Diseases

Polymicrogyria

Heterogeneous disorders of cortical malformation characterized by excessive and small fused gyri and shallow sulci of the CORTEX with abnormal cortical lamination. It is considered a malformation secondary to abnormal post-migrational development of the neurons during cerebral cortical development and is associated with EPILEPSY and learning difficulties.

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Heterogeneous disorders of cortical malformation characterized by excessive and small fused gyri and shallow sulci of the CORTEX with abnormal cortical lamination. It is considered a malformation secondary to abnormal post-migrational development of the neurons during cerebral cortical development and is associated with EPILEPSY and learning difficulties.

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  • Cerebral Micropolygyria
  • Cerebral Polymicrogyria
  • Micropolygyria
  • Cerebral Micropolygyrias
  • Cerebral Polymicrogyrias
  • Micropolygyria, Cerebral
  • Micropolygyrias
  • Micropolygyrias, Cerebral
  • Polymicrogyria, Cerebral
  • Polymicrogyrias
  • Polymicrogyrias, Cerebral

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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. Polymicrogyria. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D065706. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D065706
  2. Polymicrogyria. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymicrogyria
  3. Polymicrogyria. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2991265