or (2) clinical phenotypes were consistent with Stargardt disease, and one ABCA4 gene mutation was identified. The diagnosis of STGD was based on visual acuity loss with an atrophic maculopathy with or without yellowish-white flecks. BCVA= 0.92 OU. FAF type 1 ( a localized low FAF signal at fovea surrounded by a homogeneous background with or without perifoveal foci of high or low signal)

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Yellowish-white flecks

      GenotypingMethod: Analysis by targeted panel sequencing of 256 known retinal disease genes or by clinical exome sequencing of 1651 inherited eye disease-related genes

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.2587_2587+6delGG TAAGC; c.3468C>G p.(Tyr1156*)

      ClinVar: n/a

      CAID: CA341290648

      SupplementalData: supplemental table S2

    1. In case 71674, diagnosed with arRD, along with a recurrent nonsense mutation (p.Trp663*, HGMD Accession = {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"CM003370","term_id":"909078994","term_text":"CM003370"}}CM003370), a novel splice-site variant was identified (c.2160 + 1 G > T) (Fig. 3a). This variant is predicted to lead to skipping of exon 14 in the ABCA4 transcript. The patient inherited one mutant allele from each parent.

      Patient 71674: Female, Swiss, 13 years old. bi-allelic variants in ABCA4, diagnosed with Retinal dystrophy DD: Retinitis pigmentosa

      Figure 3: Segregation analysis performed on family samples GenotypingMethod: Whole exome sequencing performed on HiSeq2000 and NextSeq500 (252 genes)

      Multiple Variants: VPS13B NM_017890.4:c.897 8A>G:p.Asn2993Ser Heterozygous CM041280

      PCDH15 NM_001142763.1:c. 4329_4337del:p.Pro 1446_Pro1448del Heterozygous

      DHX38 NM_014003.3:c.366 2C>T:p.Thr1221Met Heterozygous

      USH1G NM_173477.4:c.310 A>G:p.Met104Val Heterozygous

    1. Additionally, one novel change in exon 12 (p.Val552Ile) was found in one STGD patient by means of the dHPLC technique. This variant was detected in two alleles out of 200, suggesting a polymorphism.

      Case#: Aguirre-Lamban Unlabeled Proband, Spanish

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "Diagnosis of STGD was determined according to a bilateral central vision loss with a beaten-bronze appearance and/or the presence of orange-yellow flecks in the retina from the posterior pole to the mid-periphery; typical dark choroid observed by fluorescein angiography; and normal to subnormal electroretinograms (ERGs)."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: ABCR400 microarray, direct sequencing, dHPLC, haplotype analysis

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.1654G>A p.Val552Ile, interpreted as non-pathogenic, suggested to be a polymorphism

      CAID: CA239745

      SupplementalData: n/a

    2. Interestingly, we identified one 30-year-old patient (ARDM-247), double heterozygous for the p.Arg1129Leu and p.Cys2137Tyr alleles, who presented a CRD phenotype. This p.Cys2137Tyr change was located more towards the amino terminus. Moreover, in other study, the results showed that the changes located in this zone appear to result in altered processing of the protein and to be associated with an earlier onset of disease.16 The p.Cys2137Tyr change in combination with the p.Arg1129Leu allele produced a CRD phenotype. Therefore, we speculate that the novel p.Cys2137Tyr variant could be a severe allele which is modifying the patient’s phenotype.

      Case#: Family MD-0247/ARDM-247 Proband, 12yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: AR cone rod dystrophy

      FamilyInfo:

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: STGD diagnosed based on "bilateral central vision loss; fundus presenting with a beaten-bronze appearance and/or the presence of orange-yellow flecks in the retina from the posterior pole to the mid-periphery; fluorescein angiography showing typical dark choroid; and normal to subnormal electroretinogram (ERGs)." VA loss, VF loss, BCVA=0.05/0.1, cone-pattern on ERG

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.6410G>A (p.Cys2137Tyr); c.3386G>T (p.Arg1129Leu) found by ABCR400 + dHPLC + HRM

      ClinVar: 2202779

      CAID: CA341277358

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. 16P36M198426217–50.300.10 P37F198913817–40.22

      Case#: Family 16, P37, female, Netherlands 13yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: 1 affected sibling with same genotype

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: visual acuity: OD=0.22, FAF images consistent with STGD1

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: Sanger

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.5196+1137G>A; c.859-506G>C

      ClinVar: 438100

      CAID: CA26843511

      SupplementalData:

    1. ABCA4

      In supplemental table S2, Case LL345 is listed as "likely solved" with a clnical diagnosis of Stargardt disease. Proband is compound heterozygous for c.4139C>T p.(Pro1380Leu) and c.4918C>T p.(Arg1640Trp).

      In Supplemental table S1, this proband is a female, 25yo at report, 11yo at onset. Decreased VA: 0.08/0.05, emmetropia OU

    2. ABCA4

      In supplemental table S2, Case LL291 is a female listed as "likely solved" with a clinical diagnosis of CRD. Proband is compound heterozygous for c.32T>C p.(Leu11Pro) and c.5196+1137G>A.

      In Supplemental table S1, this proband is a female, 54yo at report, 50yo at onset. Nyctalopia, visual acuity=0.05/0.6, OD: extremely high myopia OS: high myopia, no family information

    1. A 25-year-old White man presented with bilateral central vision loss due to foveal lesions consisting of vitelliform fluid.

      Case#: Patient 1, male, Caucasian, onset at 20yo, USA

      DiseaseAssertion: ABCA4

      FamilyInfo: No family history of retinal disease.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007677, HP:0030603, HP:0030500, HP:0030636, HP:0004328, HP:0012372

      CaseHPOFreeText: Bilateral central vision loss, progressive decline in visual acuity (20/60 both eyes), foveomacular vitelliform lesions with fluid accumulation, optical gap lesions progressing to cavitated appearance after fluid resorption, thinning and abnormal reflectivity of photoreceptor layers, near-infrared autofluorescence abnormalities in lesion-adjacent regions

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0000510, HP:0000511

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: No generalized rod or cone dysfunction on full-field electroretinogram, EOG findings not consistent with bestrophinopathy (Arden ratio 1.62)

      Genotyping Method: Exome sequencing

      PreviouslyPublished: None

      Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.5882G>A (p.Gly1961Glu), NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.4139C>T (p.Pro1380Leu)

      ClinVar: ClinVarID:7888, ClinVarID:7904

      CAID: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

    1. RP-087M30c.6397T>Cp.C2133RD1D2D322.80Y

      Case#: Sporadic RP Patient 087, male, Chinese, 30yo at report

      DiseaseAssertion: RP

      FamilyInfo: n/a, sporadic case

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "The sporadic RP patients generally showed pubertal night blindness, restricted peripheral vision, progressive vision loss, overall bone-spicule pigmentation of the retina, attenuation of retinal vessels, and the flattening of the rod and cone ERG responses."

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: WES with Sanger sequencing confirmation

      PreviouslyPublished: no

      Variant: c.6397T>C p.(C2133R)

      ClinVar: 2021273

      CAID: CA341277387

      SupplementalData:

    2. STGD-4F30ABCA4c.4555delAp.T1519Rfs*5HeteroARN/AN/AN/AN/AYABCA4c.6397T>Cp.C2133RHeteroD1D2D322.80Y

      Case#: Sporadic Patient #4, female, Chinese, 30yo at report

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: n/a, sporadic case

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: WES with Sanger sequencing confirmation

      PreviouslyPublished: no

      Variant: c.4555delA p.(T1519Rfs*5); c.6397T>C p.(C2133R)

      ClinVar: 2021273; 2733921

      CAID: CA341277387; CA645372203

      SupplementalData:

    1. 15 MEH c.5196+1137G>A p.[=,M1733Efs∗78] c.[1715G>A;2588G>C] p.[(R572Q;G863A,G863del] Y U 20546

      Case#: Patient #15, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK, female, 39yo at onset, 51yo at report,

      DiseaseAssertion: ABCA4-Associated Retinopathy, clinical diagnosis of STG

      FamilyInfo: no additional family-member WGS data available

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: BCVA= OD: 6/9, OS: 6/9, Fishmann Classification=2 (fleck-like lesions anterior to the vascular arcades and/or nasal to the optic disc), early changes to foveal photoreceptors, Extent of FAF abnormalities with Regard to Vascular Arcades: beyond. ffERG Group: 1(normal). PERG: Abnormal. FAF in Fig. 1B. characteristic yellow-white pisciform flecks in the RPE of the posterior pole that were hyperautofluorescent on FAF imaging or progressive atrophy of the macular RPE

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: Haplotype analysis, ABCA4 mutation screening was performed by next-generation sequencing, sequenced as part of the retinal panel at the Molecular Vision Lab

      PreviouslyPublished:

      Variant: c.5196+1137G>A p.[=,M1733Efs∗78] c.[1715G>A;2588G>C] p.[(R572Q;G863A,G863del]

      ClinVar: 7900

      CAID: CA226918

      SupplementalData:

    1. A total of 42 unrelated patients (28 men and 14 women) were included in this study. Two patients (A002 and A035) were from consanguineous families (Figure 1). The detailed clinical findings are presented in Data S1.

      Case#: Liu Proband A034, Chinese, female

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: Mother has the Pro68Leu variant, but the father was not genotyped to know the phase of the second variant. Proband's daughter also has the Pro68Leu variant, but is unaffected.

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: no individual details provided

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: patients with other ocular diseases, such as choroidal neovascularization, glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy, or were undergoing treatments/therapeutic trials were excluded.

      GenotypingMethod: Either eye gene-enriched (from 36 to 450 target genes) panel-based next-generation sequencing (NGS). Sanger bi-directional sequencing was conducted to confirm the rare candidate variants (allele frequency: less than 1.0% of the general population) and to perform the co-segregation analysis

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.203C>T p.(Pro68Leu); c.3883_3884del p.(Glu1295Lysfs*126)

      ClinVar: 99113

      CAID: CA226972

      SupplementalData: S1 only provides group demographics for the different clinical classifications (fundus grade, FAF type, etc)

    1. Supplementary data. bjophthalmol-2018-312064supp004.pdf

      This variant is found on pg 16 in proband 14075. Compound heterozygous for c.6817-2A>C. MEH institute (UK). Said to have Stargardt based on the following criteria: "(1) patients (at least 6 years old) with at least two ABCA4 variants or one ABCA4 variant associated with a typical STGD1 phenotype and (2) presence of a well-defined atrophic lesion with/without flecks at the most recent visit of at least 300 µm in diameter (the total area of all lesions <12 mm2)." No additional details provided

    2. Supplementary data. bjophthalmol-2018-312064supp004.pdf

      This variant is found on pg 11 in proband 18034. Compound heterozygous for c.2588G>C p.Gly863Ala. Said to have Stargardt based on the following criteria: "(1) patients (at least 6 years old) with at least two ABCA4 variants or one ABCA4 variant associated with a typical STGD1 phenotype and (2) presence of a well-defined atrophic lesion with/without flecks at the most recent visit of at least 300 µm in diameter (the total area of all lesions <12 mm2)." No additional details provided

    1. Pt-75Mc.4539 + 2028C > Tp.[= ,Arg1514Leufs*36]c.2453G > Ap.(Gly818Glu)

      Case#: Pt 7, male, 60yo at report, onset between 6-49yo, Irish

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: family 5

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: VA: OD=6/36 OS=6/120, FAF and OCT in figure 2, FAF WRT vascular arcades=beyond, beaten bronze appearance, yellow flecks centrally, peripapillary sparing, central retinal thickness: OD=100 microns OS=117 microns, optical coherence tomography (OCT) atrophy horizontal width: OD=6000 microns OS=5446 microns

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: bulls eye pattern, flecks peripherally

      GenotypingMethod: Target capture NGS of the exons and known pathogenic intronic regions of ABCA4, whole-gene single molecule molecular inversion probe (smMIP) based sequencing of ABCA4 as well as 40 kb of flanking sequence, direct Sanger sequencing, or WGS

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.4539 + 2028C > T p.[= ,Arg1514Leufs*36]; c.2453G> A p.(Gly818Glu)

      ClinVar: 99135; 236116

      CAID: CA227000; CA10576057

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. Patients and Methods The protocol of the study adhered to the provisions of the Declaration of Helsinki. After informed consent was obtained, blood samples were taken and molecular analysis on the ABCA4 gene was performed as described by Maugeri et al. 14 The charts of patients with ABCA4 mutations who originally had received diagnoses of isolated or autosomal recessive CRD were reviewed. All patients originated from the University Medical Centre Nijmegen (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) and the University of Heidelberg (Heidelberg, Germany). In this study the diagnosis of CRD was based on the following criteria: initial symptoms of blurred central vision without a history of night blindness, impairment of color vision, and fundoscopic evidence of maculopathy without or with mild peripheral retinopathy. 3 4 5 7 8 In patients with recordable ERGs a cone–rod pattern of degeneration had to be present (i.e., the photopic b-wave impairment had to be greater than or equal to the scotopic b-wave amplitude impairment). Patients 9250 and 13163, who had nonrecordable ERGs, were included because their histories and clinical features were similar to those of other patients with cone–rod degeneration and they were believed to represent advanced cases of CRD. In addition to an ophthalmic examination, Goldmann kinetic perimetry routinely was performed using III-4-e and I-4-e isopters. Color vision was tested with the Ishihara and Panel D15 tests, except in patients 9369, 9378, and 10125, who were tested under conditions described earlier. 18 Because these patients were examined in two different clinics and ERGs were recorded over a long period, the methods, instrumentation, and analysis techniques of the electroretinography varied. The ERGs in patients 9369, 9378, 10125, and 11872 were performed as described by Thijssen et al. 19 The ERG method used in patients 9370, 9553, 9633, and 13163 was described by Alexandridis and Krastel. 20 The ERGs of the remaining patients (9250, 9371, and 9650) are of a more recent date and were performed according to International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (ISCEV) standards. 21 Fundus photographs were taken in most patients and some of the patients (9650, 9369, 9378, and 10125) also underwent fluorescein angiography.  Results The characteristics of 12 patients with ABCA4-associated retinal dystrophy resembling CRD are summarized in Table 1 . Most did not have affected family members, and therefore their retinal dystrophies could not be classified as autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive or X-linked. Four patients reported a brother or sister with subnormal vision. In view of the reputedly normal visual acuity of the parents and the molecular defects, the inheritance pattern of the gene defects in these patients (individuals 9303, 9369, 9553, and 13163) was classified as autosomal recessive.  The visual acuity of the patients did not exceed 20/200 and, on average, was much lower. With the exception of patient 9553, the age of onset was at or before the age of 12, and in each of the patients, blurred vision was the initial symptom. Night blindness did not occur except in patients 9378 and 10125, in the final stages of retinal degeneration. Evidence of maculopathy in the form of bull’s eye maculopathy or pigmentary changes was present in all the patients reported in this study (Fig. 1A) . The functional equivalent of the mainly centrally located retinal disease was a central scotoma, varying from 8° to more than 40°. In all but one patient, the scotoma was absolute. Only in patient 9378 was the central scotoma relative and surrounded by absolute scotomas. Fundoscopic evidence of early peripheral involvement of the retina was mild, and only in the later stages of the disease did peripheral changes characteristic of RP, such as narrowing of retinal vessels and bone spicula, occur in patients 9369 (Fig. 1B) and 10125. Similarly, mild constriction of the visual fields occurred only in two patients (9650 and 10125) and only in the advanced state. Color vision was tested in 10 patients. Six demonstrated a red–green defect, and in two of these (patients 11872 and 10125), it was accompanied by a blue-yellow defect. In the remaining four patients, color vision was so severely disturbed that the exact type of impairment could not be assessed.  The ERG recordings demonstrated degeneration of both rods and cones. When ERG responses could be elicited, the cones appeared to be affected as much as the rod photoreceptors and, in most of the patients, even more severely. The ERG responses in five patients progressively deteriorated until no photopic and scotopic responses could be recorded. In these patients, with exception of patients 9250 and 13163, ERG recordings of an earlier date were used in Table 1 . This applies to patient 9369, in whom an ERG was recorded at age 12 (all ERG responses had been nondetectable since the age of 21), patient 9378 at age 33 (all ERG responses at age 46 were nondetectable), and patient 10125 at age 8 (in 1998, at age 28, the ERG responses were no longer detectable). Recent ERG findings were not available for patients 9650 and 9371. Their ERGs were recorded in 1989 and 1985, respectively. The remaining ERG data were derived from ERG recordings performed in the past 4 years. Of patient 9371 only the ERG data in the left eye were available.  Two patients warrant a more detailed description, due to the unusual course of their retinal dystrophies. Patient 9378, at the age of 12, had blurred vision with fundoscopic evidence of irregular chorioretinal atrophy in the posterior pole. At that time, there were no peripheral abnormalities on ophthalmoscopy, and there was no history of night blindness. The ERG demonstrated an equal reduction of both cone- and rod-mediated responses. Later in life, however, fundoscopic changes developed that were characteristic of RP, and the patient reported a decrease in night vision. With fluorescein angiography partly confluent patches of chorioretinal atrophy were visible (Fig. 1C) .  The clinical picture of patient 10125 differed from that of the other patients, despite the mutation in the ABCA4 gene. Initially, disease in this patient was diagnosed as STGD because of the bull’s eye maculopathy, the granular pigment alterations in the macular area, and the pisciform flecks surrounding the posterior pole. At age 8 his visual acuity had decreased to 20/200 in both eyes. When he was referred to our clinic in 1998 at the age of 28, peripheral degeneration in the form of narrow retinal vessels and deposition of peripheral bone spicula had developed, in addition to the earlier described disease of the central retina. A fluorescein angiogram showed typical findings: a central small hypofluorescent spot enclosed by an ellipsoid—a markedly hyperfluorescent area that in turn was surrounded by hyperfluorescent dots against a dark background, most likely caused by obscuration of choroidal background fluorescence (Fig. 1D) . Early ERG recordings were not available, and the ERG tracings recorded at age 28 represent the final stage of the degenerative process, with absence of both cone and rod responses. This retinal dystrophy seemed to have evolved from STGD into more widespread retinal degeneration, resulting in loss of function of both rods and cones.  Discussion Progressive CRD is a clinically heterogeneous retinal disorder, but typical findings include reduced visual acuity, impairment of the central visual field, color vision deficits, and fundoscopic evidence of maculopathy, with no or few midperipheral retinal pigment deposits. 3 4 7 8 There is some dispute about typical ERG findings in CRD. Some state that the diagnosis of CRD must be based on the reduction or absence of cone responses in the presence of quantitatively less reduction in rod responses, whereas others state that an equal impairment of both photoreceptor systems, if accompanied by the characteristic features, suffices to justify the diagnosis of CRD. 3 7 8 22 Several propositions have been made in the past to classify cone–rod disorders. Some classification systems have focused on individual case reports and were based on nosologic aspects; others have made a distinction according to the various patterns of inheritance. 3 6 23 24 In recent studies, Szlyk et al. 7 and Yagasaki et al. 8 made use of full-field ERGs, dark adaptometry, and modified perimetric techniques to identify functionally distinct subtypes of CRD. Finally, over the past few years, a molecular genetic classification of CRD has emerged.  At the moment, four genes and three loci have been implicated in autosomal dominant CRD, whereas one X-linked locus has been described. 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Thus far, two loci and one gene (ABCA4) have been associated with autosomal recessive CRD. 12 33 34 The genetic heterogeneity seen in CRD is matched by the range of the clinical findings attributed by various investigators to this type of retinal dystrophy.  Whatever the classification system used, some patients display retinal disorders that cannot be classified satisfactorily. Often, these retinal degenerations involve overlapping features. Krill et al. 5 reported that 9 of 45 patients with cone degenerations showed typical features associated with fundus flavimaculatus. Heckenlively 2 described 76 patients with cone–rod patterns on the ERG in whom retinal disease otherwise met the standard definition of RP (progressive peripheral visual field loss with ring scotoma). Alternatively, as seen in patient 10125 in this study, patients with STGD have been described who had progressive peripheral retinal degeneration with severe abnormalities in the ERG and electro-oculogram (EOG) later in life—a condition that has been described by Fishman 4 as secondary progressive cone–rod dysfunction.  The association of CRD and a dark choroid has also been described previously. 35 36 The atypical pattern of retinal degeneration with confluent patches of chorioretinal atrophy in patient 9378 resembles that in another previously described unrelated patient with CRD-like disease caused by mutations in ABCA4. 37 In the molecular genetic study by Maugeri et al., 14 in which 11 of the 12 patients with autosomal recessive CRD described in this study were analyzed, ABCA4 mutations were found in 13 of 20 unrelated patients, strongly suggesting that ABCA4 mutations are the major cause of this disorder. If this is true, the genetic heterogeneity in autosomal recessive CRD, compared with, for example, classic RP, is surprisingly low. Because autosomal recessive inheritance is believed to be the most frequent mode of inheritance of monogenic chorioretinal disorders, it is very possible that a large fraction of the patients with CRD who have been clinically studied previously carry ABCA4 mutations. In that case, the explanation for the high variability of the clinical findings in autosomal recessive CRD would not be genetic heterogeneity but rather the genotype–phenotype model for ABCA4. According to this model, there is an inverse relationship between the presumed residual ABCA4 function as an N-retinylidene-PE flippase and the severity of the disorder. 12 37 38 As a consequence, a continuum of phenotypes is to be expected, ranging from STGD to CRD to RP. Although this is probably a simplified representation of reality and needs corroboration by detailed biochemical studies of individual mutations, as described previously, this model explains why mutations in the ABCA4 gene could give rise to phenotypes that do not satisfy the standard classification of retinal dystrophies. 39   Two patients in this study may reflect borderline CRD phenotypes. Patient 9553 carries a combination of a mild (2588G>C) and severe ABCA4 mutation, which, according to the genotype–phenotype model described earlier, should be associated with STGD. We have previously discussed that most likely, one of the pathologic mutations has not yet been identified in this patient. 14 However, the age of onset in this patient (25 years) is relatively high, and although other features such as visual acuity, perimetry, and ERG findings are typical of CRD, this may indicate a relatively mild subtype. Another more convincing example of blending of ABCA4-associated phenotypes is patient 10125. The molecular findings in this patient have not yet been described elsewhere. He carries a severe splice site mutation (IVS30+1G→T) in combination with a nucleotide change leading to a stop codon at Gln1029. A patient with RP who was homozygous for the IVS30+1G→T mutation has been described, 12 whereas the Q1029X mutation has not been described. Both mutations can be considered to be null alleles. According to the proposed ABCA4 model, the clinical phenotype in patient 10125 should be RP. Instead, this patient exhibits a typical retinal dystrophy, which gradually progresses from STGD to a more widespread degeneration of photoreceptors in a cone–rod pattern later in life. At present, both rod and cone ERG responses are not detectable, indicative of a final stage similar to that in many patients with RP. Functional studies are necessary to clarify whether these specific ABCA4 mutations are responsible for the particular progression of the retinal degeneration in this patient, or whether other as yet unknown modifying factors play a role.  In this study we have described 12 unrelated patients with retinal dystrophy resembling CRD caused by mutations in the ABCA4 gene. In a previous study we described the ophthalmic features in five siblings with CRD-like retinal dystrophy who were carrying ABCA4 mutations. 37 From the clinical data of these patients and previous molecular studies in patients with autosomal recessive CRD, two important conclusions can be drawn. 12 14 First, the genetic basis of autosomal recessive CRD is less heterogeneous than was thought, based on the variability in clinical features, because mutations in the ABCA4 gene seems to be the major pathologic cause. Second, given the wide clinical spectrum of CRD-like phenotypes associated with ABCA4 mutations, detailed clinical subclassifications are difficult and may not be very useful.   Supported by the British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society, the Rotterdamse Vereniging Blindenbelangen, the Algemene Nederlandse Vereniging ter Voorkoming van Blindheid, the Stichting Blindenhulp, the Stichting de Drie Lichten, the Gelderse Blindenvereniging and the Landelijke Stichting voor Blinden en Slechtzienden and the Stichting voor Ooglijders.  Submitted for publication June 15, 2001; revised December 21, 2001; accepted January 2, 2002.  Commercial relationships policy: N.  The publication costs of this article were defrayed in part by page charge payment. This article must therefore be marked “advertisement” in accordance with 18 U.S.C. §1734 solely to indicate this fact.  Corresponding author: B. Jeroen Klevering, Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Centre Nijmegen, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; b.klevering@ohk.azn.nl. Table 1. View Table Patients with Cone–Rod Degeneration and ABCA4 MutationsTable 1. Patients with Cone–Rod Degeneration and ABCA4 Mutations Patient Sex Current Age (ys) ABCA4 Mutations* Visual Acuity Age of Onset (ys) Fundoscopy Color Vision Perimetry ERG Cone (μV), † ERG Rod (μV), † OD OS OD OS OD OS 9250 M 30 1622T→C; 3113C→T 194G→A CF CF 6 Pigment clumping in the macula NP Large central scotoma over 40° ND, ‡ ND, ‡ 9303 M 21 1622T→C; 3113C→T 20/400 20/400 7 Granular pigmentary changes in the macula Diffusely disturbed Central scotoma of 20° Severely decreased, § Severely decreased, § 9369 F 40 6601-6602deIAG LP LP 8 Irregular hypopigmentation, mainly in the posterior pole. In later stages: attenuated vessels and bone spicula temporal to the macula Red-green defect Central scotoma varying from 10–30° 65 (65%) 80 (80%), ∥ 140 (90%) 160 (nl), ∥ 9370 M 15 1622T→C; 3113C→T 20/200 20/200 7 Granular aspect of the macula NP Concentric central scotoma of 8° 10 (13%) 9 (13%), ¶ 29 (29%) 29 (23%), ¶ 9371 M 38 1622T→C; 3113C→T 1622T→C;3113C→T 20/400 20/400 10 Bull’s eye maculopathy Red-green defect Concentric central scotoma of 20° NP 29 (16%), ‡ NP 54 (30%), ‡ 9378 F 50 768G→T CF CF 12 Bull’s eye maculopathy, narrow vessels in periphery with mild granular changes of the pigment epithelium and confluent patches of chorioretinal atrophy Severely disturbed Large, absolute, paracentral scotomas, relative scotoma centrally 20 (20%) 30 (30%), ∥ 70 (47%) 90 (60%), ∥ 9553 F 45 2588G→C IVS35del-2→+2del4 20/400 20/400 25 Bull’s eye maculopathy. Peripheral diffuse motting of RPE Severely disturbed Large central scotoma over 40° 14 (14%) 19 (19%), ¶ 41 (41%) 24 (24%), ¶ 9633 M 22 1622T→C; 3113C→T 4469G→A 20/400 20/200 12 Atrophy of retinal pigment epithelium in posterior pole. Early stages of bull’s eye maculopathy Red-green defect Central scotoma of 20° 12 (16%) 12 (16%), ¶ 61 (62%) 39 (39%), ¶ 9650 F 20 3364G→A 20/400 20/400 5 Central granular aspect Red-green defect Large central scotoma of 30° and relative constriction of III-4 70 (39%) 106 (59%), ‡ 272 (nl) 115 (76%), ‡ 10125 M 30 IVS30+1G→T 3085C→T 20/200 20/200 8 Central hypopigmentation with dark surrounding, resembling bull’s eye. Later in life: peripheral changes characteristic of RP Severe red-green defect; mild blue-yellow defect Central scotoma of 10–15° with mild peripheral restriction 75 (75%) 80 (80%), ∥ 130 (87%) 140 (93%), ∥ 11872 M 30 634C→T 20/200 20/200 10 Bull’s eye pattern Severely disturbed; blue-yellow more than red-green Central scotoma of 25° 23 (23%) 35 (35%), ∥ 110 (73%) 95 (63%), ∥ 13163 M 15 1622T→C;3113C→T IVS36+1G→A 20/400 20/200 6 Granular aspect of retinal pigment epithelium in macula. Slightly pale optic disc Severely disturbed Central scotoma of 10–15,° no peripheral involvement ND, ¶ ND, ¶  CF, count fingers; LP, light perception; ND, not detectable; NP, not performed. *  Allele 1, first line; allele 2, second line. †  Between parentheses: percentage of the ERG value compared to the lower limit of the normality; normal ERG values are indicated nl. ‡  Minimal values for ERG recordings: 150 μV for the photopic ERG, 180 μV for the scotopic ERG. §  ERG performed with skin electrodes. ∥  Minimal values for ERG recordings: 100 μV for the photopic ERG, 150 μV for the scotopic ERG. ¶  Minimal values for ERG recordings: 99 μV for the photopic ERG, 75 μV for the scotopic ERG. Figure 1. View OriginalDownload Slide (A–D) Fundus photographs and fluorescein angiograms in eyes of patients with (atypical) CRD. (A) Patient 11872 with bull’s eye maculopathy. (B) Patient 9369, demonstrating CRD in the later stages with attenuation of the retinal arterioles and irregular pigmentation temporal to the macula. (C) Fluorescein angiograms in patient 9378 showing confluent patches of chorioretinal atrophy. (D) Patient 10125 with central hypofluorescence enclosed by an ellipsoid hyperfluorescent area. In the surrounding area, hyperfluorescent flecks are visible, and the choroidal background fluorescence seems blocked, as seen in STGD.

      Case#: Klevering Patient 9369, female, Netherlands, 40yo at report, 8yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: cone-rod degenerations/ ABCA4-associated retinal dystrophy resembling CRD

      FamilyInfo: "In view of the reputedly normal visual acuity of the parents and the molecular defects, the inheritance pattern of the gene defects in these patients (individuals 9303, 9369, 9553, and 13163) was classified as autosomal recessive."

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: Visual acuity: light perception OU. Fundoscopy: Irregular hypopigmentation, mainly in the posterior pole. In later stages: attenuated vessels and bone spicula temporal to the macula. Red-green defect of color vision. Perimetry: Central scotoma varying from 10–30°. ERG Cone (μV): OD-80 (80%), OS-140 (90%) from 12 yo (all ERG responses had been non-detectable since the age of 21). ERG Rod (μV): 160 (nl). Fundus photographs and fluorescein angiograms show CRD in the later stages with attenuation of the retinal arterioles and irregular pigmentation temporal to the macula. Narrowing of retinal vessels and bone spicula (Fig 1B). Fundus description (PMID: 10958761): atrophy of the RPE around the optic disk, bone spicules along arteries and venules in the mid-periphery, and attenuated arterioles (Fig 1D)

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) and direct-sequencing techniques to look for mutations in the 50 exons and flanking intron sequences of the ABCA4 gene

      PreviouslyPublished: Maugeri et al (PMID: 10958761)

      Variant: c.6601_6602delAG

      CAID: CA227421

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. 20/28/2/18/
female CRD c.1654 G>A
c.4363 T>C 35, 35 38,
34 52,
57 4,
5 45.0,
42.5 1.0,
0.7

      Case#: Subject 20, 28yo, 18yo at first ffERG, Sweden, female

      DiseaseAssertion: CRD, group 2

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: extensive atrophies in the posterior pole. peripheral pigmentations. few peripapillary changes. Normal thickness of the most central segment recorded on OCT. total absence of the PIL (photoreceptor integrity line) and RPE atrophy on the OCT B-scans. ETDRS VA score= 35, 35. Rod
ffERG= 38, 34 Ampl
(µV). Combined ffERG= 52, 57 Ampl
(µV). Cone
ffERG= 4, 5; 45.0, 42.5 Amp IT
(µV; ms). mERG sum= 1.0, 0.7 Ampl (µV). Group 2 with larger central scotomas from 10° to 35°

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: Sequence analysis of the entire coding region of the ABCA4 gene was performed.

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.1654G>A; c.4363T>C

      CAID: CA239745

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. A cohort of 12 unrelated STGD families diagnosed on the basis of clinical manifestations underwent analysis by targeted exome or whole-exome sequencing. Bioinformatics analysis, Sanger sequencing, and cosegregation analysis of available family members were used to validate sequencing data and confirm the presence of disease-causing genes. Results: Using targeted exome and whole-exome sequencing, we found that eight families had disease-causing variants in the ABCA4 gene, one family had only one heterozygous variant in the ABCA4 gene, and the remaining three families have not been identified with any disease-causing variants for STGD. We identified 15 variants in the ABCA4 gene; of these, five variants have not been previously described for STGD.

      Unable to annotate on PDF, so annotating here.

      Case#: Proband #4, male, Chinese, onset at 12yo

      DiseaseAssertion: stargardt

      FamilyInfo: parents are deceased, so phase is unknown. daughter is an unaffected carrier of this variant

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0025147, HP:0011507, HP:0000608

      CaseHPOFreeText: BCVA=0.3/CF, mean retinal nerve fiber layer(µm)=167/154, Visual field(mean deviation)= 7.52/NA, fundus fluorescein angiography=type C (a pattern of speckled hypofluorescence and hyperfluorescence without central hypofluorescence)

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.6289C > T p.(Pro2097Ser); c.4720G > T p.(Glu1574*) on targeted exome sequencing or WES

      ClinVar: 2202780; 1460063

      CAID: CA341277622; CA341283936

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. the model would predict foveal disease in the first decade of life for three alleles (P68L;G1961E, L541P;A1038V, and T1019M)

      Case#: Cideciyan Case #86, male, 20.5yo at report

      DiseaseAssertion: "clinical diagnosis within the spectrum of Stargardt disease or cone–rod dystrophy caused by ABCA4 mutations."

      FamilyInfo: Parental segregation of the reported alleles confirmed. P87 is the proband's sibling, affected, same genotype

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: LDF eccentricity along principal meridians [deg]: superior=16.9, inferior=11.7, temporal=18.9, inner nasal=9.6, outer nasal=18.9

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: NGS

      PreviouslyPublished: PMID: 24550365

      Variant: c.203 C>T p.Pro68Leuc.5882 G>A p.(Gly1961Glu); c.5882 G>A p.(Gly1961Glu). Phase confirmed.

      ClinVar: 99113

      CAID: CA226972

      SupplementalData: table s1

    1. Patients older than 60 years or with ocular comorbidities such as diabetic retinopathy, uveitis, or glaucoma were excluded. From the remaining list, subjects for whom high-resolution SD-OCT imaging was available were selected. A review of the patient imaging and medical records was performed to identify those who received a clinical diagnosis of Stargardt macular dystrophy based on their clinical phenotype, including color fundus, infrared, FAF, and fluorescein angiography images and electroretinographic findings. 12

      Case#: P3, male, 16yo at report, 9yo at dx, US with Indian ethnicity

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: BCVA (logMAR)= OD=20/160 (0.90), OS=20/125 (0.80)

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: ocular comorbidities such as diabetic retinopathy, uveitis, or glaucoma

      GenotypingMethod: "genetic testing"

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.2453G>A; c.4532C>A (p.Pro1511His)

      ClinVar: 99135

      CAID: CA227000

      SupplementalData: table 1

    1. STGD1 was determined according to initial symptoms of VA loss; fundus images showing orange-yellow flecks in the retina, a beaten-bronze appearance; and normal or cone-altered ffERG results

      Case#: MD-0790, Spanish

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "STGD1 was determined according to initial symptoms of VA loss; fundus images showing orange-yellow flecks in the retina, a beaten-bronze appearance; and normal or cone-altered ffERG results"

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: Index cases were studied by different next-generation sequencing (NGS) strategies, including targeted gene panels, clinical exome, and/or whole-exome sequencing

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.1715G>C p.(Arg572Pro); c.4918C>T p.(Arg1640Trp)

      ClinVar: 99073

      CAID: CA226919

      SupplementalData: Table S1

    2. STGD1 was determined according to initial symptoms of VA loss; fundus images showing orange-yellow flecks in the retina, a beaten-bronze appearance; and normal or cone-altered ffERG results

      This variant was found in homozygosity 3 times in table S1 (Families MD-0991, MD-1164, and MD-1302). All with a STGD1 phenotype.

      MD-0991 had onset of VA loss at 25yo, cone-rod pattern on ERG, and BCVA was 1.2/1.2. Segregation was mentioned, but no details provided.

      MD-1164 had onset of VA loss at 42yo, no VF loss, and BCVA was 0.2/0.3. Segregation was not mentioned.

      MD-1302 had no clinical details available.

      GenotypingMethod: Index cases were studied by different next-generation sequencing (NGS) strategies, including targeted gene panels, clinical exome, and/or whole-exome sequencing

    1. ABCA4ARc.[1957C > T];[4605insT]WESHuang et al., 2013cHuang et al., 2013c, Rivera et al., 2000

      Case#: QT959, Chinese

      DiseaseAssertion: Cone-rod dystrophy

      FamilyInfo: no pedigree provided for this family in this paper

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      PreviouslyPublished: 23776498-more phenotype information available there

      Variant: c.[1957C > T];[4605insT] on WES

      ClinVar: n/a

      CAID: CA645372205

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. Postmortem Retinal Structural and Metabolic Analysis After Human Embryonic Stem Cell–derived Retinal Pigment Epithelium Transplantation in a Patient With Stargardt Disease

      PCMID:*PMC12657203

      PMID41323838

      Gene: ABCA4

      HGNC ID: 34

      Case#:80 year old man,

      DiseaseAssertion:NA

      FamilyInfo:NA

      CasePresentingHPOs:NA

      CaseHPOFreeText:Diagnosed w/ targardt disease at the age of 18 years, medical retierment at 64 as result

      CaseNotHPOs:*parkinsons at 80

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:NA

      Genotyping Method:NA

      PreviouslyPublished:NA

      Variant:after gentic testing (unspecified) a pathogenic heterozygous mutation (G1961E) in ABCA4 gene a substiution, GAA) at amino acid position 1961, or c.5882 G>A at the complementary DNA level, or pGly1961Glu or G1961E at the protein level. No second mutation was identified. One of his 2 sisters had the same mutation.

      ClinVar:NA

      CAID:NA

      SupplementalData:this goes into how eye retina transplant results and outcomes.

    1. The study cohort consisted of 643 individuals of (mostly Eastern) European descent. Of these, 2 ABCA4 mutations were identified in 437 cases (68%), 1 mutation in 117 cases (18%) and 0 mutations in 89 cases (14%) (see online supplementary table 1), leaving ~23% of disease-associated alleles in 32% of patients yet to be identified. Almost all patients with no ABCA4 mutations and ~50% of patients with 1 mutation have been screened by whole exome sequencing to determine if variants in other genes were causal in these cases. All cases, where disease-associated variants in other genes were detected, were excluded from this cohort.

      Case#: Case #3483, likely European, 10yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: ABCA4 disease

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: foveal sparing

      GenotypingMethod: NGS, Sanger

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.2453G>A (p.Gly818Glu); c.4462T>C (p.Cys1488Arg)

      ClinVar: 99135

      CAID: CA227000

      SupplementalData: supplemental table 1

    1. A total of 88 eyes of 44 patients (32 female [73%]) with a mean age at examination of 37.6 ± 2.5 years (±SEM; range, 9–77 years) were included in this study (Table 1, Supplementary Table S1). Forty-one patients were found to have two disease-causing mutations. Three patients had only one disease-causing mutation but showed a phenotype consistent with ABCA4-related retinopathy.

      Case#: Patients #33 and 34, female, 63 and 61yo at report, respectively, German

      DiseaseAssertion: ABCA4-related retinopathy

      FamilyInfo: n/a but they could be related

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "Inclusion criteria comprised the presence of at least one disease-causing mutation in ABCA4 and a phenotype consistent with ABCA4-related retinopathy, including RPE atrophy and flecks." BCVA [LogMAR] for patient #33: OD= 0.4, OS= 0.1. BCVA [LogMAR] for patient #34: OD= 1.5, OS= 1.0. Reduced (over 2 SD) photopic B-wave and 30-Hz flicker amplitudes

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Insufficient pupil dilation, additional retinal pathology, previous vitreoretinal surgery, or other ocular comorbidities substantially affecting visual function (e.g., significant media opacity, amblyopia, or optic nerve disease) led to exclusion. Abnormal responses on scotopic and photopic full-field ERG

      GenotypingMethod:

      PreviouslyPublished: likely the same patients as other Muller papers in this curation

      Variant: c.3468C>G p.(Tyr1156*) and c.5059A>T p.(Ile1687Phe)

      ClinVar: n/a

      CAID: CA341290648

      SupplementalData: Table S1 has genotype/phenotype info for probands

    1. 20 c.3208_3209insGT p.S1071fs DC c.1519G>T p.D507Y

      Case#: Fujinami Patient 20, British

      DiseaseAssertion: ABCA4-Related Retinal Disease

      FamilyInfo:

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: Dx of ABCA4-associated retinal disease. At least localized low AF signal at the fovea surrounded by a homogeneous background, but no specific information provided

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: ABCA4 microarray, PCR-enrichment–based next-generation sequencing (NGS) of ABCA4. Identified variants were confirmed by Sanger sequencing and assessed for pathogenicity by in silico analysis.

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.3208_3209insGT (p.S1071fs) ; c.1519G>T (p.D507Y) not confirmed in trans

      CAID: CA958508

      SupplementalData:

    1. Subjects All subjects provided written informed consent for this research study, which was approved by the University of Iowa Human Subjects Committee. The study included 176 patients with SD, 457 patients with RP, 60 patients with CRD and 272 normal control subjects. Seventeen members of this cohort (13 with SD, 1 with CRD and 3 with RP) had disease-causing mutations identified on one or both alleles in previous studies that employed single-strand conformational polymorphism analysis as the primary screening method (3). All patients and control subjects were ascertained in the outpatient ophthalmology clinic at the University of Iowa. All patients received a complete eye examination including measurement of Snellen visual acuity, slit lamp biomicroscopy of the anterior segment and fundus, and binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy. Most patients had fundus photography and Goldmann perimetry performed as well.Molecular characterization of the ABCA4 gene A multi-platform screening approach was used to genotype the ABCA4 gene in all 693 research subjects and 272 controls. Thirty-two of the most common disease-causing ABCA4 variations were selected for the initial screen. The entire research cohort was assayed for these 32 variations using a combination of SNPlex, SSCP analysis, TaqMan and automated DNA sequencing (3). The SNPlex and TaqMan assays were performed as previously described (22,23). Fourteen of the variations were compatible with Applied Biosystems SNPlex allele-specific assay platform. Nine variations were screened by SSCP analysis, three were screened using an Applied Biosystems' TaqMan assay and six were screened by automated DNA sequencing. All CRD and RP patients who had one plausible disease-causing allele identified in the first tier of screening were assayed by automated sequencing of the entire coding region of the ABCA4 gene in an effort to identify their second disease-causing allele. In addition, Stargardt patients who had one of the three most common alleles (Gly863Ala, Gly1961Glu or IVS38-10) were also sequenced through the entire coding region of the ABCA4 gene.Visual acuity The best-corrected visual acuity was recorded in each patient's medical record as a Snellen fraction (normal = 20/20). Before statistical analysis, these values were converted to the logarithm of the minimal angle of resolution (logMAR) by calculating the base 10 logarithm of the Snellen fraction [e.g. normal = log(20/20) = 0]. For patients with multiple hospital visits, the acuity measurements taken closest to the patient's 27th birthday were used for the statistical analysis. Values from the left eye and right eye were averaged.Visual field volume scores Goldmann visual fields were scanned with a Sharp scanner and analyzed with ImageJ software (available at http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/) as follows: transparent layers were added to each field, and the isopters of the visual fields were manually traced onto these layers. Each isopter was assigned a z-axis value according to relative luminous energy of the stimulus (I2e = 100, I3e = 31.7, I4e = 10, III4e = 0.49, V4e = 0.024, no detection = 0). The volume scores were calculated by multiplying the area of each isopter by its associated z-axis value and then summing the values for all isopters. For patients with multiple hospital visits, the visual field measurements taken closest to the patient's 27th birthday were used for the statistical analysis. Values from the left eye and right eye were averaged.Statistical analyses The frequencies of disease-causing alleles observed among the three groups of retinal disease patients were compared with the frequency in controls using Fisher's exact test. The phenotype of each patient was assumed to result from the additive effect of two alleles and one or more additional factors that were cumulatively represented by a single residual value for each subject. The values for the quantitative contribution of each allele were estimated using a multiple linear regression analysis (24). Specifically, to dissect the effect of each allele, we decomposed the mean phenotype of a person whose genotype consists of allele i and allele j into ai + aj, where ai is the effect of the i-th allele. To do this, we created a vector Yva of length 51 containing the average logMAR visual acuities for each subject, and a 51x16 matrix, X. Each cell of this matrix, Xij, indicated the number of occurrences of the j-th allele for each subject i. This system of 51 equations was solved with multiple linear regression to give estimates of a, using the statistics program R (available at http://www.R-project.org). To verify the allelic data, each row of X summed to 2, and each column summed to the corresponding number of occurrences of each allele for this cohort. These calculations were performed in the same manner for Yvol, the vector of containing each subject's visual field quantitative phenotype. The estimates of a, the coefficients for each allele, for both Yva and Yvol are given in Table 1.

      Case#: Patient on line 28, US

      DiseaseAssertion: retinitis pigmentosa (RP)

      FamilyInfo:

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: Thirty-two of the most common disease-causing ABCA4 variations were selected for the initial screen. The entire research cohort was assayed for these 32 variations using a combination of SNPlex, SSCP analysis, TaqMan and automated DNA sequencing. All CRD and RP patients who had one plausible disease-causing allele identified in the first tier of screening were assayed by automated sequencing of the entire coding region of the ABCA4 gene in an effort to identify their second disease-causing allele. In addition, Stargardt patients who had one of the three most common alleles (Gly863Ala, Gly1961Glu or IVS38-10) were also sequenced through the entire coding region of the ABCA4 gene.

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.6601_6602del (p.Arg2201AlafsTer?) "Glu2200del2 aggGA"; c.5461-10T>C "IVS38-10 T>C"

      CAID: CA227421

      SupplementalData: genotype in supplemental table 1

    1. AR197197–057CF 3 feet OD; CF 2 feet OSRP[L541P; A1038V][L541P; A1038V]197–069CF 5 feet OD; HM OSRP[L541P; A1038V][L541P; A1038V]

      Case#: Family AR197 Proband 05, male, 7yo at onset

      DiseaseAssertion: arRP

      FamilyInfo: parents are het carriers, sibling (06) is affected and has the same genotype

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "diagnosed by clinical criteria (44) consistent with international standards and confirmed by review of ophthalmic records and retinal photographs. The clinical criteria included visual impairment at early age, progressive loss of peripheral visual functions and typical retinal changes of vascular attenuation, disc pallor and bone spicule accumulation." CF 3 feet OD; CF 2 feet OS

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: microarray chip, ABCR-400, PCR

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: [L541P; A1038V] and[L541P; A1038V]

      ClinVar: 99067

      CAID: CA226911

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. Patient 1

      Case#: Patient 1, Female, age 40

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007722, HP:0000608, HP:0000007

      CaseHPOFreeText: Patient diagnosed with STGD type 1, presenting with retinal pigment atrophy as well as other symptoms typical of STGD1 with reduced visual acuity. Patient daignosed at age 16.

      CaseNotHPOs: n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a

      Genotyping Method: Patient ABCA-4 gene sequenced via Sanger sequencing of all 50 exons, Splice variants were identified by synthesized cDNA from RNA isolation with RT-PCR analysis with exonic primers.

      PreviouslyPublished: Variant 1 identified in association with retinal dystrophy in these PMC articles: 23982839, 25082829, 25082885, 28327576

      Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.859-9T>C, NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.303-3C>G

      ClinVar: 3249248, 859348

      gnomAD total allele frequency: 0.005% of var . 1

      CAID: n/a

      SupplementalData: Fig 1: Minigene RNA analysis of splice variants. A: genomic region of exon 40 on ABCA-4. B: genomic regions of exons 39-41 to investigate specific variant:oncanonical splice site variant c.5714+5G>A Fig 2: overview of wild-type midigene splice constructs of ABCA-4 and locations of 47 different non canonical splice site variants Fig 3: Overview of splice defects from nine different non canonnical splice variants in ABCA-4 gene. Fig 4: percentages of normal ABCA-4 transcripts as a result of noncanonical splice variants using electrophoresis system analysis. Table 1: Non canonical splice variants and observed protein affects.

    1. 14F/34320/200, 20/250OU: Severe RPE and choroidal atrophic changes in macula and throughout posterior pole and midperiphery, flecks throughout posterior poleCompound heterozygous: G818E and C1488RSubnormal rod, subnormal cone

      Case#: Patient #14, female, 34yo

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo:

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: stage 3, BCVA: OD=20/200 OS=20/250, fundus findings: OU: Severe RPE and choroidal atrophic changes in macula and throughout posterior pole and midperiphery, flecks throughout posterior pole, full field ERG: Subnormal rod, subnormal cone,

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: direct sequencing of the ABCA4 gene

      PreviouslyPublished:

      Variant: Compound heterozygous: G818E and C1488R

      ClinVar:

      CAID:

      SupplementalData:

    1. The proband (K206–2) was 25-years-old

      Case#: 25-year old female, juvenile onset

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

      FamilyInfo: Figure 1 shows family pedigree. Table 1 shows clinical features of a Chinese pedigree. Cosegregation analysis was done and shown in Figure 1A, C.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007663, HP:0007722, HP:0007401, HP:0030329, HP:0030610, HP:0003621, HP:0011507, HP:0007984

      CaseHPOFreeText: The uncorrected visual acuity of each eye was 20/400, which has progressively decreased for 13 years.

      CaseNotHPOs: n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: The retinal vessels were normal.

      Genotyping Method: Whole Exome Sequencing, Sanger Sequencing

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.3523-2A>G, NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.5646G>A (p.Met1882Ile)

      ClinVar: 866764, 377407

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. Rp125 arRP ABCA4 NM_000350 Heterozygous c.6416G > C p.(Arg2139Pro) Novel Heterozygous c.1519G > T p.(Asp507Tyr) (Fujinami et al. 2013b)

      Case#: Zhao Case Rp125, N. Ireland

      DiseaseAssertion: arRP

      FamilyInfo: familial case. affected sister with the same genotype

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: "Retinitis pigmentosa was diagnosed on the basis of the typical fundal features (bone spicule retinal pigmentation, arteriolar attenuation, and optic disc pallor), visual field constriction, and an attenuated or abolished electroretinogram." 7yo at onset. BCVA= CF, HM. ERG findings: extinguished OU

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: Targeted next-generation sequencing using a retinal capture panel to test 55 RP genes and 131 other retinal disease genes. All putative mutations identified by NGS were validated using Sanger sequencing and tested for co-segregation if additional affected family members are available

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: NM_000350 c..6416G>C p.(Arg2139Pro); c.1519G>T p.(Asp507Tyr)

      CAID: CA956878

      SupplementalData: table s6, figure s1

    1. 13. 34/F31.021.06OD−68.3−23.32p.Gly818Glu; p.Cys1488Arg

      Case#: Pt 13, 34yo, female

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: stage 3 (resorbed flecks), logMAR acuity: OD=1.02 OS 1.06, FST Rod Blue Stimulus (dB) OD= −68.3, FST Cone Red stimulus (dB) OD=−23.3, FST Group 2 (elevated cone and normal rod FST thresholds)

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod:

      PreviouslyPublished:

      Variant: p.Gly818Glu; p.Cys1488Arg

      ClinVar: 99135

      CAID: CA227000

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. The proband of family 31, F31:II.1, carries a homozygous missense variant within exon 42 of the ABCA4 gene.

      This variant is well-known in exon 42, [M2]: c.5882G > A; p.(Gly1961Glu), rs1800553. The father of the affected patient was deceased; however, the mother was found to be homozygous for the wild type (WT) allele. According to the ACMG standards, M2 is likely pathogenic.

    1. All reported ABCA4 variants (Supplementary Table S1) were classified as follows:

      Patient 38 has this variant and also c.5882G>A p.(Gly1961Glu) (Supplement 4-supplementary table 1). Phase is unknown and more specific phenotype information is not provided.

      clinical diagnosis of STGD1 was supported by the presence of ≥1 (likely) pathogenic ABCA4 variants with a follow-up data of ≥6 months on FAF imaging.

    1. A cohort of 500 unrelated IRD patients was sequenced with the targeted NGS panel Genetic Eye Disease test (GEDi)3 and analyzed with a comprehensive approach, which included a standard NGS analysis pipeline detecting single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) and small insertions and deletions (indels),16 interrogation of sequence reads to detect the known pathogenic MAK-Alu insertion,21 and application of NGS read-depth algorithms (ExomeDepth15 and gCNV16) to detect larger deletions and duplications, or CNVs (Fig. 1). In this study we define CNVs as deletions or duplications that range from an average size of an exon (≈50–200 bp) and that are not detectable by standard NGS pipelines, to megabases of DNA.22

      Case#: OGI802_001554

      DiseaseAssertion: IRD

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: detection of CNVs on the panel-based NGS Genetic Eye Disease (GEDi) diagnostic test that involves sequencing the exons of all known IRD disease genes

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.1715G>C; c.5196+1137G>A

      ClinVar: 99073

      CAID: CA226919

      SupplementalData: Table S2

    1. ABCA4P28592/1STGDc.6285T>Cp.D2095Drs1801555

      Case#: Patient P28592/1,

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: Custom 300-kb retinal resequencing chip. PCR amplification, DNA fragmentation, and chip hybridization. Hybridization signals were analyzed using Sequence pilot module seq-C mutation detection software (2009). This resequencing approach was validated by Sanger sequence technology.

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.635G>A p.(R212H); c.6445C>T p.(R2149X); c.6285T>C p.(D2095D)

      CAID: CA285825

      SupplementalData: n/a

    1. Seventy eyes (38 patients), of which 46 (66%) were female and 24 (34%) male, with RPE atrophy secondary to ABCA4 -related retinopathy (age [years], 45.51 ± 16.70; range 14–78) were included in the study ( Table 1 and see Table, Supplemental Digital Content 2 , http://links.lww.com/IAE/B170 , which shows the individual baseline and progression data of all included eyes).

      Case#: Patient #34, female, 61yo at baseline visit, "intermediate" age of onset

      DiseaseAssertion: ABCA4-related retinopathy with secondary RPE atrophy

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: Inclusion criteria were defined as 1) presence of at least one mutated allele in ABCA4 (NM_000350.2) in Sanger sequencing with multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification analysis or next-generation sequencing 2) a compatible phenotype with flecks at the level of the RPE consistent with ABCA4 -related Stargardt disease 3) presence of RPE atrophy, and 4) serial examinations with an interval of at least 6 months. RPE atrophy to the end-stage (i.e., demarcated lesions with ≥90% darkness of the optic disc under short-wavelength excitation light, DDAF) that previously showed highest interreader agreement.7 The size of DDAF has to be at least 0.05 mm 2 (each single atrophic area in cases of multifocality), and the entire lesion must be completely visualized on the AF image at each visit to be advanced for analysis. Self-reported symptom onset into early-onset (≤10 years), intermediate-onset (11–44 years), and late-onset (≥45 years). ff-ERG based Category: Group 1 contained eyes with normal scotopic and photopic responses; Group 2, eyes with normal scotopic responses, but reduced (over 2 SDs) photopic B-wave and 30-Hz flicker amplitudes; and Group 3, eyes with impairment of both rod- and cone-driven responses. BCVA: OD=n/a, OS=1 [LogMAR] .

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Insufficient pupil dilation, additional retinal pathology, previous retinal treatment, or other ocular comorbidities substantially affecting image quality led to exclusion from the study

      GenotypingMethod: Sanger sequencing with multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification analysis or next-generation sequencing

      PreviouslyPublished: possible since Birtel is an author on this paper and the probands both have the same second variant as in PMID: 29555955

      Variant: allele 1: c.3468C>G p.(Tyr1156*) allele 2: c.5059A>T p.(Ile1687Phe)

      ClinVar: n/a

      CAID: CA341290648

      SupplementalData: The supplemental table linked here contains genotype and phenotype information.

    2. Seventy eyes (38 patients), of which 46 (66%) were female and 24 (34%) male, with RPE atrophy secondary to ABCA4 -related retinopathy (age [years], 45.51 ± 16.70; range 14–78) were included in the study ( Table 1 and see Table, Supplemental Digital Content 2 , http://links.lww.com/IAE/B170 , which shows the individual baseline and progression data of all included eyes).

      Case#: Patient #32, male, 60yo at baseline visit, "late" age of onset

      DiseaseAssertion: ABCA4-related retinopathy with secondary RPE atrophy

      FamilyInfo: n/a

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText: Inclusion criteria were defined as 1) presence of at least one mutated allele in ABCA4 (NM_000350.2) in Sanger sequencing with multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification analysis or next-generation sequencing 2) a compatible phenotype with flecks at the level of the RPE consistent with ABCA4 -related Stargardt disease 3) presence of RPE atrophy, and 4) serial examinations with an interval of at least 6 months. RPE atrophy to the end-stage (i.e., demarcated lesions with ≥90% darkness of the optic disc under short-wavelength excitation light, DDAF) that previously showed highest interreader agreement.7 The size of DDAF has to be at least 0.05 mm 2 (each single atrophic area in cases of multifocality), and the entire lesion must be completely visualized on the AF image at each visit to be advanced for analysis. Self-reported symptom onset into early-onset (≤10 years), intermediate-onset (11–44 years), and late-onset (≥45 years). ff-ERG based Category: Group 1 contained eyes with normal scotopic and photopic responses; Group 2, eyes with normal scotopic responses, but reduced (over 2 SDs) photopic B-wave and 30-Hz flicker amplitudes; and Group 3, eyes with impairment of both rod- and cone-driven responses. BCVA: OD=0, OS=0 [LogMAR] .

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Insufficient pupil dilation, additional retinal pathology, previous retinal treatment, or other ocular comorbidities substantially affecting image quality led to exclusion from the study

      GenotypingMethod: Sanger sequencing with multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification analysis or next-generation sequencing

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: allele 1: c.52C>T/p.(Arg18Trp) // c.1715G>A/p.(Arg572Gln) // c.2828G>A/p.(Arg943Gln) allele 2: c.1588G>A/p.(Gly863Ala) // c.5603A>T/p.(Asn1868Ile)

      ClinVar: 7900

      CAID: CA226918

      SupplementalData: The supplemental table linked here contains genotype and phenotype information.

    1. Panel-based NGS testing was performed for all recruited patients for the identification of disease-causing variants. All patients recruited in this present cohort had two allele disease-causing ABCA4 variants confirmed according to the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics guidelines (Supplementary Table S2).

      Case#: Family F23 Patient P26, 42yo

      DiseaseAssertion: MD-C

      FamilyInfo: family f23

      CasePresentingHPOs:

      CaseHPOFreeText:

      CaseNotHPOs:

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:

      GenotypingMethod: capture-based next-generation sequencing (NGS) testing

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.4555del(;)6119G>A genotype b (a patient harboring a severe/null variant and a missense or in-frame insertion/deletion variant)

      CAID: CA232815

      SupplementalData: table s2