DISEASE: Hypomyelination with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and leg spasticity
Entry
H02433 Disease
Name
Hypomyelination with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and leg spasticity
Description
Hypomyelination with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and leg spasticity (HBSL) is characterized by focal cerebral white matter abnormalities and spinal cord signal abnormalities. HBSL is the result of mutations in DARS, a cytoplasmic tRNA synthetase gene.
Category
Inherited metabolic disorder
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
05 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
Metabolic disorders
Inborn errors of metabolism
5C55 Inborn errors of purine, pyrimidine or nucleotide metabolism
H02433 Hypomyelination with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and leg spasticity
Helman G, Van Haren K, Bonkowsky JL, Bernard G, Pizzino A, Braverman N, Suhr D, Patterson MC, Ali Fatemi S, Leonard J, van der Knaap MS, Back SA, Damiani S, Goldman SA, Takanohashi A, Petryniak M, Rowitch D, Messing A, Wrabetz L, Schiffmann R, Eichler F, Escolar ML, Vanderver A
Title
Disease specific therapies in leukodystrophies and leukoencephalopathies.