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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[{{ :content:xlinkdominant.jpeg?300|Credit:U.S National Library of Medicine}}. | * Aicardi syndrome is classified as an X-linked dominant condition[{{ :content:xlinkdominant.jpeg?300|Credit:U.S National Library of Medicine}}]. |
| * mutation in gene [[https://www.genecards.org/cgi-bin/carddisp.pl?gene=TEAD1|TEAD1]] was the first genetic mutation reported to be associated with Aicardi syndrome[(:cite:>{{pubmed>long:26091538}})]. TEAD1 mutations has also been shown to be present in males[(:cite:>{{pubmed>long:26091538}})]. | * mutation in gene [[https://www.genecards.org/cgi-bin/carddisp.pl?gene=TEAD1|TEAD1]] was the first genetic mutation reported to be associated with Aicardi syndrome[(:cite:26091538>{{pubmed>long:26091538}})]. TEAD1 mutations has also been shown to be present in males[(:cite:26091538>{{pubmed>long:26091538}})]. |
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| === Neuroimaging === | === Neuroimaging === |
| === History === | === History === |
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| In 1965 French pediatric neurologist and epileptologist [[https://icnapedia.org/news/professor-jean-aicardi-1926-2015|Jean Aicardi]] described 8 children with infantile spasm-in-flexion, total or partial agenesis of the corpus callosum, and variable ocular abnormalities[(:cite:aicardi>Aicardi J, Lefebvre J, Lerique-Koechlin A. A new syndrome: spasms in flexion, callosal agenesis, ocular abnormalities. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1965;19:609-610)]. Further 7 patients were described in 1969[(:cite:4314028>{{pubmed>long:4314028}})] and the name "Aicardi syndrome" was established in 1972, by Dennis and Bower[(:cite:4624502>{{pubmed>long:4624502}})]. | In 1965 French pediatric neurologist and epileptologist [[https://icnapedia.org/news/professor-jean-aicardi-1926-2015|Jean Aicardi]] described 8 children with infantile spasm-in-flexion, total or partial agenesis of the corpus callosum, and variable ocular abnormalities[(:cite:aicardi>Aicardi J, Lefebvre J, Lerique-Koechlin A. A new syndrome: spasms in flexion, callosal agenesis, ocular abnormalities. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1965;19:609-610)]. Further 7 patients were described in 1969[(:cite:4314028>{{pubmed>long:4314028}})] and the name "Aicardi syndrome" was established in 1972, by Dennis and Bower[(:cite:pmid.4624502>{{pubmed>short:4624502}})]. |
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| ===== References ===== | ===== References ===== |
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