Diseases

Hemimegalencephaly

Rare MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT, GROUP I characterized by the enlargement of one side of the brain. It is associated with seizures, partial paralysis, and mental retardation.

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Rare MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT, GROUP I characterized by the enlargement of one side of the brain. It is associated with seizures, partial paralysis, and mental retardation.

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  • Unilateral Macrocephaly
  • Unilateral Megalencephaly
  • Hemimegalencephalies
  • Macrocephalies, Unilateral
  • Macrocephaly, Unilateral
  • Megalencephalies, Unilateral
  • Megalencephaly, Unilateral
  • Unilateral Macrocephalies
  • Unilateral Megalencephalies

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2015 (2008); use MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT 2008-2014

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hemimegalencephaly. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D065705. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D065705
  2. Hemimegalencephaly. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemimegalencephaly
  3. Hemimegalencephaly. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40103033