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Head and Brain Malformations
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From the National Institutes of Health
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Cephalic Disorders Fact Sheet (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Cephalic Disorders Information Page (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Computed Tomography (CT): Head (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
- MR Imaging (MRI): Head (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
Treatment
- Treatment
- Neurosurgery - What is it?
(Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
Also available in: Spanish - Procedure to Treat Chiari Malformation
(slp 3D) - Requires media player - One hour program
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Absence of the Septum Pellucidum (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Aicardi Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Arteriovenous Malformations and Other Vascular Lesions of the Central Nervous System (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Also available in: Spanish - Cavernous Malformation (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Cerebellar Hypoplasia (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Chiari Malformation (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Coffin Lowry Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Craniosynostosis (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Dandy-Walker Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Guide to Understanding Facial Palsy (Children's Craniofacial Association) - Links to PDF
- Holoprosencephaly (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Hydranencephaly (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Joubert Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Lissencephaly (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Megalencephaly (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Microcephaly (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Moyamoya Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Neuronal Migration Disorders (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Porencephaly (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Schizencephaly (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Septo Optic Dysplasia/Optic Nerve Hypoplasia (MAGIC Foundation)
- Soto's Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- What Is an Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)? (American Society of Neuroradiology) - Links to PDF
Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Arnold-Chiari Malformation (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Craniofacial Abnormalities (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Nervous System Malformations (National Institutes of Health)
Genetics
- Genetics
- Genetics Home Reference: Apert syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Beare-Stevenson cutis gyrata syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Coffin-Lowry syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Crouzon syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Crouzonodermoskeletal syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Edwards syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Jackson-Weiss syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Muenke syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Patau syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Pfeiffer syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Thanatophoric dysplasia (National Library of Medicine)
Research
- Research
- Researchers Identify Joubert Syndrome Genes (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Brain and Nervous System Definitions (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Directories
- Directories
- Find a Board-Certified Neurosurgeon (American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons)
- Find a Neurologist (American Academy of Neurology)
- Laboratory Directory-GeneReviews (Children's Health Care System, Seattle)
Organizations
- Organizations
- Children's Craniofacial Association
- GeneTests (Children's Health Care System, Seattle)
- March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
Also available in: Spanish - National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Also available in: Spanish - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke