Abuelo D N, Barsel-Bowers G, Tutschka B G, Ambler M, Singer D B
J Med Genet. 1981 Dec;18(6):448-50. doi: 10.1136/jmg.18.6.448.
This is the first observation of two cases of symmetrical infantile thalamic degeneration with cell mineralisation in a family. Although it cannot be established at present, autosomal recessive inheritance of a metabolic error causing or predisposing to damage to specific areas of the central nervous system is a possible aetiology for this condition.