Early-onset calcifying leukoencephalopathy-skeletal dysplasia

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Early-onset calcifying leukoencephalopathy-skeletal dysplasia

A rare genetic neurological disorder characterized by pediatric onset of calcifying leukoencephalopathy and skeletal dysplasia. Reported structural brain abnormalities include agenesis of corpus callosum ventriculomegaly congenital hydrocephalus pontocerebellar hypoplasia periventricular calcifications Dandy-Walker malformation and absence of microglia. Characteristic skeletal features include increased bone mineral density (reported in skull pelvic bone and vertebrae) platyspondyly and under-modeling of tubular bones with widened/radiolucent metaphysis and constricted/sclerotic diaphysis.

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