Pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 13

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Pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 13

Synonyms: PCH13

A form of pontocerebellar hypoplasia characterized by infantile onset of severe global developmental delay with absent speech hypotonia feeding problems dysmorphic craniofacial features and development of pontocerebellar hypoplasia on brain imaging later in childhood. Other structural abnormalities of the brain which may already be apparent at an earlier stage include small hippocampus thin corpus callosum periventricular white matter abnormalities and Dandy-Walker malformation. Seizures nystagmus and cortical visual impairment have been reported in some cases.

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