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Nervous System Diseases > Nervous System Malformations > Malformations of Cortical Development > Malformations of Cortical Development, Group III > Polymicrogyria
... > Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Nervous System Malformations > Malformations of Cortical Development > Malformations of Cortical Development, Group III > Polymicrogyria

Preferred term

Polymicrogyria  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

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

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2015 (2008); use Malformations of Cortical Development 2008-2014

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D065706

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