Holoprosencephaly: A relatively common birth defect of the brain, which often also affects facial features, causing closely spaced eyes, small head size, and sometimes clefts of the lip and roof of the mouth.
Holoprosencephaly (HPE)
Holoprosencephaly (HPE) occurs when an unborn baby's brain does not grow forward and divide properly during early pregnancy. Normally, the brain splits into two halves (called hemispheres) during development.
Holoprosencephaly
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isolated holoprosencephaly
isolated HPE
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non-syndromic, non-chromosomal holoprosencephaly
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Holoprosencephaly Failure of the brain to develop into two equal halves, so there is structural abnormality of the brain.
Holoprosencephaly: Failure of the forebrain to develop, leading to brain and facial defects. One of the most severe facial defects is cyclopia, the development of a single eye.
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This term has been used as a synonym for holoprosencephaly). However, more recently it has been used to denote a condition where there is variable absence of the olfactory bulbs, ...
Often, the front of the brain does not divide properly, resulting in a condition called holoprosencephaly. This can cause changes in the development of the baby's face, where the eyes are close set, or the nose or nostrils are underdeveloped.
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Anencephaly (Acephaly, Acrania, Iniencephaly) - Encephalocele - Microcephaly - Congenital hydrocephalus (Dandy-Walker syndrome) - other reduction deformities (Holoprosencephaly, Lissencephaly, Pachygyria, Hydranencephaly) - Septo-optic dysplasia ...
Meaning: Affected Hemisphere; After-hyperpolarization; Agnathia-holoprosencephaly; Alcoholic Hepatitis; Amenorrhea And Hirsutism; Aminohippurate
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can occur as an isolated condition or in combination with other cerebral abnormalities, including Arnold-Chiari malformation, Dandy-Walker syndrome, Andermann syndrome, schizencephaly (clefts or deep divisions in brain tissue), and holoprosencephaly ...
growth of the corpus callosum due to cysts or other abnormal structures
a cerebral dysgenesis syndrome, in which there is abnormal formation of the brain such as Dandy-Walker syndrome, Arnold-Chiari malformation, holoprosencephaly, ...
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