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Megalencephaly

"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, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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).


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Megalencephaly" by people in this website by year, and whether "Megalencephaly" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 19 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2021
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