Megalencephaly and Developmental Delay

Abstract

Neurodevelopmental function, language, academic achievement, visuomotor integration, and motor function were evaluated in 20 nonreferred children, aged 6 to 15 years, with idiopathic megalencephaly (>98th percentile) from a suburban practice, and compared to 19 siblings with normal heads and 16 age-matched controls, at the Olson Huff Center for Child Development, Thoms Rehabilitation Hospital, Asheville, North Carolina.

Keywords

• megalencephaly
• visuomotor integration
• neurologic soft signs