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Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2009; 226(4): 370-371
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1109282
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Optic Disc Dysplasia in Cerebral Gray Matter Heterotopias: a Valuable Clinical Clue

Papillendysplasie des Sehnervs bei Heterotopie der zerebralen grauen Substanz: ein wertvoller klinischer HinweisP.-F Kaeser, B. Rossillion, C. Menache Starobinski, C. Korff, A. B. Safran
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21 April 2009 (online)

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Background

Nodular gray matter heterotopias are clusters of ectopic neurons that failed to migrate from the embryonic ventricular zone to the developing cerebral cortex [1] [4] [6]. Rarely, optic disc anomalies have been described in association with this cerebral pathology [2] [3].

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