"Porencephaly" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Cortical malformations characterized by white matter-lined cleft or cyst associated with ISCHEMIA and hemorrhagic insults. Symptoms include delayed growth and development, HYPOTONIA; SEIZURES; SPASTIC HEMIPLEGIA and MACROCEPHALY; MICROCEPHALY; or HYDROCEPHALUS. Mutations in the genes encoding COLLAGEN TYPE IV are associated with familial types.
| Descriptor ID |
D065708
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.660.207.620.500 C10.500.507.500.625 C16.131.621.207.620.500 C16.131.666.507.500.625
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| Concept/Terms |
Porencephaly- Porencephaly
- Porencephalies
- Encephaloclastic Porencephaly
- Porencephaly, Encephaloclastic
Porencephaly, Familial- Porencephaly, Familial
- Porencephaly, Type 1, Autosomal Dominant
- Familial Porencephalic White Matter Disease
- Infantile Hemiplegia with Porencephaly
- Porencephaly Type 1
- Porencephaly Type 1s
- Familial Porencephaly
- Porencephaly, Type 1
- Type 1 Porencephaly
- Autosomal Dominant Porencephaly Type 1
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