Microcephaly with simplified gyral pattern in six related children.

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We describe clinical and neurophysiological findings in six related children with congenital microcephaly, seizures that began within the first 2-4 months of life, and severe mental retardation (MR). These affected children (five girls and one boy), born to two women who are half-sisters, inherited the disease as an autosomal recessive trait. Physical examination of these children did not show any of the...

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