Mucolipidosis Type IV Metabolic Brain Diseases Neurological Disorders
Mucolipidosis Type IV is an autosomal recessive disorder, mainly seen in Jews of Eastern European background. A cation channel disorder, characterized by severe neurological and ophthalmologic abnormalities, ML4 usually presents during the first year of life with mental retardation, corneal opacities, and delayed motor milestones. Children with ML4 typically reach a maximum developmental age of 15 months.
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- Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man - A detailed history of the development of knowledge of ML4, diagnosis, pathogenesis, and chromosome information.
- Jewish Genetic Diseases - With diagnostic information on ML4.
- Mucolipidosis IV Foundation - ML4 Foundation, originally known as CHARM (Children\\'s Association mucolipidosis type iv brain diseases for Research on Mucolipidosis), reaching out to families mucolipidosis type iv brain diseases affected with this debilitating disorder.
- Clinical Trial: The Natural History and Pathogenesis of Mucolipidosis Type IV - An ongoing study into ML4, still recruiting patients in August 2006.
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