Vanishing White Matter With Hepatomegaly and Hypertriglyceridemia Attacks

Unal Ö., Ozgen B., ORHAN D., TOKATLI A., Hismi B. O., DURSUN A., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF CHILD NEUROLOGY, cilt.28, sa.11, ss.1509-1512, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 28 Sayı: 11
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/0883073812458711
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CHILD NEUROLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1509-1512
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: vanishing white matter disease, hepatomegaly, hypertriglyceridemia, LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY
  • Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Vanishing white matter disease is one of the most prevalent leukodystrophies in childhood. It is caused by mutations in any of the genes encoding the 5 subunits of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B (eIF2B), EIF2B1 through EIF2B5. Phenotypic variation is wide and it may affect people of all ages. Here we present a child with vanishing white matter who had hepatomegaly and hypertriglyceridemia attacks along with neurologic deterioration episodes. He was found heterozygous for the 2 mutations c.817 A>C, p.Lys273Gln and c.939_948del, p.Asp314ProfsX23 in the gene EIF2B2. Until today, this association was not defined in the literature.