Alternative titles and symbols : Bimanual synergia; Mirror movements, congenital; Mirror movements 1 and/or agenesis of the corpus callosum;
Description : Mirror movements are contralateral involuntary movements that mirror voluntary ones.
Whereas mirror movements are occasionally found in normal young children, persistence
beyond the age of 10 years is abnormal. Congenital mirror movements tend to persist
throughout adulthood and tend to occur more commonly in the upper extremities (summary
by Sharafaddinzadeh et al., 2008 and Srour et al., 2010). - Genetic Heterogeneity
of Mirror Movements See also MRMV2 (614508), caused by mutation in the RAD51 gene
(179617) on chromosome 15q15.;
Inheritance : Autosomal dominant;
Molecular basis : Caused by mutation in the deleted in colorectal carcinoma gene (DCC, 120470.0001);