Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5626344 | Brain and Development | 2017 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) is a rare, X-linked disorder characterized by hypomyelination of the Central Nervous System due to mutations in the PLP1 gene. Certain mutations of the PLP1 gene correlate with specific clinical phenotypes and neuroimaging findings. We herein report a novel mutation of the PLP1 gene in two siblings with PMD associated with a rare and protean neuroimaging finding of optic nerve enlargement. To the best of our knowledge this is the first time that this novel mutation H133P of PLP1 gene is identified and clinically associated with optic nerve enlargement in PMD patients.
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Authors
Efterpi Pavlidou, Vijaya Ramachandran, Veronica Govender, Clare Wilson, Rini Das, Victoria Vlachou, Evangelos Pavlou, Anand Saggar, Kshitij Mankad, Maria Kinali,