Table 1
Features of the patients in the families described by various groups
| Authors | Laurence–Moon | Bardet | Biedl | Solis-Cohen Weiss | Alström | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No of patients in the family | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| No of patients with features: | ||||||||||
| Retinal dystrophy | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| Obesity | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| Hypogenitalism | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Polydactyly | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Brachydactyly | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Short stature | 3 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Mental retardation | 4 | — | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Diabetes mellitus | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Nerve deafness | — | — | — | — | 3 | |||||
| Renal disease | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Paraplegia | 3 | — | 0 | — | — | |||||
-
— = not described; 0 = not found.
