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Dysplasias of Cerebral Cortex

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This section describes the lesions traditionally called agyria, pachygyria or lissencephaly. A macroscopically similar lesion, called by Dambska et al. (1983) lissencephaly type II, is described later under the title “Agyria — Polymicrogyria Patterns”.

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Friede, R.L. (1989). Dysplasias of Cerebral Cortex. In: Developmental Neuropathology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73697-1_27

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