ARL6

Clinical Characteristics

ARL6 pathogenic variants may lead to one of the following clinical syndromes:

1)    Bardet-Biedl syndrome 3:


Eye:
•    Retinitis pigmentosa
•    Retinal degeneration

Neurological (in some patients):
•    Developmental delay
•    Intellectual disability

Cardiovascular (in some patients):
•    Interventricular septum hypertrophy
•    Tricuspid regurgitation

Genitourinary:
•    Renal hypoplasia
•    Hypogenitalism

Other:
•    Obesity
•    Polydactyly (in feet and/or hands)
•    Brachydactyly (in hands)

2)    Retinitis Pigmentosa 55:

Eye:
•    Nonsyndromic retinitis pigmentosa, with typical features of pale optic discs, attenuated retinal vessels, salt-and-pepper retinopathy, reduced visual acuity, and night blindness.