Clinical, neuroimaging and cytogenetic findings in 20 patients with corpus callosum dysgenesis

Twenty children with corpus callosum agenesis or hypoplasia were evaluated under a standardized investigation protocol. Psychomotor retardation, seizures, and craniofacial anomalies were the most prominent findings. There were three cases of chromosomal anomalies, all of them representing trisomy of...

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Published in:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria 2002-06, Vol.60 (2-B), p.382-385
Main Authors: dos Santos, Anna Cláudia Evangelista, Midleton, Sônia Regina, Fonseca, Regina Lugarinho, dos Santos, Suely Rodrigues, Llerena, Jr, Juan Clinton, Vargas, Fernando Regla
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agenesis of Corpus Callosum
Brain Diseases - diagnosis
Brain Diseases - genetics
Brain Diseases - physiopathology
Child
Child, Preschool
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8
Cytogenetic Analysis - methods
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
NEUROSCIENCES
PSYCHIATRY
Trisomy - diagnosis
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Summary:Twenty children with corpus callosum agenesis or hypoplasia were evaluated under a standardized investigation protocol. Psychomotor retardation, seizures, and craniofacial anomalies were the most prominent findings. There were three cases of chromosomal anomalies, all of them representing trisomy of chromosome 8.
ISSN:0004-282X
1678-4227
0004-282X
DOI:10.1590/S0004-282X2002000300008