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GENATLAS PHENOTYPE
last update : 05-07-2017
Symbol HLD13
Location 11q14.2
Name hypomyelinating leukodystrophy-13
Corresponding gene HIKESHI
Main clinical features
  • neurodegenerative disorder characterized by infantile onset of delayed psychomotor development, axial hypotonia, and spasticity associated with delayed myelination and periventricular white matter abnormalities on brain imaging, and in any cases vermian atrophy and epilepsy
  • also lower limb spasticity, optic atrophy, nystagmus, with severe developmental delay
  • Genetic determination autosomal recessive
    Function/system disorder neurology
    mental retardation
    Type disease
    Remark(s)