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lissencephaly; agyria

Pathology: - a smooth brain surface due to the absence (agyria) or reduction (pachygyria) of surface convolutions Clinical manifestations: - often associated with psychomotor retardation & seizures see NINDS Lissencephaly Information Page

Related

double cortex/X-linked lissencephaly syndrome; X-linked subcortical laminar heterotopia/lissencephaly syndrome; subcortical band heterotopia X-linked Miller-Dieker lissencephaly syndrome subcortical band heterotopia Walker-Warburg syndrome; hydrocephalus, agyria & retinal dysplasia; Hard syndrome; Chemke syndrome; Pagon syndrome; cerebroocular dysplasia-muscular dystrophy syndrome

Specific

lissencephaly type 1 (classic lissencephaly) lissencephaly type 2 (Norman-Roberts type lissencephaly, lissencephaly with cerebellar hypoplasia) lissencephaly type 3 lissencephaly X-linked type 1 (LISX1)

General

cerebral cortical dysplasia

References

  1. NINDS Lissencephaly Information Page https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Lissencephaly-Information-Page