Schizencephaly WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Schizencephaly
Schizencephaly is a rare developmental disorder characterized by abnormal slits, or clefts, in the cerebral hemispheres. Schizencephaly can be distinguished from porencephaly by the fact that in schizencephaly the cyst is lined by heterotopic grey matter while a porencephalic cyst is lined by white matter. Individuals with clefts in both hemispheres, or bilateral clefts, are often developmentally delayed and have delayed speech and language skills and corticospinal dysfunction. …read more from Wikipedia
Fast Facts:
- Treatment consists of physical therapy and seizure medications.1
- Prognosis depends on the size of the clefts and the severity of neurological symptoms.2
- The condition has no sex or racial predilection.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: Schizencephaly Information Page
- ↑ Wikipedia: Schizencephaly
- ↑ eMedicine: Schizencephaly
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- Contributor: Mia Tagala
- Reviewer: Elisa Carter
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Mia Tagala
- Reviewer: Elisa Carter
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Schizoencephaly, Schitzencephaly, Schiz Encephaly
- Last update: Jul. 7, 2008
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
