Table 1

Clinical features of patient 1 compared with cobblestone lissencephalies

Symptom1MEBWWSPatient 1FCMD
1The severity of the symptoms is graded from – (absent) to +++ (very pronounced).
FCMD, Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy; MEB, muscle-eye-brain disease; WWS, Walker-Warburg syndrome.
Cortical abnormalityPachygyria/polymicrogyriaAgyria thin mantleAgyria/pachygyriaPachygyria/polymicrogyria
Encephalocele+
Dilated ventricles+++++++++
White matter abnormality++++++++
Fused hemispheres++++
Absent septum++
Corpus callosumNormal/thinAbsentAbsentNormal/thin
Cerebellar hypoplasia++++++++
Cerebellar vermisHypoplasticAbsentAbsentNormal
Muscular dystrophy++++++++++++
Retinal defects++++++
Anterior chamber abnormalities+++++++++
Life expectancy10–30 years<3 years4½ months10–20 years
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