DEGS1

Clinical Characteristics

Neurological manifestations
•    Global developmental delay / regression (usually between 6-18 months)
•    Intellectual disability (variable degree)
•    Severe language disorder
•    Spastic/dystonic tetraparesis
•    Seizures, refractory
•    Nystagmus
•    Acquired microcephaly (in some patients)
•    Scoliosis
•    Joint contractures
•    Failure to thrive. Tube feeding
•    Peripheral neuropathy
•    Dysmetria
•    Dysarthria

MRI: Hypomyelinating leukodystrophy, thinning of the corpus callosum, and progressive thalamic and cerebellar atrophy.