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GENATLAS PHENOTYPE
last update : 18-05-2018
Symbol MCCH2
Location 3p21.3
Name microcephaly with cerebellar hypoplasia syndrome 2
Corresponding gene QARS
Main clinical features
  • progressive microcephaly, severe seizures in infancy, atrophy of the cerebral cortex and cerebellar vermis, and mild atrophy of the cerebellar hemispheres
  • profound mental retardation, microcephaly and active epilepsy with weekly seizures that were resistant to antiepileptic drugs (AEDs)
  • Brain MRI showed microcephaly secondary to apparent neurodegeneration, hypomyelination or delayed myelination, thin corpus callosum and reduced white matter, moderately enlarged cerebral ventricles, small cerebellar vermis, and mild atrophy of the cerebellar hemispheres
  • Genetic determination autosomal recessive
    Function/system disorder neurology
    mental retardation
    Type disease
    Mechanism(s)
    Gene mutationChromosome rearrangementEffectComments
    missense   abnormal protein/loss of function  
    Remark(s)