KIF26A

Clinical Characteristics

The disease is characterized by neurological involvement and severe enteric nervous system dysfunction, reported clinical features include the following:

•    Variable degrees of developmental delay
•    Seizure (reported in one individual)
•    Spastic paraplegia (reported in one individual)
•    Brain malformations (ventriculomegaly, colpocephaly, hydrocephalus, schizencephaly, polymicrogyria, abnormalities of corpus callosum)
•    GI manifestations (intestinal dysmotility, delayed passage of meconium, abdominal distention). Affected individuals could develop severe complications like intestinal obstruction and bowel ischemia requiring emergent surgical interventions