Dandy-Walker Syndrome is a malformation of the brain that involves the cerebellum and the fluid-filled spaces around it. This affects brain development, and various parts of the cerebellum develop ...

Dandy-Walker syndrome (DWS) or Dandy-Walker complex is a congenital brain malformation that involves the cerebellum (an area at the back of the brain that controls movement) and the fluid-filled ...

Thanks to a productive collaboration between clinical and basic scientists, researchers from the University of Chicago have identified the first genetic cause of one of the most common birth defects ...

A genetic search using patients and mouse models has uncovered an unlikely gene critically involved in Dandy-Walker malformation, a common birth defect which causes mental retardation, motor delays ...

Dear Dr. Gott: My 20-year-old granddaughter was diagnosed with Dandy-Walker syndrome at the age of 2. By the time she was 12, she had mild hydrocephalus and petit-mal seizures. We have tried ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. Dandy Walker malformation without hydrocephalus, a normal position of the conus with a ventriculus terminalis and a single pelvic pancake ...

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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have identified a genetic regulator of brain development that sheds new light on how immature neural cells choose ...

DWS malformation is the most severe presentation. The variant is less severe than the malformation. Dandy-Walker Syndrome is often linked with disorders of other areas of the central nervous system.