CLINICAL AND MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE HYPOPLASTIC CORPUS-CALLOSUM

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SCHAEFER, GB
BODENSTEINER, JB
THOMPSON, JN
WILSON, DA
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[1] UNIV OKLAHOMA, COLL MED, DEPT PEDIAT, DIV GENET ENDOCRINOL & METAB, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK USA
[2] UNIV OKLAHOMA, COLL MED, DEPT RADIOL, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK USA
[3] W VIRGINIA UNIV, COLL MED, DEPT NEUROL, MORGANTOWN, WV 26506 USA
[4] UNIV OKLAHOMA, DEPT ZOOL, NORMAN, OK 73019 USA
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10.1001/archneur.1991.00530210059024
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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A total of 307 children were evaluated over a 3-year period In our neurogenetics clinic. Review of their medical records demonstrated 26 patients with diagnoses of anomalies of the corpus callosum. Morphometric analysis was performed on those 23 patients qualitatively assessed as having a hypoplastic (small, but morphologically intact) corpus callosum. Morphometric data were compared with clinical correlates for each patient. From these data, we conclude that the hypoplastic corpus callosum is not a normal variant of development but rather an indicator of a more fundamental abnormality of cerebral development.
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