subcortical band heterotopia (DOID:0111169)
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Synonyms: band heterotopia; double cortex syndrome; HeCo; heterotopic cortex; subcortical laminar heterotopia
Alt IDs: OMIM:600348, MESH:D054221, NCI:C116933, ORDO:99796, UMLS_CUI:C1848201
Definition: A congenital nervous system abnormality characterized by migration of neurons to ectopic locations in the brain where the neurons form areas that appear as band-like clusters of white tissue underneath the gray tissue of the cerebral cortex.