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Nervous System Diseases > Nervous System Malformations > Malformations of Cortical Development > Malformations of Cortical Development, Group I > Microcephaly
... > Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Nervous System Malformations > Malformations of Cortical Development > Malformations of Cortical Development, Group I > Microcephaly
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Musculoskeletal Abnormalities > Craniofacial Abnormalities > Microcephaly
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Musculoskeletal Abnormalities > Craniofacial Abnormalities > Microcephaly

Preferred term

Microcephaly  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Congenital Microcephalies, Severe
  • Congenital Microcephaly, Severe
  • Microcephalies, Severe Congenital
  • Microcephaly, Severe Congenital
  • Microlissencephalies
  • Microlissencephaly
  • Severe Congenital Microcephalies
  • Severe Congenital Microcephaly

Scope note

  • A congenital abnormality in which the CEREBRUM is underdeveloped, the fontanels close prematurely, and, as a result, the head is small. (Desk Reference for Neuroscience, 2nd ed.)

In other languages

  • mikrokefalia

    Finnish

  • hydromicrocephalia
  • hydromikrokefalia
  • micrencephalia
  • microcephalia
  • nanokefalia
  • pieniaivoisuus
  • pienipäisyys
  • Mikrocefali

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008831

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