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Table 1 Summary of DIS patients with homozygous 15q15.3 microdeletion

From: Genetic testing for hearing loss in the United States should include deletion/duplication analysis for the deafness/infertility locus at 15q15.3

Publication

Patient gender

Patient age

Phenotype

Consanguinity?

Zhang et al. (family D_SM)

Male (n = 4)

23 and 35 years, not provided for rest

All have sensorineural HL and no syndromic features; one male had sperm motility assessed: asthenoteratozoospermia

Yes

Zhang et al. (family L705)

Female (n = 2), male (n = 1)

Females 35 and 20 years, male not provided

All have sensorineural HL and no syndromic features; sperm motility assessment not performed

Yes

Zhang et al. (family L1014)

Female (n = 1), male (n = 2)

Males: 26 and 21 years; female 17 years

All have sensorineural HL and no syndromic features; both males have asthenoteratozoospermia

Yes

Avidan et al.

Male

56 years

Moderate sensurineural HL, infertility (asthenoteratozoospermia)

No; two brothers with similar phenotype

Knijnenburg et al.

Male

10 years

Moderate, bilateral sensorineural HL, MR, short stature, dysmorphic features, normal HC, sperm motility assessment not performed

No

This publication

Female

13 months

Mild/moderate bilateral sensorineural HL, macrocephaly

No

  1. Abbreviations: HL Hearing Loss, MR Mental Retardation, HC Head Circumference.