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pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 4

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A pontocerebellar hypoplasia that is characterized by progressive microcephaly, hypertonia, myoclonus, seizure and early lethality, has_material_basis_in autosomal recessive inheritance of mutation in the TSEN54 gene.

Signs and symptoms

  • Hypertonia
  • Dysphagia
  • Cerebellar hypoplasia
  • Seizure
  • Feeding difficulties
  • Gliosis
  • Hypoplasia of the pons
  • Loss of Purkinje cells in the cerebellar vermis
  • Respiratory failure
  • Myoclonus