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Bilateral generalized polymicrogyria

MedGen UID:
1684616
•Concept ID:
C5139324
•
Congenital Abnormality
Synonym: Polymicrogyria, diffuse
SNOMED CT: Bilateral generalized polymicrogyria (890287003)
 
HPO: HP:0032410
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0013907
Orphanet: ORPHA208447

Definition

Symmetric generalized polymicrogyria with no obvious gradient or region of maximal severity; may have abnormal high signal in white matter. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVBilateral generalized polymicrogyria

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PubMed

Genotype-phenotype analysis of human frontoparietal polymicrogyria syndromes.
Piao X, Chang BS, Bodell A, Woods K, Benzeev B, Topcu M, Guerrini R, Goldberg-Stern H, Sztriha L, Dobyns WB, Barkovich AJ, Walsh CA
Ann Neurol 2005 Nov;58(5):680-7. doi: 10.1002/ana.20616. PMID: 16240336

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Diagnosis

Genotype-phenotype analysis of human frontoparietal polymicrogyria syndromes.
Piao X, Chang BS, Bodell A, Woods K, Benzeev B, Topcu M, Guerrini R, Goldberg-Stern H, Sztriha L, Dobyns WB, Barkovich AJ, Walsh CA
Ann Neurol 2005 Nov;58(5):680-7. doi: 10.1002/ana.20616. PMID: 16240336
Bilateral generalized polymicrogyria (BGP): a distinct syndrome of cortical malformation.
Chang BS, Piao X, Giannini C, Cascino GD, Scheffer I, Woods CG, Topcu M, Tezcan K, Bodell A, Leventer RJ, Barkovich AJ, Grant PE, Walsh CA
Neurology 2004 May 25;62(10):1722-8. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000125187.52952.e9. PMID: 15159468

Prognosis

Bilateral generalized polymicrogyria (BGP): a distinct syndrome of cortical malformation.
Chang BS, Piao X, Giannini C, Cascino GD, Scheffer I, Woods CG, Topcu M, Tezcan K, Bodell A, Leventer RJ, Barkovich AJ, Grant PE, Walsh CA
Neurology 2004 May 25;62(10):1722-8. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000125187.52952.e9. PMID: 15159468

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