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neurodevelopmental disorder with microcephaly, seizures, and cortical atrophy (DOID:0070755)
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Synonyms: NDMSCA
Alt IDs: OMIM:617802
Definition: An autosomal recessive intellectual developmental disorder characterized by severe global developmental delay with poor motor and intellectual function apparent soon after birth; postnatal progressive microcephaly; and early-onset, frequent, and often intractable seizures that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the VARS1 gene on chromosome 6p21.

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