Category: Rx Neurology (A – Z)

Bilateral perisylvian polymicrogyria is a brain development problem that starts before birth. In this condition, the brain area around the Sylvian fissures on both...

Congenital axonal neuropathy with encephalopathy is a very rare inherited nerve disease that starts at birth or very soon after birth. “Congenital” means present...

Congenital absence of the optic chiasma, also called congenital achiasma, is a very rare birth problem where the normal “crossing point” of the optic...

Congenital CN VI palsy means a weak or paralyzed sixth cranial nerve (also called the abducens nerve) that is present from birth. This nerve...

Benign congenital sixth cranial nerve palsy is a problem with the sixth cranial nerve (also called the abducens nerve) that is present from birth...

Congenital abducens nerve palsy is a rare eye movement problem that is present from birth. In this condition, the sixth cranial nerve (also called...

Tubulinopathies are a group of rare brain development disorders that happen when there is a harmful change (mutation) in one of the “tubulin” genes....

Complex cortical dysplasia with other brain malformations 7 (CDCBM7) is a rare brain development disorder. In this condition, the outer layer of the brain...

Cortical dysgenesis with pontocerebellar hypoplasia due to TUBB3 mutation”. It can also be grouped under “complex cortical dysplasia with other brain malformations 1 (CDCBM1)”...

Lissencephaly type 2 without muscular or eye involvement is a very rare brain development problem present from birth. Doctors also call it cobblestone lissencephaly...

Lissencephaly type 2 is a very rare brain problem that starts before birth. In this condition, the baby’s brain surface does not form normal...

Cobblestone lissencephaly is a rare brain malformation where the surface of the brain looks bumpy and uneven, like small stones on a road. In...

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a long-lasting disease of the peripheral nerves, which are the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord. In...

Chronic relapsing polyneuropathy is the older name for a disease that doctors now usually call chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). It is a long-lasting...

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is a long-lasting disease where the body’s own immune system attacks the covering of the nerves (myelin) in the...

Neuropathy hereditary motor and sensory type 1C is usually called Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 1C (CMT1C). It is a rare, inherited nerve disease that mainly...

Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy, dominant intermediate B (often shortened to CMTDIB) is a very rare inherited nerve disease that mainly affects the long nerves going to...

Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy type 2X (often grouped under X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, or CMTX) is a rare inherited nerve disease that mainly affects the peripheral nerves...

Hereditary adult-onset painful axonal polyneuropathy is a rare inherited nerve disease. It mainly affects the long nerves in the legs and sometimes the arms....

Hereditary adult-onset painful axonal polyneuropathy is a very rare inherited nerve disease. It mainly damages the long “wires” (axons) of the peripheral nerves that...