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Pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 6

What is Pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 6?

A rare, genetic form of pontocerebellar hypoplasia (PCH) characterized by neocortical and severe cerebral cortical atrophy associated with pontocerebellar hypoplasia with the pons and cerebellum equally affected. Clinically the disorder manifests at birth with hypotonia, clonus, epilepsy, impaired swallowing and from infancy by progressive microcephaly, spasticity and lactic acidosis.

Other condition names

  • Fatal infantile encephalopathy with mitochondrial respiratory chain defects
  • PCH6

Inheritance type

Autosomal recessive

Prevalence

  • Worldwide: <1 in 1,000 000

Age of Onset

  • Neonatal
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