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Start free with EleplanCongenital brain dysgenesis due to glutamine synthetase deficiency
ORPHA:71278Disease
Also called Inherited GS deficiency · Inherited glutamine synthetase deficiency
What it is
A rare neurometabolic disease characterized by neonatal onset of severe epileptic encephalopathy with brain malformations (including cerebral and cerebellar atrophy, white matter abnormalities, delayed gyration or complete agyria, and thin corpus callosum), generalized hypotonia, and lack of normal development. Additional features include facial dysmorphism and necrolytic erythema of the skin. Biochemical hallmarks are decreased levels of glutamine in body fluids and chronic hyperammonemia. Death may occur in the early post-natal period due to multiple organ failure.
Key facts
- Prevalence
- <1 / 1 000 000
- Age of onset
- Infancy, Neonatal
- Inheritance
- Autosomal recessive
- Classified as
- Disease
Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.
Gene
ICD-10 codes
ICD-10 has no distinct code for most rare diseases, so many are filed under the nearest available one. A shared code identifies the group, not this disease — the ORPHAcode above is what identifies it.
Related health topics
Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.
Cross-references
Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.
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