Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-Like Disease

Abstract

A family with X-linked inheritance and Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-like disease (PMLD), PMD without the proteolipid protein (PLP) mutation, studied at the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medicial School, New Brunswick, NJ, had a new locus on Xq chromosome, more than 10 cM away from PLP.

Keywords

• pelizaeus-merzbacher-like disease
• congenital onset
• x-linked inheritance