A male child with the rumpshaker mutation, X-linked spastic paraplegia/Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease and lysinuria.

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A 3.5-year-old boy had intact cognition, delayed walking, progressive spastic paraparesis and congenital nystagmus. The mother denied family history of any neurological disorders, so an extensive work-up was begun. Lysinuria, increased signal on cerebral T2-weighted MRI imaging and the rumpshaker mutation (Ile186Thr) in his proteolipid protein gene. PLP, were found. When faced with these facts, the mother...

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