Table is card and pk = 9845 Result =
Submode=
Walker Warburg Syndrome, MedPix™ : 9845 - Medical Image Database and Atlas
Welcome! It's Tuesday, June 18, 2013 :: :: :: RSS COW feed ::
| | | | | | | | | | | | :: HELP ?-compass

Location and Category

Location:
More Like This ? Nerve, central
Sublocation:
none selected
Category:
More Like This ? Metabolic (see also Toxic)
Click for Similar Topics: Click on the Location, Sublocation, or Category Links - (above)

TOPIC and DISCUSSION :: Slide Sorter - Image Thumbnails :: Print Topic ::

More Like This ? Walker Warburg Syndrome
Topic 9845 - Created: 2011-10-14 15:25:53-04 - Modified: 2011-10-14 16:17:26.841704-04
ACR Index: 3.5

Walker Warburg syndrome is a brain and eye congenital muscular dystrophy with an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern. It is characterized by type 2 lissencephaly, hydrocephalus, cerebellar dysfunction, and retinal dysplasia. The disease presents with general muscle hypotonia, mental retardation with subsequent developmental delay, intermittent seizures, occasional cataracts with microphthalmia. The disease is thought to manifest due to mutations of the Protein O MannosylTransferase 1 and 2 as well as the fukutin protein genes leading to hypoglycosylation of the alpha-dystroglycan, a transmembrane linking protein of the extracellular matrix. Lab results generally show elevated creatine kinase and altered alpha dystroglycan. Treatment is only supportive and preventative.

Contributor Credits

Submitted by: Vivek Yedavalli - Author Info
Affiliation: Childrens Hospital of Dayton, OH
Approved By: Dawn E Light - Editor Info
Affiliation: Childrens Hospital of Dayton, OH

MedPix® is a Registered Trademark of USUHS
The MedPix™ Database Engine is Patented - USPTO No. 7,080,098
Portions of MedPix™ are Copyright © 1999 - 2013 by J.G. Smirniotopoulos, M.D. & H. Irvine, M.D.
The MedPix™ Classification Schema Copyright © 1999 - 2013 by J.G.Smirniotopoulos,M.D.
MedPix™ has displayed more than   1,012,873,586   pages since 3 September 2000.
::

master.php3 :: find me ... Google Analytics Active ...