ORPHA:363969
Autosomal recessive cerebral atrophy
Query health: suspect — Only one of 2 strategies returned hits (phrase).
Publications
13
17.7th percentile
Trials
0
Interventional, condition-specific
Researchers
82
Distinct authors in sample
Gene link
—
Readiness
1/6
Stages with a signal
Clinical definition (Orphanet)
A rare, genetic, neurodegenerative disorder characterized by ventriculomegaly and , symmetrical atrophy of the cerebral cortex grey and white matter (sparing the midbrain, brainstem, cerebellum and infratentorial segments), manifesting in early infancy with acquired microcephaly, irritability, regression of developmental milestones, feeding difficulties, akathisia, exaggerated startle response, spasticity (fisted hands, stiff arms, leg scissoring), abnormal muscle tone with hypotonic trunk and hypertonic extremities, visual impairment and .
How rare: <1 / 1 000 000 — fewer than one in a million. In a city the size of Kolkata, that might mean on the order of fifteen people.
Cross-references
Joined from Mondo / Orphanet. MeSH labels may enter searches; UMLS / OMIM / NCIT are stored for reference.
- MONDO:0018218
- UMLS:C4755252
Research stages
Trial readiness signals
Where this condition sits on an open-data research pipeline — not how close a treatment is, and not medical advice. Empty stages often mean “not in these databases under this Mondo ID,” not “impossible.”
1/6 stages with a signal
Research-stage checklist from open sources (GenCC, literature, Monarch when enriched, ClinicalTrials.gov). Not a prognosis or care recommendation.
- Gene identifiedNot found
No GenCC disease–gene assertion in this build
- LiteraturePresent
13 matched papers (4 in last 10 years) Source
- Phenotype characterisedNot checked
Not yet enriched from Monarch / HPO
- Animal modelNot checked
Not yet enriched from Monarch / Alliance
- Orphan designationNot checked
FDA/EMA orphan-drug designation not enriched yet
- Interventional trialNot found
No matched interventional trial under our ClinicalTrials.gov rules
Biology
Genes and phenotypes
Gene–disease validity from GenCC, plus phenotypes and animal models joined from Monarch Initiative via Mondo ID — not a clinical diagnosis aid.
Do we know what causes it?
Not yet — the cause hasn't been pinned down in GenCC.
No strong gene–disease assertion joined for this Orphanet entity.
Phenotypes (Monarch / HPO)
Not enriched in this build — Monarch phenotype joins were not run for this record.
Animal models (Monarch / Alliance)
Not enriched in this build.
Literature
Is anyone studying this?
13
13 papers have ever been indexed under this name. For scale, breast cancer has over 700,000. Median papers in the last 10 years for a rare disease in this dataset (publications denominator n=5449) is 41.
13 papers since the earliest indexed year in this search — median last-10-year count for a rare disease in this dataset is 41 (publications denominator n=5449).
4 in the last 10 years · high confidence · 17.7th percentile (publications denominator)
Phrase hits: 13 · MeSH hits: 0
Who's working on it?
82
Distinct author names in 13 sampled papers — named people below.
Who's working on it?
No interventional trial matched this name; these authors publish on it in the sampled literature — a practical starting point for contact.
- 01Mizusawa H3 papers · 2006
Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Department of Neurology and Neurological Science.
Papers in Europe PMC - 02Ishikawa K2 papers · 2001
Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
Papers in Europe PMC - 03Johnson GB2 papers · 2014Papers in Europe PMC
- 04Aguirre GD1 paper · 2020
Department of Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Papers in Europe PMC - 05Andreasen D1 paper · 2015
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Papers in Europe PMC - 06Ansermet C1 paper · 2015
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Papers in Europe PMC - 07Bapst J1 paper · 2015
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Papers in Europe PMC - 08Becerril C1 paper · 2018
Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Ismael Cosío Villegas, Ciudad de México, México.
Papers in Europe PMC - 09Becker D1 paper · 2020
Department of Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Papers in Europe PMC - 10Boursnell M1 paper · 2020
Kennel Club Genetics Centre, Animal Health Trust, Lanwades Park, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7UU, UK.
Papers in Europe PMC
Clinical research
Is a treatment being tested?
0
interventional trials for this specific condition
No interventional trial testing a treatment matched this specific condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov (observational studies and pan-disease registries are listed separately when present).
Data as of 27 July 2026
No matched interventional trials. This is true for 73% of diseases in the trials denominator (5114 of 7003). Here are the researchers publishing on it.
high confidence · 36.5th percentile (trials denominator)
Recruiting interventional trials
From the matched ClinicalTrials.gov set
No interventional trial testing a treatment was found for this specific condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov.
See who's working on it — people publishing on this disease are often the practical next contact when no trial is listed.
Where to find support
We do not yet link condition-specific patient organisations. These umbrella groups support undiagnosed and ultra-rare families:
India — NPRD
Last verified 2026-07-26This ORPHAcode is not on our curated NPRD list (direct or Mondo-parent match). That does not decide clinical eligibility; families in India should ask a notified Centre of Excellence about current coverage.
Hand-curated for this project. ORPHAcode mappings are best-effort and may be incomplete or imprecise for umbrella categories. Parent (Mondo) matches mean the policy lists a broader category — confirm eligibility with a Centre of Excellence. Financial entitlements summarised from public policy statements and may change. This is not official government guidance.
How we counted this
Europe PMC query (preferred label + any corrected label + Orphanet and Mondo exact synonyms, stoplisted; unioned with resolved MeSH labels when available). UMLS / OMIM / NCIT cross-references are stored on the overview but are not added to the query string.
"Autosomal recessive cerebral atrophy"
ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):
"Autosomal recessive cerebral atrophy" OR "autosomal genetic disease"
Recall-expansion terms: autosomal genetic disease
Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 0 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.
Query health: suspect — strategies attempted: phrase, recall-expansion; with hits: phrase
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Confidence reasoning
- Preferred label is multi-word and distinctive
- No synonyms dropped by stoplist
- No label/synonym collisions with other diseases in this corpus
Ingested 2026-07-27T14:44:29.700Z