Although there are many case reports or small series reports on hemimegalencephaly, reviews of many patients with hemimegalencephaly have rarely been published. To investigate the clinical ...

Hemimegalencephaly is a rare brain condition that creates a dramatic problem: half of the brain swells to an abnormal size. And the treatment is even more dramatic: removing the entire swollen half of ...

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Scientists say de novo somatic mutations in a trio of genes that help regulate cell size and proliferation are likely culprits for causing hemimegalencephaly, though perhaps not the only ones.

The questionnaires were distributed to 1200 hospitals, and answers were obtained from 328 hospitals (27.3%). There were 38 patients with hemimegalencephaly from 32 hospitals. Information on these ...

Hemimegalencephaly is a rare but dramatic condition in which the brain grows asymmetrically, with one hemisphere becoming massively enlarged. Though frequently diagnosed in children with severe ...