Term Name: | Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease |
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Synonyms: | diffuse familial brain sclerosis, HLD1, hypomyelinating leukodystrophy 1, Leukodystrophy, sudanophilic, Pelizaeus Merzbacher brain sclerosis, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher brain sclerosis, PMD, sudanophilic leukodystrophy, Paelizeus-Merzbacher type |
Definition: | A hypomyelinating leukodystrophy characterized by impaired myelin formation, nystagmus, spastic quadriplegia, ataxia, and developmental delay that has_material_basis_in mutation in the PLP1 gene on chromosome Xq22. |
Ontology: | Human Disease [DOID:3210] ( DOID:3210 ) |