"Megalencephaly" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A congenital abnormality in which the occipitofrontal circumference is greater than two standard deviations above the mean for a given age. It is associated with HYDROCEPHALUS; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; ARACHNOID CYSTS; or is part of a genetic condition (e.g., ALEXANDER DISEASE; SOTOS SYNDROME).
| Descriptor ID |
D058627
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.660.207.536 C10.500.507.400.249 C16.131.621.207.532 C16.131.666.507.400.249
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| Concept/Terms |
Megalencephaly- Megalencephaly
- Megalencephalies
- Megalocephaly
- Megalocephalies
- Macrocephaly
- Macrocephalies
- Megacephaly
- Megacephalies
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Megalencephaly" by people in Profiles.
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New Insights into Kleefstra Syndrome: Report of Two Novel Cases with Previously Unreported Features and Literature Review. Cytogenet Genome Res. 2018; 156(3):127-133.
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Clinical pitfalls in the diagnosis of segmental overgrowth syndromes: a child with the c.2740G > A mutation in PIK3CA gene. Ital J Pediatr. 2018 Sep 19; 44(1):110.
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A clinical review on megalencephaly: A large brain as a possible sign of cerebral impairment. Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 Jun; 96(26):e6814.