Abnormal features Number of cases %
Severe truncal muscle hypotonia # 13 100
Cherry red spot § 0 0
Cataract 0 0
Retinal pigmentation 0 0
Convulsions 6 46
Excessive ticklish crying/irritability 11 85
Absent of head movement control 13 100
Head lag 13 100
Recurrent respiratory infections 11 85
Abnormal BERA test compatible with disease in the brainstem level 13 100
Skull deformity or flattening 1 0.9
Nystagmus/Strabismus 13 100
skin abnormality* 0 0
cardiac or skeletal abnormality 0 0
markedly increased urinary secretion of ethyl-malonic acid 5 38
Deceased between 1-4 years‡ 5 38
Table 1: The frequency of the various symptoms and signs in 13 cases of leukodystrophy. # Muscles of the central part of the body, not the limbs. * Neurofibromas, eruptions etc. ‡ life range of severe types of LD could be larger than 4 years. § Diagnostic sign for Tay-Sachs and Neiman-Pick diseases.