| A rare genetic pontocerebellar hypoplasia subtype with characteristics of severe psychomotor developmental delay, progressive microcephaly, progressive spasticity, seizures and brain abnormalities consisting of mild atrophy of the cerebellum, pons and corpus callosum and cortical atrophy with delayed myelination. Patients may present dysmorphic facial features (high arched eyebrows, prominent eyes, long palpebral fissures and eyelashes, broad nasal root and hypoplastic alae nasi) and an axonal sensorimotor neuropathy. Caused by homozygous mutation in the CLP1 gene on chromosome 11q12. |
