“…Articles whose diagnosis of ALMS was based solely on phenotype were discarded, (Charles et al, 1990; Holder et al, 1995; Russell-Eggitt et al, 1998; Koray et al, 2001; Worthley and Zeitz, 2001; Benso et al, 2002; Satman et al, 2002; Paisey et al, 2004; Hoffman et al, 2005; Hamamy et al, 2006; Koç et al, 2006; Gogi et al, 2007; Silan et al, 2013; Bronson et al, 2015; Boerwinkle et al, 2017; Davies et al, 2018), as well as those that simply presented or reported the patient’s mutations without giving an complete (Lazar et al, 2015) or individualised clinical history (Patel et al, 2006; Marshall et al, 2007b, 2015; Redin et al, 2012; Kilpinen et al, 2017; Gao et al, 2019; Baig et al, 2020). From an initial selection of 108 studies, 31 (Millay et al, 1986; Charles et al, 1990; Holder et al, 1995; Russell-Eggitt et al, 1998; Koray et al, 2001; Worthley and Zeitz, 2001; Benso et al, 2002; Satman et al, 2002; Wu et al, 2003; Iannello et al, 2004; Paisey et al, 2004; Hoffman et al, 2005; Marshall et al, 2005, 2007b, 2015; Koç et al, 2006; Patel et al, 2006; Hamamy et al, 2006; Gogi et al, 2007; Hitz et al, 2008; Catrinoiu et al, 2009; Redin et al, 2012; Silan et al, 2013; Lazar et al, 2015; Bronson et al, 2015; Ahmad et al, 2016; Huang et al, 2016; Lindsey et al, 2017; Boerwinkle et al, 2017; Gao et al, 2019; Baig et al, 2020) were discarded and 76 (Titomanlio et al, 2004; Bond et al, 2005; Minton et al, 2006; Joy et al, 2007; Özgül et al, 2007; Malm et al, 2008; Aldahmesh et al, 2009; Khoo et al, 2009; Liu et al, 2009; Kocova et al, 2011; Wang et al, 2011, 2016a, …”