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GENATLAS PHENOTYPE
last update : 08-10-2013
Symbol SPG50
Location 7q22.1
Name spastic paraplegia 50
Other name(s) congenital spastic tetraplegia 3
Corresponding gene AP4M1
Other symbol(s) CPSQ3
Main clinical features
  • congenital cerebral palsy with evidence for neuroaxonal damage and glutamate receptor abnormality, mimicking perinatally acquired hypoxic-ischemic white matter injury
  • with early infantile hypotonia, delayed psychomotor development, strabismus, lack of independent walking, and severe mental retardation, progressive spasticity of all limbs with generalized hypertonia, high deep tendon reflexes, and Babinski signs were present by the end of the first year; speech absent or limited
  • infantile onset, nonprogressive spastic quadriplegic with severe cognitive impairment; variably associated with adducted thumbs
  • at the MRI variable loss of white matter, ventriculomegaly, variable cerebellar atrophy
  • neuroaxonal abnormalities, gliosis, and reduced myelin noted on post mortem examination
  • Genetic determination autosomal recessive
    Function/system disorder neurology
    mental retardation
    Type disease
    Remark(s)