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====== Aicardi syndrome ====== | ====== Aicardi syndrome ====== | ||
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A rare neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by the classic triad of agenesis of the corpus callosum (total or partial), central chorioretinal lacunae and infantile spasms that affects almost exclusively females & rarely in 47 XXY males. However Aicardi syndrome is now recognized as a more complex, pleiotropic disorder with an expanded spectrum of phenotypical features. | A rare neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by the classic triad of agenesis of the corpus callosum (total or partial), central chorioretinal lacunae and infantile spasms that affects almost exclusively females & rarely in 47 XXY males. However Aicardi syndrome is now recognized as a more complex, pleiotropic disorder with an expanded spectrum of phenotypical features. | ||
===== Clinical features ===== | ===== Clinical features ===== | ||
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==== Genetics ==== | ==== Genetics ==== | ||
* Nearly all reported cases of Aicardi syndrome are sporadic and in females and believed to result from new gene mutations | * Nearly all reported cases of Aicardi syndrome are sporadic and in females and believed to result from new gene mutations | ||
- | * Aicardi syndrome is classified as an X-linked dominant condition[{{ : | + | * Aicardi syndrome is classified as an X-linked dominant condition[{{ : |
- | * mutation in gene [[https:// | + | * mutation in gene [[https:// |
=== Neuroimaging === | === Neuroimaging === |