Research Article

First Record Mutations in the Genes ASPA and ARSA Causing Leukodystrophy in Jordan

Table 1

List of the LD diseases and the associated inheritance patterns.

LD Inheritance

Pol-III related disorders (4H syndrome (hypomyelination, hypodontia and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism))AR
18q minus syndromeAD
X linked AdrenoleukodystrophyXLD
Adult onset leukodystrophy with neuroaxonal spheroids and pigmented glia (including hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with spheroids, HDLS, and pigmentary type of orthochromatic leukodystrophy with pigmented glia, POLD)AD
Aicardi–Goutières SyndromeAD
Alexander diseaseAD
Autosomal Dominant Leukodystrophy with Autonomic diseaseAD
Canavan diseaseAR
Cerebrotendinous XanthomatosisAR
Chloride Ion Channel 2 (ClC-2) related leukoencephalopathy with intramyelinic oedemaAR
eIF2B related disorder (Vanishing White Matter Disease or Childhood ataxia with central nervous system hypomyelination (CACH))AR
FucosidosisAR
Globoid cell Leukodystrophy (Krabbe)AR
Hypomyelination with atrophy of the basal ganglia and cerebellum (H-ABC)AD
Hypomyelination with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and leg spasticity (HBSL)AR
Hypomyelination with congenital cataract (HCC)AR
Leukoencephalopathy with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and lactate elevation (LBSL)AR
Leukoencephalopathy with thalamus and brainstem involvement and high lactate (LTBL)AR
Megalencephalic Leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts (MLC)AR
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) and its biochemical variantsAR
Oculodentodigital dysplasiaAD
Pelizaeus Merzbacher disease (PMD)XLR
Pelizaeus Merzbacher like-disease (PMLD)AR
Peroxisomal Biogenesis disorders (including Zellweger, neonatal Adrenoleukodystrophy and Infantile Refsum)AR
Polyglucosan Body Disease (PGBD)AR
RNAse T2 deficient leukoencephalopathyAR
Sialic acid storage disorders (Salla disease, Infantile Sialic Acid Storage Disease and Intermediate form)AR
Single enzyme deficiencies of peroxisomal fatty acid beta oxidation (including only D-Bifunctional Protein Deficiency; Sterol Carrier Protein X (SCPx) deficiency; Peroxisomal acyl-CoA-Oxidase Deficiency)AR
Sjögren–Larsson syndromeAR
SOX10-associated PCWH: peripheral demyelinating neuropathy, central dysmyelinating leukodystrophy, Waardenburg syndrome, and Hirschsprung diseaseAD

diseases as indicated in [3].
pattern as stated in OMIM database (www.omim.org); AR: autosomal recessive; AD: autosomal dominant; XLD: X-linked dominant; XLR: X-linked recessive.