Partial and whole uniparental disomy of chromosome 1 has been reported in autism, fumarase deficiency, Stargardt disease, Pelizaeus- Merzbacher-like disease, leptin receptor deficiency, rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata type 2 and CD45-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency (14–20). Here, LEPR is linked to Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-like disease.