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

Preferred term

Schizencephaly  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Cleft, Schizencephalic
  • Clefts, Schizencephalic
  • Cyst, Schizencephalic
  • Cysts, Schizencephalic
  • Schizencephalic Cleft
  • Schizencephalic Clefts
  • Schizencephalic Cyst
  • Schizencephalic Cysts

Scope note

  • Cortical malformations characterized by grey matter-lined cleft or cyst that extends from the EPENDYMA often to the PIA MATER outer surface. The grey matter that lines the cleft is often POLYMICROGYRIA. It is associated with developmental delay, motor disturbance and seizures.

History note

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

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D065707

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