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A case of Baraitser-Winter syndrome with unusual brain MRI findings: pachygyria, subcortical-band heterotopia, and periventricular heterotopia.
Brain & development - 1 Jun 2010
Shiihara Takashi, Maruyama Ken-ichi, Yamada Yoshiyuki, Nishimura Akira, Matsumoto Naomichi, Kato Mitsuhiro, Sakazume Satoru
Abstract excerpt
Baraitser-Winter syndrome (BaWS) is characterized by iris coloboma, ptosis, hypertelorism, and mental retardation; it is a rare multiple congenital anomaly or a mental-retardation syndrome of unknown etiology. Patients suffering from this syndrome have been also found to show brain anomalies such as pachygyria, subcortical-band heterotopia (SBH), and hippocampal malformations; therefore, these anomalies have been...
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