Vanishing white matter disease: the first reported chinese patient

J Child Neurol. 2008 Jun;23(6):710-4. doi: 10.1177/0883073808314154.

Abstract

Vanishing white matter disease is a rare neurological disease. The majority of patients reported are Caucasian individuals. We describe the first Chinese patient with typical clinical and radiological features genetically confirmed to have vanishing white matter disease for a mutation in EIF2B4, followed by a brief review of the disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aspartic Acid / analogs & derivatives
  • Aspartic Acid / analysis
  • Brain / pathology
  • Cerebral Ventricles / pathology
  • Child
  • Choline / analysis
  • Consanguinity
  • DNA Mutational Analysis*
  • Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2B / genetics*
  • Female
  • Genetic Carrier Screening
  • Genetic Counseling
  • Genotype
  • Hereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases / diagnosis
  • Hereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases / genetics*
  • Homozygote
  • Hong Kong
  • Humans
  • Lactic Acid / analysis
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Pedigree
  • Phenotype

Substances

  • Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2B
  • Aspartic Acid
  • Lactic Acid
  • N-acetylaspartate
  • Choline