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Notes: Neurology Certification Exam Prep Course: Genetic Disorders Celia H. Chang © 2010-2012 BeatTheBoards.com 877-225-8384 1 GENETIC DISORDERS Celia H. Chang, MD Acting Chief of the Division of Child Neurology Associate Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Neurology Department of Neurology, MIND Institute University of California, Davis, Health System [email protected] Question Based Learning Lecture Modules Chromosomopathies Mitochondrial Disorders Other Inborn Errors of Metabolism Module: Chromosomopathies Question: A 5 y.o. boy has mental retardation and hyperactivity. His mother has anxiety and mitral valve prolapse. Her father has difficulty walking and a tremor that is not responsive to levo-dopa. What is the most likely inheritance pattern? A. Autosomal dominant B. Autosomal recessive C. Maternal D. X-linked E. Sporadic Question: An 11 m.o. girl is no longer reaching for objects. She has intractable epilepsy and now has microcephaly even though her head circumference was normal at birth. She also hyperventilates intermittently and has respiratory pauses at other times. What is the most likely diagnosis? A. Angelman syndrome B. Rett syndrome C. William syndrome D. Leigh syndrome E. Canavan’s disease Suspect a chromosomopathy if there are characteristic Dysmorphic features Congenital malformations Behavioral phenotypes Neurological abnormalities Can be diagnosed with specific genetic testing If features not diagnostic for specific chromosomopathy, request high resolution chromosomes vs. chromosomal microarray May also need parental testing Fragile X syndrome Down syndrome Rett syndrome Angelman syndrome Prader-Willi syndrome Williams syndrome Klinefelter syndrome Velocardiofacial (DiGeorge) syndrome

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GENETIC DISORDERS

Celia H. Chang, MD

Acting Chief of the Division of Child Neurology

Associate Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Neurology

Department of Neurology, MIND Institute

University of California, Davis, Health System

[email protected]

Question Based Learning

Lecture Modules

Chromosomopathies

Mitochondrial Disorders

Other Inborn Errors of Metabolism

Module: Chromosomopathies

Question: A 5 y.o. boy has mental retardation

and hyperactivity. His mother has anxiety and

mitral valve prolapse. Her father has difficulty

walking and a tremor that is not responsive to

levo-dopa. What is the most likely inheritance

pattern?

A. Autosomal dominant

B. Autosomal recessive

C. Maternal

D. X-linked

E. Sporadic

Question: An 11 m.o. girl is no longer reaching

for objects. She has intractable epilepsy and

now has microcephaly even though her head

circumference was normal at birth. She also

hyperventilates intermittently and has

respiratory pauses at other times. What is the

most likely diagnosis?

A. Angelman syndrome

B. Rett syndrome

C. William syndrome

D. Leigh syndrome

E. Canavan’s disease

Suspect a chromosomopathy if there are

characteristic

Dysmorphic features

Congenital malformations

Behavioral phenotypes

Neurological abnormalities

Can be diagnosed with specific genetic testing

If features not diagnostic for specific

chromosomopathy, request high resolution

chromosomes vs. chromosomal microarray

May also need parental testing

Fragile X syndrome

Down syndrome

Rett syndrome

Angelman syndrome

Prader-Willi syndrome

Williams syndrome

Klinefelter syndrome

Velocardiofacial (DiGeorge) syndrome

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Fragile X

X-linked dominant Xq27.3

FMR1 mutation with CGG repeat

Macrocephaly

Long thin face, prominent forehead and jaw,

large, protuberant ears

Mitral valve prolapse

Macro-orchidism

Joint laxity – dislocated hips

Mental retardation

Hyperactivity

Aversion of gaze

Stereotypies

Perseverative speech

Autism

Epilepsy

Trinucleotide Repeat Diseases

Polyglutamine (PolyQ) diseases: CAG triplet

repeat disorders

Dentatorubropallidoluysian atrophy

(DRPLA): Chr 12

Huntington’s disease: Chr 4

Spinobulbar muscular atrophy or

Kennedy disease: X

Spinocerebellar ataxia Type 1: Chr 6

Spinocerebellar ataxia Type 2: Chr 12

Spinocerebellar ataxia Type 3 or

Machado-Joseph disease: Chr 14

Spinocerebellar ataxia Type 6: Chr 19

Spinocerebellar ataxia Type 7: Chr 3

Spinocerebellar ataxia Type 17: Chr 6

Non-polyglutamine diseases

Fragile X syndrome: CGG on X

Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia

syndrome: CGG on X

Fragile XE mental retardation: GCC on X

Friedreich’s ataxia: GAA on Chr 9 AR

Myotonic dystrophy (DM1): CTG on Chr 19

DM2 is CCTG repeat on Chr 3

Spinocerebellar ataxia Type 8: CTG on Chr 13

Spinocerebellar ataxia Type 12: CAG on Chr 5

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Down Syndrome Phenotype

Trisomy 21

Short stature

Brachycephaly

Epicanthal folds, upslanting palpebral fissures,

Brushfield spots

Small ears

Protruding tongue

Single transverse palmar crease, short & curved

5th finger

Wide space between 1st and 2

nd toes = “sandal foot”

Down Syndrome

Congenital heart disease 50%

Conductive hearing loss 75%

Otitis media 50%70%

Eye disease 60%

Cataract 15%

Severe refractive errors 50%

Thyroid disease 15%, 1% congenital

Leukemia <1%

Leukemoid reaction 18%

Hirschsprung disease <1%

Gastrointestinal atresia 12%

Down Syndrome cont’d

Hypotonia

Atlantoaxial instability

Obstructive sleep apnea 50%75%

Joint laxity

Acquired hip dislocation 6%

Mental retardation

Alzheimer’s disease with onset in 40s

Rett Syndrome

X-linked dominant Xq28

Acquired microcephaly

Intermittent hyperventilation

Cardiac conduction abnormalities

Mental retardation

Epilepsy

Autism

Loss of hand use (wring of hands) ~1 y.o.

http://www.dnatube.com/video/585/Rett-Syndrome-Mouse

Video of mouse with Rett syndrome gene vs.

normal mouse

Source: http://www.armyofangels.org/liam_school_1_sm.jpg

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Angelman Syndrome

15q11-q13, Xq28

Deletion

Paternal disomy (missing maternal DNA)

Microcephaly

Epilepsy

Mental retardation

Prognathia, widely spaced teeth

Source: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/00440/images/

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Prader-Willi Syndrome

Chromosome 15q12, 15q11-q13

Deletion

Maternal disomy (missing paternal DNA)

Failure to thrive

Onset of obesity from 6 months to 6 years

Mental retardation

Treatment: growth hormone

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Williams (Beuren) Syndrome

Autosomal dominant, 7q11.123 deletion

Sensorineural hearing loss

Supravalvular stenosis (aortic and other valves)

ASD, VSD

Kidney abnormalities

Mental retardation (average IQ 56)

Relative sparing of language

ADD

Friendly, gregarious

Hypercalcemia

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Klinefelter Syndrome XXY

Developmental delay

Motor

Language

Infertility 95%99%

More breast disease, autoimmune disease and

osteoporosis than normal men

Question: A pregnant woman has an

amniocentesis. The amniocentesis shows a 22q

microdeletion. What is the most serious

complication of this condition?

A. Gastrointestinal atresia

B. Blindness

C. Liver failure

D. Congenital heart disease

E. Autonomic polyneuropathy

Source: http://www.netterimages.com/images/vpv/000/000

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Velocardiofacial (DiGeorge) Syndrome

22q microdeletion 22q11.2DS, AD, about 93%

de novo

Congenital heart disease (conotruncal

malformations) 74%

Tetralogy of Fallot

Facial anomalies 69%

Velopharyngeal incompetence

Immune system abnormalities 77%

Immunodeficiency

Autoimmune disease: thrombocytopenia,

JRA, Grave’s disease, vitiligo, neutropenia,

hemolytic anemia

Velocardiofacial (DiGeorge) Syndrome cont’d

Hypocalcemia 50%

Learning disabilities 70%90%

Below average IQ, ADHD, autism

Renal anomalies 37%

Hearing loss (both conductive and sensorineural)

Laryngotracheoesophageal anomalies

Seizures

Skeletal abnormalities

Schizophrenia in 25%30%

Source: http://migale.jouy.inra.fr/psychrophilum/transport-and-metabolism/FpsyMetabTransp.png

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Inborn Error of Metabolism

Suspect when patient has

Neurological or developmental deterioration

Episodes of severe illness with common

infections

Metabolic acidosis

Hypoglycemia

Person may be asymptomatic and laboratory

testing may be normal between episodes

Caution

In children with suspected inborn errors of

metabolism

AVOID valproic acid

Especially for disorders of fatty acid

metabolism or mitochondrial disease

Valproic acid may cause carnitine depletion

Be careful of ketogenic diet

Avoid in disorders of fatty acid metabolism

or mitochondrial disease

Source: http://www.noatak.com/images/carnitexpl.jpg

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General Screening for Inborn Errors of Metabolism Lactate

Ammonia

Carnitine

Acylcarnitine

Serum amino acids

Urine organic acids

CSF lactate

CSF amino acids

Module: Mitochondrial Disorders

Electron Transport Chain

90 proteins

77 from nuclear DNA (all of complex II)

13 from mitochondrial DNA

Mitochondrial DNA

16.6 kB double stranded circular

210 copies per mitochondrial

13 genes for electron transport chain

2 genes for rRNA

22 genes for tRNA

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Source: http://chemistry.umeche.maine.edu/CHY431/MitoDNA.jpg

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Mitochondrial Disorders Leigh syndrome

MERRF

MELAS

Kearns-Sayre syndrome and chronic progressive

external ophthalmoplegia

POLG1 mutations

Leber hereditary optic neuropathy

Source:

http://www.ajnr.org/content/vol24/issue10/images/large/j4113

0822001.jpeg

Leigh Syndrome

Most autosomal recessive ETC proteins and

pyruvate dehydrogenase, some X-linked and

maternal

Brainstem and basal ganglia

Hypotonia

Ophthalmoplegia

Nystagmus

Psychomotor regression

Source: http://www.jmda.or.jp/6/hyakka/image/zu31.jpg

Myoclonic Epilepsy with Ragged Red

Fibers (MERRF) tRNA lysine point mutation in 90%

Ragged red fibers

Myoclonus

Epilepsy

Pseudolaminar necrosis

Basal ganglia mineralization

Source: http://www.neuropathologyweb.org/chapter10/images10/10-

melasx.jpg

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Source:

http://www.ispub.com/ispub/ijn/volume_2_number_2_34/dia

gnostic_considerations_on_melas_syndrome/melas-fig1.jpg

Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy with

Lactic Acidosis and Strokelike Episodes

(MELAS)

tRNA leucine in 80%

Dementia

Seizures

Recurrent strokelike events

Myopathy

Lactic acidosis

Ataxia

Deafness

Pigmentary retinopathy

Pigmentary retinopathy in mitochondrial

myopathy

(A) Granular (“salt and pepper”) retinopathy

(B) Bone spicule appearance

(C) Diffuse retinal atrophy

Source:

http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/75/suppl_4/iv12/F2.large.jpg

Kearns-Sayre Syndrome and Chronic

Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia

Large mtDNA deletions (up to 50% of DNA)

protein synthesis is affected, usually sporadic

Ophthalmoplegia and ptosis

Weakness

Ataxia

Pigmentary retinopathy

Hearing loss

Dementia

Seizures

Cardiomyopathy

Cardiac conduction abnormalities

Impaired GI motility

Diabetes mellitus

Endocrine

Renal dysfunction

POLG1 mutations

Polymerase, DNA, Gamma 1, 15q25 AR

Used in replication of mitochondrial DNA

May cause multiple mitochondrial DNA

deletions in patients

Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndromes

Alpers type

MNGIE type

Source: PubMed: 15702133

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Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy Maternally inherited, ETC complex I mutations

Loss of retinal ganglia cells in perifoveal region

(macula densa) and degeneration of

papillomacular bundle

Painless progressive central vision loss

Dystonia

Pseudobulbar palsy

Intellectual deterioration

Weakness

Wolff-Parkinson-White

Females may have multiple sclerosis like

symptoms

Module: Other Inborn Errors of

Metabolism

Question: A 42 y.o. man has lancinating pains

in his hands and feet. He also has cloudy

corneas and worsening proteinuria. What is the

most likely diagnosis?

A. Refsum disease

B. Krabbe disease

C. Alexander disease

D. Niemann-Pick disease

E. Fabry disease

Lysosomal Storage Disorders ICD

Lipid storage disorders, mainly sphingolipidoses

Gaucher’s

Niemann-Pick diseases

Gangliosidosis

Tay-Sachs disease

Leukodystrophies

Mucopolysaccharidoses

Hunter syndrome

Hurler disease

Glycoprotein storage disorders

Mucolipidoses

Lysosomal Storage Disorders

Suspect when patient has:

Coarse facial features

Hepatosplenomegaly

Neurological deterioration

Order lysosomal storage disease panel

Leukodystrophies

“Progressive degeneration of the white matter

of the brain due to imperfect growth or

development of the myelin sheath”

Adrenoleukodystrophy

Alexander disease

Metachromatic leukodystrophy

Krabbe’s disease or globoid cell leukodystrophy

Canavan disease

Childhood ataxia with central nervous system

hypomyelination or vanishing while matter

disease (CACH)

Pelizaeus-Merzbacjer disease

Refsum disease

Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis

Source: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/leukodystrophy

/leukodystrophy.htm

Adrenoleukodystrophy

Source: http://www.ajnr.org/cgi/content-nw/full/22/4/773/F2

X-linked

Childhood cerebral form appears in mid-

childhood (at ages 4-8)

Adrenomyelopathy occurs in men in their 20s or

later in life

Impaired adrenal gland function

Diagnostic test: very long chain fatty acids

Treatment

Lorenzo’s oil = oleic acid and erucic acid

Docosahexanoic acid (DHA)

Bone marrow transplant

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Alexander Disease

Source: http://www.ajnr.org/cgi/content-nw/full/22/3/541/F6

Source: http://www.ajnr.org/cgi/content-nw/full/22/3/541/F4

Mutations in glial fibrillary acidic protein

Often sporadic

Rosenthal fibers = abnormal clumps of protein

in astrocytes (not pathognomonic)

Usually infantile <2 y.o.

Developmental delay, seizures,

macrocephaly

Juvenile 3-13 y.o.

Loss of motor control

Adult rare

Rosenthal Fibers

Source: http://www.ajnr.org/cgi/content/full/27/5/958

Metachromatic Leukodystrophy

Source: http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content-nw/full/22/3/461/F1A

Autosomal recessive deficiency of arylsulfatase A

Accumulation of the myelin lipid sulfatide in

oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells

Late infantile: blindness, seizures, dementia

Juvenile: mental deterioration

Adult: psychiatric symptoms and dementia

Neuropathy

Treatment: bone marrow transplant

Source: http://www.neuropathologyweb.org/

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Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy or

Krabbe’s Disease

Deficient galactocerebrosidase

Accumulation of galactocerebroside

Central and peripheral nervous system

Treatment

Intravascular injection of cord blood

Bone marrow transplant

Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy

Source: http://www.pathology.vcu.edu/WirSelfInst/

neuro_medStudents/leukodys.html

Source: http://images.the-

scientist.com/content/figures/images/yr2001/sep17/normal.jpg

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Canavan’s Disease or

Spongiform Leukodystrophy Deficient enzyme: aspartoacylase

Autosomal recessive

Ashkenazi Jews

Mental retardation

Loss of motor skills

Feeding difficulties

Abnormal muscle tone

Macrocephaly

Blindness

Hearing loss

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Vanishing White Matter

Source:

http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/175/3/826/FIG1

Vanishing White Matter Disease

or Childhood Ataxia with Diffuse CNS

Hypomyelination (CACH) Autosomal recessive

Mutations of one of five genes for eIF2B

(eukaryotic initiation factor 2B)

Deterioration with trauma, fever or infection

Spasticity

Lethargy

Optic atrophy

Epilepsy

Peroxisomal Disorders

Zellweger syndrome

Enlarged liver

Facial dysmorphology – high forehead,

deformed ears

Hypotonia

Glaucoma

Infantile Refsum disease

Neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy

Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia

Infantile Refsum Disease

Source: http://www.ajnr.org/cgi/content/figsonly/24/10/2082

Refsum Disease

Phytanic acid accumulation

Neuropathy

Retinitis pigmentosa

Ichthyosis

Cardiac arrhythmias

Treatment

Restrict intake of phytanic acid (dairy, beef

and lamb, fatty fish – tuna, cod, haddock

Plasmapheresis

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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sphingolipidoses.svg

Sphingolipidoses

Sphingomyelins have a phosphorylcholine or

phosphoroethanolamine molecule with an ester

linkage to the 1-hydroxy group of a ceramide

Glycosphingolipids, which differ in the

substituents on their head group (see image).

Glycosphingolipids are ceramides with one or

more sugar residues joined in a β-glycosidic

linkage at the 1-hydroxyl position

Cerebrosides have a single glucose or

galactose at the 1-hydroxy position

Sulfatides are sulfated cerebrosides

Gangliosides have at least three sugars, one of

which must be sialic acid

Sphingolipidoses cont’d

Gangliosides: gangliosidosis

GM1 gangliosidoses

GM2 gangliosidoses

Tay-Sachs disease

Sandhoff disease

Glycolipids

Fabry’s disease

Krabbe disease

Metachromatic leukodystrophy

Sphingomyelin

Niemann-Pick disease

Glucocerebrosides

Gaucher’s disease

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Tay-Sachs Disease

Hexosaminidase A deficiency, AR

Ashkenazi Jewish heritage

Onset 3-6 months of age, usually death before

4 years

Storage of glycosphingolipid GM2 ganglioside

Progressive weakness

Loss of motor skills

Decreased attentiveness

Increased startle response

Seizures

Blindness, cherry red spot of fovea centralis

of macula

Normal size spleen and liver

Spasticity

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Fabry Disease

Deficiency of α-galactosidase (α-Gal A), X

linked

<1% classic

>1% variants: LV hypertrophy or renal

Lysosomal deposition of globotriaosylceramide

(GL-3)

Neuropathy with acroparesthesias and

lancinating pains

Angiokeratomas

Hypohidrosis

Corneal and lenticular opacities

Proteinuria

ESRD in 3rd

to 5th decade

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Niemann-Pick Disease Type C Autosomal recessive, NCP1 and NCP2

Cannot esterify cholesterol

Hypotonia, developmental delay

Ataxia

Supranuclear vertical gaze palsy

Dementia

Dystonia

Seizures

Ascites, liver disease

MRI: late findings

Thin corpus callosum, cerebral and

cerebellar vermis atrophy

Increased signal periatrial white matter

Source: http://www.webpathology.com/slides/slides/

Spleen_NiemannPick4.jpg

Source: http://www.childrensmemorial.org/depts/genetics/images/

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Mucolipidoses

Sialidosis II (ML I)

Deficiency of sialidase

Sialidosis I milder

Mucolipidosis types II and III

Deficiency of the enzyme

N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase

Type 2 more severe, type 3 milder

Mucolipidosis type IV

Deficiency of mucolipin-1

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Mucopolysaccharidoses

Normal intellect to profoundly retarded

Developmental delay

Severe behavioral problems

Coarse or rough facial features

Thick lips

Enlarged mouth and tongue

Short stature with a disproportionately short

trunk (dwarfism)

Abnormal bone size or shape (and other skeletal

irregularities)

Thickened skin

Enlarged organs such as the liver or spleen

Hernias

Excessive body hair growth

Recurrent upper respiratory tract and ear

infections

Cloudy corneas

Treatment

Alpha-L-iduronidase for MPS I (Scheie

syndrome and Hurler-Scheie syndrome: AR)

Idursulfase for MPS II (Hunter syndrome: X

linked recessive)

Arylsulfatase B for MPS VI

(Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome)

Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis

(NCL or CLN) or Batten Disease

Abnormal apoptosis of neurons

Dysregulated sphingolipid metabolism

Lysosomal enzymes

Lysosomal membrane proteins

Proteins in endoplasmic reticulum

Neurological symptoms

Epilepsy

Ataxia

Cognitive decline

Loss of vision

Diagnosis: DNA testing, EM of lymphocytes

Batten Disease (NCL or CLN) CLN1 infantile

CLN2 late infantile

CLN3 adult

CLN4 adult

CLN5 Finnish VLINCL

CLN6

CLN7 Turkish (Northern epilepsy)

CLN9

Santavuori-Haltia

Jansky-Bielschowsky

Spielmeyer-Sjögren

Kufs disease

Source:

http://www.neuropathologyweb.org/chapter10/images10/10-

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Answer Key

Question: A 5 y.o. boy has mental retardation

and hyperactivity. His mother has anxiety and

mitral valve prolapse. Her father has difficulty

walking and a tremor that is not responsive to

levo-dopa. What is the most likely inheritance

pattern?

A. Autosomal dominant

B. Autosomal recessive

C. Maternal

D. X-linked

E. Sporadic

Question: An 11 m.o. girl is no longer reaching

for objects. She has intractable epilepsy and

now has microcephaly even though her head

circumference was normal at birth. She also

hyperventilates intermittently and has

respiratory pauses at other times. What is the

most likely diagnosis?

A. Angelman syndrome

B. Rett syndrome

C. William syndrome

D. Leigh syndrome

E. Canavan’s disease

Question: A pregnant woman has an

amniocentesis. The amniocentesis shows a 22q

microdeletion. What is the most serious

complication of this condition?

A. Gastrointestinal atresia

B. Blindness

C. Liver failure

D. Congenital heart disease

E. Autonomic polyneuropathy

Question: A 42 y.o. man has lancinating pains

in his hands and feet. He also has cloudy

corneas and worsening proteinuria. What is the

most likely diagnosis?

A. Refsum disease

B. Krabbe disease

C. Alexander disease

D. Niemann-Pick disease

E. Fabry disease

Resources

NIH site for neurological disorders

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/index.htm

Leukodystrophies

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/leukody

strophy/leukodystrophy.htm

Neuropathology pictures

http://www.neuropathologyweb.org/

Genetic or metabolic testing

http://www.genetests.org/

Clinical trials

http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/