Megalencephaly is a rare condition in which a baby or a child develops an abnormally large brain. While a normal adult brain weighs between 1, 300 and 1, 400 grams, a megalencephalic brain weighs ...

Symptoms of megalencephaly include delayed development, seizures, and corticospinal (brain cortex and spinal cord) dysfunction. Megalencephaly affects males more often than females. Unilateral ...

Megalencephaly syndromes are disorders associated with markedly enlarged brain size, and are characterized clinically by developmental delay and variable neurological manifestations. 1 In some ...

Cicero Moraes, lead author of the upcoming study, said Minirdis had megalencephaly – a disorder characterised by an abnormally large brain. He said: “Something bothered me about the structure ...

When her mother Angie was about six months pregnant, they found out that the baby was going to be born with a condition called megalencephaly. At birth, the condition was diagnosed ...

A team of researchers demonstrate how mutations in the STRAD-alpha gene can cause a disease called PMSE (polyhydramnios, megalencephaly, and symptomatic epilepsy) syndrome, found in a handful of ...

Katie Renfroe, four, was diagnosed with megalencephaly before she was born, causing some of her facial features to be abnormally large. She also had part of her brain removed as an infant to ...

Katie Renfroe was diagnosed with megalencephaly at birth, a growth development disorder characterised by the overgrowth of the brain. But doctors say this diagnosis doesn't explain the other ...

Polyhydramnios, megalencephaly, and symptomatic epilepsy syndrome (PMSE) is a rare genetic disorder that was identified in an Old Order Mennonite pediatric population. It is characterized by ...