CONGENITAL BILATERAL PERISYLVIAN SYNDROME - FIRST REPORT IN A JAPANESE PATIENT

Authors
HATTORI H HIGUCHI Y MAIHARA T JUNG EY FURUSHO K ASATO R
Citation
H. Hattori et al., CONGENITAL BILATERAL PERISYLVIAN SYNDROME - FIRST REPORT IN A JAPANESE PATIENT, JPN J HUM G, 41(1), 1996, pp. 189-192
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Japanese journal of human genetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09168478
Volume
41
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
189 - 192
Database
ISI
SICI code
0916-8478(1996)41:1<189:CBPS-F>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A Japanese boy with congenital bilateral perisylvian syndrome is descr ibed. He had oropharyngoglossal dysfunction and severe dysarthria. Mag netic resonance imaging of the brain disclosed bilateral perisylvian m alformations suggesting polymicrogyria. The patient also showed mental retardation, epilepsy, and poor motor skills.