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lissencephaly
lissencephaly Lissencephaly is a malformation of the cerebral cortex in which the brain surface is unusually smooth because developing neurons do not reach their normal locations during brain formation.
Lissencephaly is a malformation of the cerebral cortex in which the brain surface is unusually smooth because developing neurons do not reach their normal locations during brain formation. It involves absent or reduced brain folds, a thicker cortex with fewer layers than usual, and reduced cerebral white matter.