| Mäntyjärvi et al6 | Pearce et al16 | Pinckers and Timmerman3 |
| | Tremblay et al18 | Jacobson et al2 |
| | Bech-Hansen et al23 | Kellner and Foerster50 |
| | Boycott et al15 | Meire et al4 |
| | Nakamura et al41 | Hong et al5 |
| | Langrova et al49 | Bergen and Pinckers12 |
| | Allen et al19 | Brown et al1 |
| | Jacobi et al40 | |
1. Onset | As child, adult | Congenital | As child, adult |
2. Progression | VA, refraction, VF, colour defect | Stationary | VA, refraction, VF, colour defect |
3. VA (range) | 20/300–20/40 | 20/400–20/25 | 20/800–20/15 |
4. Refraction (range) | −1 to −24 D | +8 to −18.25 D, mostly myopia | +3.25 to −20 D, mostly myopia |
5. Astigmatism >1.5 D (eyes) | 0/20 | 137/266, up to 5.5 D | 9/32, up to 3 D |
6. Congenital nystagmus (patients) | 0/10 | 67/139 | Rare |
7. Ocular fundus | Normal, | Normal, | Normal, |
| myopic changes | hypopigmentation, no foveal reflex, | macular atrophy, “bull’s eye“, |
| | tilted disc, pale disc, | hypopigmentation, |
| | myopic changes | myopic changes |
8. Colour vision | Normal, protan | Normal, tritan, non-specific defect | Tritan, deutan, protan, achromatopsia |
9. VF | Normal, central scotoma, | Normal, | Normal, central scotoma, |
| central reduced sensitivity, | central scotoma | paracentral scotoma, |
| concentric constriction | | reduced central, paracentral sensitivity |
10. Dark adaptation | Cone threshold missing or elevated, | Cone threshold elevated, | Cone threshold missing or elevated, |
| rod threshold normal or elevated | rod threshold elevated | rod threshold normal or elevated |
| <1 log unit | 0.5–3 log units | 1 log unit |
11. ERG | Negative ERG, | Negative ERG, | Scotopic a and b wave decreased, |
| 30 Hz flicker decreased | 30 Hz flicker abnormal/decreased | photopic b wave decreased, |
| | with double-peaked wave | 30 Hz flicker decreased, |
| | | negative ERG possible |