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PERENCEPHALIA [1 record]

Record 1 2012-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

The presence of one or more cavities in the brain, which may or may not communicate with the arachnoid space, most often occurring in fetal life or early infancy.

OBS

The two types are encephaloclastic porencephaly and schizencephalic porencephaly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Malformation caractérisée par des lacunes séquellaires de la substance blanche cérébrale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema nervioso
DEF

Presencia de cavidades en la corteza cerebral debidas a una detención del desarrollo de la misma o a una afectación congénita productora de atrofia.

OBS

Clínicamente se manifiesta por idiocia, atetosis y crisis epileptoides.

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