A novel PLP mutation in a Japanese patient with mild Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease.

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Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) is a rare dysmyelinating disorder due to mutations in the proteolipid protein (PLP) gene. PLP gene mutations are responsible for a broad spectrum of disease, from the most severe form, connatal PMD, to a less severe form, spastic paraplegia 2 (SPG2). We describe here a very mild case of PMD in a patient who presented with nystagmus in early infancy and was unable to walk until 1...

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