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hypomyelinating leukodystrophy 15

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A hypomyelinating leukodystrophy characterized by onset of motor and cognitive impairment of variable severity in the first or second decade of life that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the EPRS1 gene on chromosome 1q41.

Signs and symptoms

  • Dystonia
  • Ataxia
  • CNS hypomyelination
  • Leukodystrophy
  • Cerebral atrophy
  • Hypoplasia of the corpus callosum
  • Developmental regression
  • Cognitive regression
  • Dysphagia
  • Motor regression

Also known as: HLD15