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AICARDI'S SYNDROME: (AGENESIS OF THE CORPUS CALLOSUM, INFANTILE SPASMS, AND OCULAR ANOMALIES)
Author(s) -
Dinani S.,
Jancar J.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1984.tb01005.x
Subject(s) - agenesis of the corpus callosum , corpus callosum , agenesis , epilepsy , corpus callosum agenesis , psychology , medicine , pediatrics , audiology , anatomy , psychiatry
A case of Aicardi's syndrome is reported. A 12-year-old mentally handicapped female has all the characteristics of the syndrome: agenesis of the Corpus callosum; female infant with mental handicap, epilepsy, characteristic eye lesions, vertebral anomalies and abnormal EEG pattern. The results of supporting examination and investigations are noted.