RGD uses the Human Disease Ontology (DO, https://disease-ontology.org/) for disease curation across species. RGD automatically downloads each new release of the ontology on a monthly basis. Some additional terms which are required for RGD's curation purposes but are not currently covered in the official version of DO have been added. As corresponding terms are added to DO, these custom terms are retired and the DO terms substituted in existing annotations and subsequently used for curation.
Term:
Neurodevelopmental Disorder with Ataxic Gait, Absent Speech, and Decreased Cortical White Matter
A neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by severely delayed psychomotor development apparent from infancy. Brain imaging shows decreased cortical white matter. (OMIM)