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Mucolipidosis type IV: a subtle pediatric neurodegenerative disorder. 2010

Joseph S Geer, and Steve A Skinner, and Ehud Goldin, and Kenton R Holden

Greenwood Genetic Center, Greenwood, South Carolina 29465-1047, USA.

The mucolipidoses are a heterogeneous group of autosomal recessive neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorders. Mucolipidosis type IV is rare; it is seen predominantly in the Ashkenazi Jewish population and usually presents with global neurodevelopmental delays in infancy, subtle corneal opacifications or clouding, and very slowly progressive neurodegeneration over many years. Elevation of serum gastrin is reported; findings from x-rays of bone and joints and lysosomal studies are normal. Reported here are two cases of mucolipidosis type IV in children not of Ashkenazi Jewish origin who presented during infancy with nonspecific global psychomotor delays, generalized hypotonia, and mild corneal abnormalities, but remained undiagnosed for years. A rare gene mutation in MCOLN1 was confirmed in one of the two patients, in addition to abnormal serum gastrin levels. More striking was the length of time that these children eluded detection of their final diagnosis.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007585	Jews	An ethnic group with historical ties to the land of ISRAEL and the religion of JUDAISM.	Jew
D008279	Magnetic Resonance Imaging	Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques.	Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D008565	Membrane Proteins	Proteins which are found in membranes including cellular and intracellular membranes. They consist of two types, peripheral and integral proteins. They include most membrane-associated enzymes, antigenic proteins, transport proteins, and drug, hormone, and lectin receptors.	Cell Membrane Protein,Cell Membrane Proteins,Cell Surface Protein,Cell Surface Proteins,Integral Membrane Proteins,Membrane-Associated Protein,Surface Protein,Surface Proteins,Integral Membrane Protein,Membrane Protein,Membrane-Associated Proteins,Membrane Associated Protein,Membrane Associated Proteins,Membrane Protein, Cell,Membrane Protein, Integral,Membrane Proteins, Integral,Protein, Cell Membrane,Protein, Cell Surface,Protein, Integral Membrane,Protein, Membrane,Protein, Membrane-Associated,Protein, Surface,Proteins, Cell Membrane,Proteins, Cell Surface,Proteins, Integral Membrane,Proteins, Membrane,Proteins, Membrane-Associated,Proteins, Surface,Surface Protein, Cell
D009081	Mucolipidoses	A group of inherited metabolic diseases characterized by the accumulation of excessive amounts of acid mucopolysaccharides, sphingolipids, and/or glycolipids in visceral and mesenchymal cells. Abnormal amounts of sphingolipids or glycolipids are present in neural tissue. INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY and skeletal changes, most notably dysostosis multiplex, occur frequently. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch56, pp36-7)	Cherry Red Spot Myoclonus Syndrome,Ganglioside Sialidase Deficiency Disease,I-Cell Disease,Lipomucopolysaccharidosis,Mucolipidosis,Myoclonus Cherry Red Spot Syndrome,Pseudo-Hurler Polydystrophy,Sialidosis,Cherry Red Spot-Myoclonus Syndrome,Deficiency Disease, Ganglioside Sialidase,Glycoprotein Neuraminidase Deficiency,Inclusion Cell Disease,Mucolipidosis I,Mucolipidosis II,Mucolipidosis III,Mucolipidosis III Alpha Beta,Mucolipidosis IIIa,Mucolipidosis IV,Mucolipidosis Type 1,Mucolipidosis Type I,Mucolipidosis Type II,Mucolipidosis Type III,Mucolipidosis Type IV,Myoclonus-Cherry Red Spot Syndrome,Psuedo-Hurler Disease,Sialolipidosis,Type I Mucolipidosis,Type II Mucolipidosis,Type III Mucolipidosis,Type IV Mucolipidosis,Deficiencies, Glycoprotein Neuraminidase,Deficiency, Glycoprotein Neuraminidase,Glycoprotein Neuraminidase Deficiencies,I Cell Disease,I-Cell Diseases,Inclusion Cell Diseases,Lipomucopolysaccharidoses,Mucolipidoses, Type I,Mucolipidoses, Type II,Mucolipidoses, Type III,Mucolipidoses, Type IV,Mucolipidosis, Type I,Mucolipidosis, Type II,Mucolipidosis, Type III,Mucolipidosis, Type IV,Polydystrophy, Pseudo-Hurler,Pseudo Hurler Polydystrophy,Psuedo Hurler Disease,Psuedo-Hurler Diseases,Sialidoses,Sialolipidoses,Type I Mucolipidoses,Type II Mucolipidoses,Type III Mucolipidoses,Type IV Mucolipidoses
D001921	Brain	The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM.	Encephalon
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D004252	DNA Mutational Analysis	Biochemical identification of mutational changes in a nucleotide sequence.	Mutational Analysis, DNA,Analysis, DNA Mutational,Analyses, DNA Mutational,DNA Mutational Analyses,Mutational Analyses, DNA
D005091	Exons	The parts of a transcript of a split GENE remaining after the INTRONS are removed. They are spliced together to become a MESSENGER RNA or other functional RNA.	Mini-Exon,Exon,Mini Exon,Mini-Exons
D005260	Female		Females