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CLE
Introduction
Synonyms and keywords: CACH; childhood ataxia with central nervous system hypomyelinization; vanishing white matter leukodystrophy; cree leukoencephalopathy; CLE; vanishing white matter leukodystrophy with ovarian failure, included; ovarioleukodystrophy, included
Overview
Overview
Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter (VWM disease) is an autosomal recessive neurological disease. The cause of the disease are mutations in any of the 5 genes encoding subunits of the translation initiation factor EIF2B: EIF2B1, EIF2B2, EIF2B3, EIF2B4, or EIF2B5.
Adult-onset VWM disease can present with psychosis and may be hard to differentiate from schizophrenia.[1]
Related Chapters
Related Chapters
- CADASIL (Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy)
- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
- Metachromatic leukodystrophy
References
References
- ↑ Denier C, Orgibet A, Roffi F, Jouvent E, Buhl C, Niel F, Boespflug-Tanguy O, Said G, Ducreux D (2007). “Adult-onset vanishing white matter leukoencephalopathy presenting as psychosis”. Neurology. 68 (18): 1538–9. doi:10.1212/01.wnl.0000260701.76868.44. PMID 17470759.
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