| A rare genetic neurologic disease with characteristics of congenital microcephaly, severe early-onset epileptic encephalopathy (manifesting as intractable, myoclonic and/or tonic-clonic seizures), permanent neonatal, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and severe global developmental delay. Muscular hypotonia, skeletal abnormalities, feeding difficulties and dysmorphic facial features (including narrow forehead, anteverted nares, small mouth with deep philtrum, tented upper lip vermilion) are frequently associated. Brain MRI reveals cerebral atrophy with cortical gyral simplification and aplasia/hypoplasia of the corpus callosum. There is evidence the disease is caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the IER3IP1 gene on chromosome 18q21. |
