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Clinical and mutational spectrum of Colombian patients with Pelizaeus Merzbacher Disease.
Colombia medica (Cali, Colombia) - 30 Jun 2018
Velasco Parra Harvy Mauricio, Maradei Anaya Silvia Juliana, Acosta Guio Johanna Carolina, Arteaga Diaz Clara Eugenia, Prieto Rivera Juan Carlos
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CASE PRESENTATION: Pelizaeus Merzbacher Disease (PMD) is an X-linked developmental defect of myelination that causes childhood chronic spastic encephalopathy. Its genetic etiology can be either a duplication (or other gene dosage alterations) or a punctual mutation at the PLP1 locus. Clinically, it presents with developmental delay, nystagmus and, spasticity, supported by neuroimaging in which the defect of...
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