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.