0 the state of having a head that is smaller than normal, because the brain has not developed normally:
Neither microcephaly nor other neurological abnormalities can predict the occurence of hearing loss.
Eight children (73%) had acquired microcephaly (head circumference <5th centile).
The authors have noted the incidence of some dysmorphic characteristics, and even microcephaly in some of the patients undergoing surgery.
We recognise that there are conditions such as hydrocephaly or microcephaly which can develop late in pregnancy.
Microcephaly patients are characterized by a small, tapering cranium and often have impaired mental faculty.
On the other side a relation has been found between schizophrenia, deletions of chromosomes and microcephaly.
Microcephaly may be congenital or it may develop in the first few years of life.
He also has microcephaly, which gives him his characteristic small head relative to his already small body.
