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Results 1 - 8 of 8 for "Pelizaeus-Merzbacher" disease
  1. Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease 
    Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease is an inherited condition involving the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system) that primarily affects males. This disease is ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/pelizaeus-merzbacher-disease - Genetics
  2. Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-like disease type 1 
    ... condition are very similar to another leukodystrophy called Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, but the two disorders have different genetic causes. ... HYPOMYELINATING, 2; HLD2 PubMed Hobson GM, Garbern JY. Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-like disease 1, and related hypomyelinating ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../pelizaeus-merzbacher-like-disease-type-1 - Genetics
  3. Leukodystrophy From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)  
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ... Leukodystrophy refers to genetic diseases that predominantly affect the white matter of the central ...
    https://www.ninds.nih.gov/.../disorders/leukodystrophy - External Health Links
  4. Adult Refsum disease From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)  
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ... Leukodystrophies/Specifics ... Leukodystrophies ... Leukodystrophy refers to genetic diseases that predominantly ...
    https://www.ninds.nih.gov/.../leukodystrophy#refsum-disease-adult - External Health Links
  5. PLP1 gene 
    ... PLP1 gene that have been found to cause Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease. Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease is an inherited condition involving the central nervous ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/plp1 - Genetics
  6. Spastic paraplegia type 2 
    ... sj.ejhg.5200537. Citation on PubMed Hudson LD. Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease and spastic paraplegia type 2: two faces of ... PubMed Inoue K. PLP1-related inherited dysmyelinating disorders: Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease and spastic paraplegia type 2. Neurogenetics. 2005 Feb; ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/spastic-paraplegia-type-2 - Genetics
  7. GJC2 gene 
    ... the GJC2 gene have been found to cause Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-like disease type 1. This condition affects the nervous system' ... of nerve fibers covered by myelin. Individuals with Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-like disease type 1 have neurological problems that typically cause ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/gjc2 - Genetics
  8. Leukodystrophies (National Library of Medicine)  
    What are leukodystrophies? Leukodystrophies are a group of rare genetic disorders that affect the central nervous system (CNS). The CNS is made up of your ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/leukodystrophies.html - Health Topics