Jensen syndrome is X-linked deafness syndromes associated with progressive visual deterioration, dystonia, dementia, and psychiatric abnormalities. Causative mutations were identified within the deafness-dystonia peptide (TIMM8a) gene.
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
05 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
Metabolic disorders
Inborn errors of metabolism
5C53 Inborn errors of energy metabolism
H01201 Jensen syndrome
Tranebjaerg L, Jensen PK, Van Ghelue M, Vnencak-Jones CL, Sund S, Elgjo K, Jakobsen J, Lindal S, Warburg M, Fuglsang-Frederiksen A, Skullerud K
Title
Neuronal cell death in the visual cortex is a prominent feature of the X-linked recessive mitochondrial deafness-dystonia syndrome caused by mutations in the TIMM8a gene.
