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Band-like intracranial calcification with simplified gyration and polymicrogyria: a distinct "pseudo-TORCH" phenotype.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 15 Dec 2008
Briggs T A, Wolf N I, D'Arrigo S, Ebinger F, Harting I, Dobyns W B, Livingston J H, Rice G I, Crooks D, Rowland-Hill C A, Squier W, Stoodley N, Pilz D T, Crow Y J
Abstract excerpt
The combination of intracranial calcification and polymicrogyria is usually seen in the context of intrauterine infection, most frequently due to cytomegalovirus. Rare familial occurrences have been reported. We describe five patients-two male-female sibling pairs, one pair born to consanguineous parents, and an unrelated female-with a distinct pattern of band-like intracranial calcification associated with...
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