Mondo Description Any leukodystrophy in which the cause of the disease is a mutation in the GJC2 gene.

Uniprot Description An autosomal recessive hypomyelinating leukodystrophy with symptoms of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease. Clinically characterized by nystagmus, impaired motor development, ataxia, choreoathetotic movements, dysarthria, and progressive spasticity.

Disease Ontology Description A hypomyelinating leukodystrophy characterized by autosomal recessive inheritance of nystagmus, impaired motor development, ataxia, choreoathetotic movements, dysarthria, and progressive spasticity that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the GJC2 gene on chromosome 1q42.