“…"The cases were classified on the basis of clinical manifesta tions into the following four groups, i. e., cataract group (cataract with congenital heart disease, deafness and/or retinopathy), congenital heart disease (CHD) group (CHD with deafness and/or retinopathy), deafness-1 group (deafness with retinopathy) and deaf ness-2 group (deafness without other clinical manifestations). The diagnosis depended on pediatric examinations, audiometry and oph thalmologic examinations [8]. Each case was examined two to seven times.…”