Table 1

 Familial polymicrogyria

ReferenceSyndromeFamConsAffMFIncludesInheritance (most likely)LocusGene
AD, autosomal dominant; Aff, number affected; AR, autosomal recessive; BFPP, bilateral frontoparietal polymicrogyria; BGP, bilateral generalized polymicrogyria; BPP, bilateral perisylvian polymicrogyria; Cons, number of consanguineous families; D, dominant; DM, dermatomyositis; DP, decreased penetrance; F, female; Fam, number of families; M, male; PCI, paracrystalline inclusions; PMG, polymicrogyria; PsD, pseudodominance; R, recessive; UFPP, unilateral frontoparietal polymicrogyria; UPP, unilateral perisylvian polymicrogyria.
A Bilateral frontoparietal PMG (BFPP)
Harbord et al68Neuronal migration abnormality122AR
Dobyns et al35Cobblestone lissencephaly22321AR
Straussberg et al3Pachygyria11312AR
Farah et al69LIS + cerebellar hypoplasia11312AR
Piao et al27BFPP22523Ref 5AR16q12.2–21
Chang et al28BFPP10819811All previousAR16q12.2–21
Piao et al13BFPP12922??All previousAR16q12.2–21GPR56
B Bilateral perisylvian PMG (BPP)
Graff-Radford et al57BPP122Monozygotic twins
Robinson et al4Familial schizencephaly1211AR or X linked (sibs)
Kuzniecky et al29 (1)BPP122Ref 57Monozygotic twins
Kuzniecky et al29 (2)BPP1321X linked
Gropman et al45BPP12??AR or X linked (sibs)
Yoshimura et al58BPP1431X linked
van Bogaert et al59BPP (1), UPP (1)1211AR or X linked (sibs)
Bartolomei et al60BPP (1), UPP (1)1202AR or X linked (sibs)
Borgatti et al40BPP1615X linked
Barkovich et al30BPP1?3??D or R?
Guerreiro et al41BPP618711Ref 29 and 40X linked
4862Ref 59 and 60AR or X linked (sibs)
111AD with DP
1413AR with PsD
Villard et al61BPP513121X linkedXq28
Brandao-Almeida et al62BPP317143AD
21183AD or X linked
1122AR with PsD
C Bilateral generalised PMG (BGP)
Chang et al32BGP31844Ref 64AR
121?AR
1111AR
D Bilateral frontal PMG (BFP)
Guerrini et al25BFP2222AR
E Unilateral frontoparietal PMG (UFPP)
Caraballo et al63UFPP1211X linked or AD
F Mixed PMG syndromes (BGP + BFPP)
Hung and Wang52BGP and BFPP1321AR or X linked (sibs)
G Familial PMG associated with congenital malformations
De Bleecker et al64Polymicrogyria + DM with PCI122AR or X linked (sibs)
Amor et al65BGP + scalp and limb defects11211AR
Ciardo et al66BGP + limb defects1211AR or X linked (sibs)