<unk>  <unk> , also called Neill-Dingwall syndrome, is a rare and fatal autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by growth failure, impaired development of the nervous system, abnormal sensitivity to sunlight (photosensitivity), eye disorders and premature aging. Failure to thrive and neurological disorders are criteria for diagnosis, while photosensitivity, hearing loss, eye abnormalities, and cavities are other very common features. Problems with any or all of the internal organs are possible. It is associated with a group of disorders called leukodystrophies, which are conditions characterized by degradation of neurological white matter. The underlying disorder is a defect in a DNA repair mechanism. Unlike other defects of DNA repair, patients with<unk>  are not predisposed to cancer or infection.<unk>  is a rare but destructive disease usually resulting in death within the first or second decade of life. The mutation of specific genes in<unk>  is known, but the widespread effects and its relationship with DNA repair is yet to be well understood. It is named after English physician Edward Alfred<unk>  (1880–1956) who first described it in 1936 and re-described in 1946. Neill-Dingwall syndrome was named after Mary M. Dingwall and Catherine A. Neill. These two scientists described the case of two brothers with<unk>  and asserted it was the same disease described by<unk> . In their article, the two contributed to the signs of the disease through their discovery of calcifications in the brain. They also compared<unk>  to what is now known as Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS), then called progeria, due to the advanced aging that characterizes both disorders.
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