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Polymicrogyria
Disease definition
A heterogenous group of cerebral cortical malformations characterized by excessive cortical folding and abnormal cortical layering that, depending on its topographic distribution, presents with variable combinations of neurological symptoms of varying severity such as epilepsy, developmental delay, intellectual disability, motor dysfunction (e.g. spasticity), and pseudobulbar palsy.
ORPHA:35981
Classification level: Group of disorders- Synonym(s): -
- Prevalence: Unknown
- Inheritance: Autosomal dominant or Autosomal recessive or X-linked dominant or Not applicable
- Age of onset: Childhood
- ICD-10: -
- ICD-11: LA05.50
- OMIM: -
- UMLS: C0266464
- MeSH: -
- GARD: -
- MedDRA: -
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