IRF2BPL-related regressive neurodevelopmental disorder-dystonia-seizures syndrome

What it is

A rare genetic neurological disorder characterized by childhood onset of severe global neurodevelopmental regression with eventual loss of independent walking and loss of language and fine and gross motor skills, and development of severe dysphagia requiring tube feeding, seizures, cerebellar syndrome, dystonia, and other neurologic manifestations. Brain imaging shows progressive cerebral and/or cerebellar atrophy in most cases. A less severe phenotype associated with missense mutations shows no regression or movement abnormalities, ambulation is preserved, and brain imaging is normal.

Key facts

Prevalence

<1 / 1 000 000

Age of onset

Childhood, Infancy, Neonatal

Inheritance

Autosomal dominant

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.

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