Table 4.
Differential diagnosis for Alstrom syndrome [41, 42]
| Alstrom syndrome | Laurence- Moon syndrome | Bardet- Biedl syndrome | Refsum disease | |
| Inheritance | AR | AR | AR | AR |
| Childhood Obesity | + | + | + | - |
| Visual Impairment | + | + | + | + |
| Sensorineural Deafness | + | - | - | + |
| Short Stature | + | - | -/+ | - |
| Diabetes Mellitus | + | - | + | - |
| Renal Disease | + | - | + | - |
| Polydactyly/syndactyly | - | - | + | + |
| Mental Delay | - | + | + | +/- |
| Hypogonadism | + | + | + | - |
| Dilated Cardiomyopathy | + | - | -/+ | -/+ |
| Other | Hepatic Involvement | Spastic paraplegia | - | Anosmia Dysmorphic features Cerebellar ataxia Polyneuropathy |
Abbreviations: AR, autosomal recessive