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. 2015 Jul 10;5:317. doi: 10.7916/D84Q7T4W

Table 4. Summary of clinical and radiological features of PLAN phenotypes[22].

INAD Atypical NAD PLAN-DP
Age of onset 6 months to 3 years Early childhood; can be as late as end of second decade 4–36 years
Brain MRI Cerebellar atrophy, cerebellar gliosis, posterior corpus callosum abnormalities (thinning, vertical orientation, elongation), apparent claval hypertrophy, iron deposition in basal ganglia (increases with age) Iron deposition with or without cerebellar atrophy Normal imaging, cerebral and/or cerebellar atrophy, iron deposition in basal ganglia (33%), corpus callosum changes similar to INAD (some cases)
Disease presentation Gait disturbance and loss of ambulation, truncal hypotonia with hyper-reflexia and hypertonicity, neuroregression with loss of acquired motor skills Gait impairment or ataxia; social communication difficulties, such as speech difficulties and autistic trait Gait impairment, dystonia, Parkinsonism, tremor at rest, speech difficulties, and neuropsychiatric disorders
Disease progression Spastic tetraparesis, with symmetrical pyramidal tract signs and areflexia Dystonia and dysarthria, neuropsychiatric features, such as hyperactivity, impulsivity, emotional lability, and poor attention Severe dystonia and/or Parkinsonism, spasticity, myoclonus, autonomic dysfunction, seizure, neuropsychiatric features, and cognitive decline
Ocular abnormalities Strabismus, nystagmus, optic nerve atrophy Strabismus, nystagmus, optic nerve atrophy Supranuclear gaze palsy, slow saccades, fragmented saccades, nystagmus, lid opening apraxia

INAD, Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy; MRI, Magnetic Resonance Imaging; PLAN-DP, PLA2G6-associated Neurodegeneration Dystonia–Parkinsonism.