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| Lissencephaly |
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| Lissencephaly
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•This is a horizontal section of a microcephalic brain
which shows areas with no convolutions--lissencephaly
or smooth brain and areas of large gyri--pachygyria.
•Note how thick the cortex is and how thin the white
matter, characteristic of lissencephaly and pachygria.
| | (Description By:Margaret Grunnet, M.D. )
| | (Image Contrib. by:Margaret Grunnet, M.D. UCHC )
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