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Abstract
A congenital abnormality in which the occipitofrontal circumference is greater than two standard deviations above the mean for a given age. It is associated with HYDROCEPHALUS; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; ARACHNOID CYSTS; or is part of a genetic condition (e.g., ALEXANDER DISEASE; SOTOS SYNDROME).
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- Macrocephaly
- Megacephaly
- Megalocephaly
- Macrocephalies
- Megacephalies
- Megalencephalies
- Megalocephalies
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2011; use Macrocephaly 2011-2014, Megalencephaly was under Macrocephaly 2011-2014
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- Craniofacial Abnormalities (1994-2010)
- Head/abnormalities (1970-2010)
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- National Library of Medicine. Megalencephaly. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D058627. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D058627
- Megalencephaly. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalencephaly
- Megalencephaly. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10748814