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In 2010 O'Driscoll et al reported mutations in <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OCLN<\/jats:styled-content><\/jats:italic> to cause band\u2010like calcification with simplified gyration and polymicrogyria (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BLC\u2010PMG<\/jats:styled-content>). <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BLC\u2010PMG<\/jats:styled-content> is a rare autosomal recessive syndrome, characterized by early onset seizures, progressive microcephaly, severe developmental delay and deep cortical gray matter and basal ganglia calcification with symmetrical, predominantly fronto\u2010parietal, polymicrogyria. Here we report 4 additional cases of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BLC\u2010PMG<\/jats:styled-content> with novel <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OCLN<\/jats:styled-content><\/jats:italic> mutations, and provide a summary of the published mutational spectrum. 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