1. [Agenesis of the corpus callosum: Cognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms in children and adolescents--a case report].
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Wolf JF, Milkovic S, Osswald N, Rellum T, Paschzella N, Rohrschneider W, and Gehrmann J
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- Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Aggression psychology, Aicardi Syndrome psychology, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity diagnosis, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity psychology, Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders diagnosis, Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders psychology, Brain Diseases diagnosis, Brain Diseases psychology, Corpus Callosum pathology, Diagnosis, Differential, Education, Humans, Intellectual Disability psychology, Lateral Ventricles abnormalities, Learning Disabilities psychology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Personality Assessment statistics & numerical data, Psychometrics, Somatoform Disorders diagnosis, Somatoform Disorders psychology, Wechsler Scales statistics & numerical data, Aicardi Syndrome diagnosis, Intellectual Disability diagnosis, Learning Disabilities diagnosis, Neuropsychological Tests statistics & numerical data
- Abstract
Agenesis of the corpus callosum is associated with a wide range of neuropsychiatric symptoms. Cranial MRI confirms the diagnosis. We report a case of a 13-year-old boy with global developmental delay, mental retardation as well as neurological and psychiatric symptoms but without symptoms of ADHD who is unable to cope with school demands. Agenesis of the corpus callosum is a relatively rare, but possibly underestimated differential diagnosis of unclear retardations in development in children or suspicion of ADHD respectively.
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- 2011
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