General Information of Disease (ID: DISERE16)

Disease Name Infantile cerebral and cerebellar atrophy with postnatal progressive microcephaly
Synonyms microcephaly, postnatal progressive, with seizures and brain atrophy; postnatal progressive microcephaly, seizures, and brain atrophy
Definition
Infantile cerebral and cerebellar atrophy with postnatal progressive microcephaly is a rare, central nervous system malformation syndrome characterized by progressive microcephaly with profound motor delay and intellectual disability, associated with hypertonia, spasticity, clonus, and seizures, with brain imaging revealing severe cerebral and cerebellar atrophy, and poor myelination.
Disease Hierarchy
DISD715V: Hereditary neurological disease
DISEP2HK: Central and peripheral nervous disease
DISERE16: Infantile cerebral and cerebellar atrophy with postnatal progressive microcephaly
Disease Identifiers
MONDO ID
MONDO_0013351
UMLS CUI
C3150921
OMIM ID
613668
MedGen ID
462271
Orphanet ID
402364

Molecular Interaction Atlas (MIA) of This Disease

Molecular Interaction Atlas (MIA)
This Disease Is Related to 1 DOT Molecule(s)
Gene Name DOT ID Evidence Level Mode of Inheritance REF
MED17 OTEZR5GC Strong Autosomal recessive [1]
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References

1 Infantile cerebral and cerebellar atrophy is associated with a mutation in the MED17 subunit of the transcription preinitiation mediator complex. Am J Hum Genet. 2010 Nov 12;87(5):667-70. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.09.016. Epub 2010 Oct 14.