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Dandy-Walker syndrome

How is it treated?

With treatment, prognosis is generally good with a seventy-five to one hundred per cent chance of survival, but only fifty per cent of cases will develop a normal IQ. Balance, co-ordination and mobility problems are common, reflecting problems with the cerebellum and brain stem. Up to fifteen per cent of cases will have seizures.

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Medical text written November 2002 by Mr Neil Buxton. Last updated June 2007 by Mr Neil Buxton, Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK.

 

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