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JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH
Volume 41, Issue 1-2, Pages 65-67Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2005.00540.x
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eIF2B; leukoencephalopathy; translation; vanishing white matter
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Vanishing white matter disease is a recently described leukoencephalopathy that is characterized by chronic and episodic neurological deterioration. These episodes often follow periods of fever or minor head trauma. It frequently presents in childhood with problems of ataxia and tremor. Five genes have been identified for the disease, EIF2B1-5, which encode the five subunits of translation initiation factor eIF2B. Mutations in each of the genes may independently cause the disease. The defect in eIF2B results in abnormalities in translation and its regulation, leading to abnormalities in protein synthesis and its regulation. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain reveals extensive cerebral white matter abnormalities with evidence of white matter rarefaction and cystic degeneration, which has been confirmed pathologically. We report the first confirmed Australasian patient.
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