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Hemimegalencephaly

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This is a rare brain malformation characterised by the enlargement and malformation of an entire cerebral hemisphere.

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Medical text written December 2001 by Dr H Cross. Last updated September 2006 by Dr H Cross, Reader and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Neurology, Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.

 

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