Some people with lissencephaly can walk but may need assistance with walking or assistive walking equipment.
Some people with lissencephaly may not be able to walk at all and require the use of a wheelchair.
Lissencephaly is a brain malformation that often causes developmental delays, including motor skills such as walking due to issues with neuronal migration and muscle tone.
A persons ability to walk with lissencephaly will vary significantly depending on the severity of the condition and also the persons individual cases, and some people with milder forms of lissencephaly can sometimes achieve some degree of mobility while others remain severely impaired.
Lissencephaly is a severe neurological condition in which your brain does not develop properly and so it leads to significant developmental delays and disabilities.
Some people have milder forms of lissencephaly and others have more severe forms.
People with lissencephaly are not usually able to talk or speak or communicate verbally.
Although some people with lissencephaly can also learn to communicate in other ways such as with assistive technology or sign language.
Lissencephaly cannot be cured although treatments are available to help manage symptoms and improve the quality of life for people with lissencephaly.
A prenatal ultrasound is commonly used for detecting and diagnosing of lissencephaly which is a brain malformation that is characterized by a smooth brain surface.
An MRI can also provide more detailed images of the brain and also help in the diagnoses of lissencephaly.
A high resolution ultrasound can visualize the brain's surface and also detect the absence or reduction of gyri and sulci, which are both characteristic of lissencephaly.
The facial features of lissencephaly are a prominent forehead, upturned nose, sunken midface and thick upper lip.
Some people that have lissencephaly may also have low set or even abnormally shaped ears, a small head or even a small jaw.
A tall and prominent forehead is a common feature of lissencephaly along with sometimes vertical furrowing.
The virus that causes lissencephaly is the CMV virus also known as the Cytomegalovirus.
Genetic mutations are a common cause of Lissencephaly although Cytomegalovirus and other intrauterine viral infections can disrupt the normal nuronal migration during the fetal brain develop and cause lissencephaly.
Lissencephaly is caused by both non genetic and genetic factors and also develops in fetuses between the 12th weeks and 24th weeks of pregnancy.
Lissencephaly is not a cerebral palsy although it can be associated with cerebral palsy.
Lissencephaly is a brain malformation that is characterized by a smooth brain surface which is a result of incomplete neuronal migration during the fetal development.
Cerebral palsy is a group of neurological disorders which affect movement and posture and often stems from brain damage that occurs before birth, during birth or even shortly after birth.
Lissencephaly is a spectrum of severe and rare brain malformations and is caused by non genetic and genetic factors.
Lissencehpahy is a condition that involves a smooth brain surface as a result of a lack of normal brain folds called gyri and grooves called sulci.
The smooth brain surface in Lissencephaly is a result of abnormal neuronal migration during fetal development.
Cerebral palsy is a bread term for a range of neurological conditions which affect a persons movement as well as coordination and can result from various different brain injuries or brain malformations that occur, before, during or even after birth and lead to difficulties with muscle control, posture and movement.
Although lissencephaly is a specific brain malformation, it can also lead to symptoms which also overlap with the symptoms of cerebral palsy, like developmental delays, motor impairments and even seizures.
And so some people with lissencephaly may even initially be diagnosed with cerebral palsy, especially in cases of severe developmental delay and motor issues.