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==Developmental stuff== | ==Developmental stuff== | ||
===Chiari malformations=== | |||
Numbered from least severe to most severe: | |||
**Chiari type II. | *Chiari type I - tonsils herniated<ref>URL: [http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/GARD/Disease.aspx?diseaseID=9230 http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/GARD/Disease.aspx?diseaseID=9230]. Accessed on: 6 May 2011.</ref> (radiologic definition: 4-6 mm below the plane of the foramen magnum). | ||
**Associated with: sudden death, sleep apnea, cerebellar ataxia. | |||
*Dandy-Walker syndrome | *Chiari type II - often assoc. with hydrocephaly at birth. | ||
*Chiari type III - cerebellum + brain stem herniate through foramen magnum +/- encephalocele.<ref>URL: [http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/chiari/detail_chiari.htm http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/chiari/detail_chiari.htm]. Accessed on: 6 May 2011.</ref> | |||
*Chiari type IV - cerebellar hypoplasia or no cerebellum. | |||
===Dandy-Walker syndrome=== | |||
Features:<ref>URL: [http://moon.ouhsc.edu/kfung/jty1/neurotest/Q12-Ans.htm http://moon.ouhsc.edu/kfung/jty1/neurotest/Q12-Ans.htm]. Accessed on: 26 October 2010.</ref> | |||
*Complete or partial agenesis of the vermis. | |||
*Cystic dilatation of the fourth ventricle. | |||
*Large posterior fossa. | |||
==Growth parameters== | ==Growth parameters== | ||