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Nervous System Defects

(Jump to: General information | Brain Development Disorders | Cerebral Palsy | Chiari Malformation | Hydrocephalus | Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy | Neural Tube Defects )

	General Information
	Congenital Brain Defects:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
	Brain and Spinal Cord Defects:Merck Manual, Home Edition
	Neuronal Migration Disorders:NINDS

	Brain Development Disorders
	Absence of the Septum Pellucidum
	Absence of the Septum Pellucidum:NINDS
	See also Septo-Optic Dysplasia
	Cephalic Disorders
	Cephalic Disorders Overview
	Cephalic Disorders Fact Sheet:NINDS
	Anencephaly
	Anencephaly:NINDS
	Anencephaly:Children's Hospital Boston
	Management of a Pregnancy With an Anencephalic Baby:Anencephaly Support Foundation
	Colpocephaly
	Colpocephaly:NINDS
	Holoprosencephaly
	Holoprosencephaly:NINDS
	The Carter Centers for Brain Research in Holoprosencephaly and Related Malformations
	Information About Holoprosencephaly:Carter Centers
	Holoprosencephaly FAQs:Carter Centers
	Living with Hope: Understanding Holoprosencephaly:Carter Centers [Video Clips]
	Holoprosencephaly Overview:GeneReviews
	Hydraencephaly
	Hydraencephaly:NINDS
	Lissencephaly
	Lissencephaly:NINDS
	About Lissencephaly:Lissencephaly Contact Group
	About Lissencephaly:The Lissencephaly Network
	Miller-Dieker Syndrome:Madisons Foundation
	DCX-Related Disorders:GeneReviews
	Megalencephaly
	Megalencephaly (Macrencephaly):NINDS
	Microcephaly
	Microcephaly:NINDS
	Microcephaly:Children's Hospital Boston
	Primary Microcephaly:Swedish Information Center for Rare Diseases
	Amish Lethal Microcephaly:Genetics Home Reference, NLM
	Amish Lethal Microcephaly:GeneReviews
	Porencephaly
	Porencephaly:NINDS
	Schizencephaly
	Schizencephaly:NINDS
	Schizencephaly:Madisons Foundation
	Schizencephaly:Polymicrogyria Research Collaboration
	Corpus Callosum Abnormalities
	General Information
	What is the Corpus Callosum?:National Organization of Disorders of the Corpus Callosum (NODCC)
	Disorders of the Corpus Callosum:NODCC [PDF]
	Characteristics of a Corpus Callosum Disorder:NODCC
	Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum:NINDS
	What is Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum?:University of Maine ACC Network
	Aicardi Syndrome
	Aicardi Syndrome:NINDS
	Aicardi Syndrome:Aicardi Syndrome Foundation
	Aicardi Syndrome:Gene Reviews
	Andermann Syndrome
	Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy with Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum:GeneReviews
	Joubert Syndrome
	Joubert Syndrome:NINDS
	Information Center:Joubert Syndrome Foundation
	Joubert Syndrome:GeneReviews
	Periventricular Heterotopia
	Periventricular Heterotopia:Polymicrogyria Research Collaboration
	Periventricular Heterotopia:Genetics Home Reference, NLM
	X-Linked Periventricular Heterotopia:GeneReviews
	Polymicrogyria
	About Polymicrogyria:Lissencephaly Contact Group
	Polymicrogyria:Polymicrogyria Research Collaboration
	Polymicrogyria Overview:GeneReviews

	Cerebral Palsy
	See Nervous System and Brain, Brain Injury & Brain Damage

	Chiari Malformation
	See Nervous System and Brain, CNS Malformations

	Hydrocephalus
	Hydrocephalus:Children's Hospital Boston
	Prenatal Hydrocephalus:Hydrocephalus Association [PDF]
	About Hydrocephalus: A Book for Families:Hydrocephalus Association [PDF]
	Hydrocephalus : A Guide for Patients, Families, and Friends:netLibrary
	Dandy-Walker Syndrome:NINDS
	L1 Syndrome, see Multiple Congential Anomalies
	See also Nervous System and Brain, Brain Diseases

	Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy
	Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy:NINDS
	Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy:UCL Institute of Child Health, UK
	Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy:Genetics Home Reference, NLM

	Neural Tube Defects
	Neural Tube Defects (General Information)
	Neural Tube Defects:Merck Manual, Home Edition
	Folic Acid:Spina Bifida Association of America
	Neural Tube Defects:MedlinePlus
	Anencephaly
	See Brain Development Disorders
	Encephalocele
	Encephaloceles:NINDS
	Encephalocele:Seattle Children's Hospital
	Iniencephaly
	Iniencephaly:NINDS
	Spina Bifida
	General Information
	Spina Bifida Fact Sheet:NINDS
	Spina Bifida:March of Dimes
	Myelomeningocele:Seattle Children's Hospital
	About Spina Bifida:Management of Myelomeningocele Study, NICHD
	FAQ About Spina Bifida:Spina Bifida Association
	Fact Sheets:Spina Bifida Association
	Spina Bifida:MedlinePlus
	Living with Spina Bifida
	Living With Spina Bifida:Spina Bifida Association
	Spina Bifida:National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
	Living With Spina Bifida : A Guide for Families and Professionals:netLibrary
	Tethered Spinal Cord
	Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome:NINDS
	Tethered Spinal Cord:American Association of Neurological Surgeons

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