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Comparative Study
. 2004 Aug;111(8):1599-603.
doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2003.12.058.

Milder ocular findings in Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type 3 compared with Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type 1

Ekaterini T Tsilou  1 , Benjamin I Rubin, George F Reed, Lessie McCain, Marjan Huizing, James White, Muriel I Kaiser-Kupfer, William Gahl
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Comparative Study

Milder ocular findings in Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type 3 compared with Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type 1

Ekaterini T Tsilou et al. Ophthalmology. 2004 Aug.

Abstract

Purpose: To compare clinically 2 different subtypes of Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS), type 1 (HPS-1) and type 3 (HPS-3).

Design: Cross-sectional study of a series of patients.

Participants: Sixteen patients with HPS-1 and 14 patients with HPS-3 were studied.

Methods: Complete eye examination, including best-corrected visual acuity and photographs and photographic grading of iris transillumination and macular transparency using a previously established grading system.

Results: Snellen visual acuity was 20/160-2 in the HPS-1 group and 20/125+2 in the HPS-3 group (P = 0.017). Iris grading was statistically significant for less translucence in the HPS-3 patients. The HPS-3 patients also tended to have less transparent maculas, but the difference was not statistically significant.

Conclusions: Patients with HPS-3 have less severe ophthalmic manifestations than patients with HPS-1. Ophthalmologists treating patients with albinism should consider HPS in their differential diagnosis even in the case of mild iris and macular hypopigmentation.

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