This table lists symptoms that people with this disease may have. For most diseases, symptoms will vary from person to person. People with the same disease may not have all the symptoms listed. This information comes from a database called the Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) . The HPO collects information on symptoms that have been described in medical resources. The HPO is updated regularly. Use the HPO ID to access more in-depth information about a symptom.
Medical Terms | Other Names | Learn More: HPO ID |
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80%-99% of people have these symptoms | ||
Bilateral perisylvian polymicrogyria | 0032407 | |
30%-79% of people have these symptoms | ||
Delayed speech and language development |
Deficiency of speech development
Delayed language development
Delayed speech
Delayed speech acquisition
Delayed speech development
Impaired speech and language development
Impaired speech development
Language delay
Language delayed
Language development deficit
Late-onset speech development
Poor language development
Speech and language delay
Speech and language difficulties
Speech delay
[ more ]
|
0000750 |
Distal arthrogryposis | 0005684 | |
0012014 | ||
EEG with parietal focal spikes | 0012017 | |
EEG with polyspike wave complexes | 0002392 | |
Global developmental delay | 0001263 | |
Hyperreflexia |
Increased reflexes
|
0001347 |
Infantile muscular |
Decreased muscle tone in infant
|
0008947 |
Intellectual disability |
Mental deficiency
Mental retardation
Mental retardation, nonspecific
Mental-retardation
[ more ]
|
0001249 |
Language impairment | 0002463 | |
Perisylvian predominant thick cortex pachygyria | 0020190 | |
Specific learning disability | 0001328 | |
5%-29% of people have these symptoms | ||
Abnormality of masticatory muscle | 0410011 | |
Apnea | 0002104 | |
Aspiration | 0002835 | |
Cerebellar dysplasia | 0007033 | |
Cerebellar vermis hypoplasia | 0001320 | |
Choanal atresia |
Blockage of the rear opening of the nasal cavity
Obstruction of the rear opening of the nasal cavity
[ more ]
|
0000453 |
Drooling |
Dribbling
|
0002307 |
Dysmetria |
Lack of coordination of movement
|
0001310 |
Ectopic posterior pituitary | 0011755 | |
EEG with frontal focal spikes | 0012015 | |
Facial diplegia | 0001349 | |
Feeding difficulties |
Feeding problems
Poor feeding
[ more ]
|
0011968 |
Focal sensory seizure | 0011157 | |
Gastroesophageal reflux |
Acid reflux
Acid reflux disease
Heartburn
[ more ]
|
0002020 |
Hearing impairment |
Deafness
Hearing defect
[ more ]
|
0000365 |
Infantile spasms | 0012469 | |
Intrauterine growth retardation |
Prenatal growth deficiency
Prenatal growth retardation
[ more ]
|
0001511 |
Limb hypertonia |
Increased muscle tone of arm or leg
|
0002509 |
Lower limb spasticity | 0002061 | |
Abnormally small skull
Decreased circumference of cranium
Decreased size of skull
Reduced head circumference
Small head circumference
[ more ]
|
0000252 | |
Little lower jaw
Small jaw
Small lower jaw
[ more ]
|
0000347 | |
Involuntary, rapid, rhythmic eye movements
|
0000639 | |
Oromotor apraxia | 0007301 | |
Paraparesis |
Partial paralysis of legs
|
0002385 |
Pectus excavatum |
Funnel chest
|
0000767 |
Protruding tongue |
Prominent tongue
Tongue sticking out of mouth
[ more ]
|
0010808 |
Pseudobulbar paralysis | 0007024 | |
Spastic tetraplegia | 0002510 | |
Percent of people who have these symptoms is not available through HPO | ||
Atypical absence seizure | 0007270 | |
Bilateral tonic-clonic seizure |
Grand mal seizures
|
0002069 |
Cognitive impairment |
Abnormality of cognition
Cognitive abnormality
Cognitive defects
Cognitive deficits
Intellectual impairment
Mental impairment
[ more ]
|
0100543 |
Dyslexia |
Reading disability
|
0010522 |
Polymicrogyria |
More grooves in brain
|
0002126 |
0001423 |
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What is bilateral frontoparietal polymicrogyria? What are its symptoms? How is it different from bilateral perisylvian polymicrogyria in how it presents and what symptoms we see? See answer