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Mental retardation and microcephaly with pontine and cerebellar hypoplasia (MICPCH) also known as Mental retardation X-linked syndromic Najm type (MRXSNA) is a rare genetic disorder of infants characterised by intellectual disability and pontocerebellar hypoplasia.The disorder is associated with a mutation in the CASK gene which is transmitted in an X-linked manner. As with the vast majority of genetic disorders there is no known cure to MICPCH.