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Pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 6

Synonyms
Encephalopathy fatal infantile with mitochondrial respiratory chain defects
Modes of inheritance
Autosomal recessive inheritance (Orphanet)

Summary

Pontocerebellar hypoplasia (PCH) is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by an abnormally small cerebellum and brainstem and associated with severe developmental delay (Edvardson et al., 2007). For a phenotypic description and a discussion of genetic heterogeneity of PCH, see PCH1 (607596). [from OMIM]

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  • Also known as: ArgRS, DALRD2, PCH6, PRO1992, RARSL, RARS2
    Summary: arginyl-tRNA synthetase 2, mitochondrial

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Imported from Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)

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