title: [Aicardi-syndrome (author's transl)].
abstract: The main features of Aicardi's syndrome are infantile spasms, defects of the corpus callosum, chorioretinopathy, mental subnormality, characteristic EEG changes, vertebral anomalies, microphthalmos and colobomata. The disease affects only the female sex. 2 cases are described from our own experience.
mesh_terms: D061085:Agenesis of Corpus Callosum; D002648:Child; D002829:Choroid; D003103:Coloboma / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000002:abnormalities; D008850:Microphthalmos / Q000175:diagnosis; D009120:Muscle Cramp / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010860:Pigments, Biological; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013577:Syndrome; D014603:Uveal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D010860:Pigments, Biological
vernacular_title: Das Aicardi-Syndrom