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1/53. Proton MR spectroscopy of Sjogren-Larsson's syndrome.

    We performed single-voxel proton MR spectroscopy (1H-MRS) in two children with Sjogren-Larsson's syndrome (SLS). Both patients showed two abnormal spectral peaks at 1.3 ppm and 0.9 ppm that were obtained with short echo times. These two abnormal spectral peaks were seen in high-intensity areas on T2-weighted images and also in basal ganglia of normal intensities. 1H-MRS may be useful for establishing the diagnosis and investigating the natural history of SLS, and for evaluating the efficacy of therapeutic approaches to SLS. ( info)

2/53. dolichol phosphate mannose synthase (DPM1) mutations define congenital disorder of glycosylation Ie (CDG-Ie)

    congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDGs) are metabolic deficiencies in glycoprotein biosynthesis that usually cause severe mental and psychomotor retardation. Different forms of CDGs can be recognized by altered isoelectric focusing (IEF) patterns of serum transferrin (Tf). Two patients with these symptoms and similar abnormal Tf IEF patterns were analyzed by metabolic labeling of fibroblasts with inverted question mark2-(3)Hmannose. The patients produced a truncated dolichol-linked precursor oligosaccharide with 5 mannose residues, instead of the normal precursor with 9 mannose residues. Addition of 250 microM mannose to the culture medium corrected the size of the truncated oligosaccharide. microsomes from fibroblasts of these patients were approximately 95% deficient in dolichol-phosphate-mannose (Dol-P-Man) synthase activity, with an apparent K(m) for GDP-Man approximately 6-fold higher than normal. DPM1, the gene coding for the catalytic subunit of Dol-P-Man synthase, was altered in both patients. One patient had a point mutation, C(274)G, causing an R(92)G change in the coding sequence. The other patient also had the C(274)G mutation and a 13-bp deletion that presumably resulted in an unstable transcript. Defects in DPM1 define a new glycosylation disorder, CDG-Ie. ( info)

3/53. Extensive intracranial xanthoma associated with type II hyperlipidemia.

    Xanthomas are associated with a spectrum of medical conditions, most commonly disorders of lipid storage and lipid metabolism. They occur primarily in the subcutaneous tissues, especially along the achilles tendon and the extensor tendons of the hands. Intracranial xanthomas are extremely rare. We present a case of an extensive xanthoma of the temporal bone in a patient with hyperlipidemia. ( info)

4/53. Combined D-2- and L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria with neonatal onset encephalopathy: a third biochemical variant of 2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria?

    Two distinct disorders with elevated urinary excretion of 2-hydroxyglutaric acid are known: L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria and D-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria. This paper presents clinical and biochemical studies in three patients and unsuccessful prenatal diagnosis in one case with combined D-2- and L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria. We suggest that these patients, who displayed a phenotype of neonatal onset metabolic encephalopathy, present a third variant of 2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria. prenatal diagnosis is not reliable in this disorder. ( info)

5/53. Adenylosuccinase deficiency: an unusual cause of early-onset epilepsy associated with acquired microcephaly.

    Adenylosuccinase deficiency, an autosomal recessive inborn error of purine synthesis, was first described in 1984 by Jaeken and Van den Berghe (reviewed in J Inher Metab Dis 20;1997:193). The cardinal features are variable psychomotor delay often accompanied by epilepsy and autistic features. Diagnosis is made by detection of abnormal purine metabolites in body fluids. We report a girl who presented with early onset epilepsy, associated with acquired microcephaly and severe psychomotor retardation, as the most prominent symptoms. ( info)

6/53. Partial seizures in leukoencephalopathy with swelling and a discrepantly mild clinical course.

    We report a patient with 'Leukoencephalopathy with swelling and a discrepantly mild clinical course', an entity of leukoencephalopathy recently clarified. Our patient presented with complex partial seizures in addition to characteristic radiological findings and clinical course. A review of the literature revealed that this new neurodegenerative disease complicates epilepsy in more than half of the patients, and that partial components in the seizure symptomatology are not infrequent. ( info)

7/53. In vivo evidence of brain galactitol accumulation in an infant with galactosemia and encephalopathy.

    In a newborn infant with galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase deficiency and encephalopathy, brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed cytotoxic edema in white matter. Using in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy, we detected approximately 8 mmol galactitol per kilogram of brain tissue, an amount potentially relevant to the pathogenesis of brain edema. ( info)

8/53. Acute encephalopathy despite early therapy in a patient with homozygosity for E365K in the glutaryl-coenzyme a dehydrogenase gene.

    A patient with glutaric aciduria type I had an acute encephalopathic crisis despite early treatment. This report indicates that current therapeutic strategies may be insufficient for some high-risk patients and stresses the demand for new approaches in glutaric aciduria type I. ( info)

9/53. Brain migration disorder and T-cell activation deficiency associated with abnormal signaling through TCR/CD3 complex and hyperactivity of Fyn tyrosine kinase.

    In this study we report on a patient affected by a brain migration disorder and a T-cell activation deficiency presumably inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. The immunological evaluation revealed that the mitogen stimulation failed to induce a proper up-regulation of membrane expression of T-cell activation markers, and cell proliferation. This functional impairment was associated with abnormalities of the signal transduction process that follows T-cell receptor stimulation. A constitutive hyperphosphorylation of the Fyn tyrosine kinase was documented. This is the first report on a T-cell signaling abnormality associated with a developmental brain disorder. Whether the alteration of Fyn, which plays a role in both neurological and immunological systems, is responsible for either disorder remains to be elucidated. ( info)

10/53. A Japanese girl with leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter.

    A Japanese girl with peculiar leukoencephalopathy was reported. Following normal development until 1 year of age, she showed progressive neurological deterioration with ataxia, epilepsy, pyramidal tract signs and choreic movement. Serial brain computed tomographies (CTs) revealed markedly low density and progressive volume loss in whole white matter. In extensive laboratory investigations, the level of glycine in the urine was elevated. She died at the age of 4 years, and the neuropathological findings were comprised of severe extensive changes in cerebral and cerebellar white matter, such as marked rarefaction or cystic degeneration with axonal loss. The pontine central tegmental tracts were also affected. Neuronal loss was seen in the cerebellar cortex. These features were compatible with leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter, which was recently established as a clinical entity. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a non-Caucasian patient with this new type of leukoencephalopathy. ( info)
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