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Gordon Holmes syndrome

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An inherited metabolic disorder characterized by progressive cognitive decline, dementia, hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, and variable movement disorders resulting from disordered ubiquitination that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mut

An inherited metabolic disorder characterized by progressive cognitive decline, dementia, hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, and variable movement disorders resulting from disordered ubiquitination that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the RNF216 gene on chromosome 7p22.1.

Signs and symptoms

  • Ataxia
  • Cerebellar atrophy
  • Cerebral atrophy
  • Dysarthria
  • Dementia
  • Secondary amenorrhea
  • Absence of pubertal development
  • Oligomenorrhea
  • Chorea
  • Primary amenorrhea

Also known as: CAHH; GDHS; LHRH deficiency and ataxia; cerebellar ataxia-hypogonadism syndrome; luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone deficiency with ataxia