National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Miller-Dieker Syndrome
Synonyms

Miller-Dieker Lissencephaly Syndrome

Miller-Dieker Syndrome

Definitions

A rare syndrome caused by deletion of genetic material in the short arm of chromosome 17. It is characterized by an abnormally smooth brain with fewer folds and grooves. It results in intellectual disability, developmental delay, seizures, spasticity, hypotonia, and feeding difficulties. Affected individuals have distinctive facial features that include a prominent forehead, midface hypoplasia, small, upturned nose, low-set ears, small jaw, and thick upper lip.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C124852

code

C124852

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C192842

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C165258

Contributing_Source

Cellosaurus

DEFINITION

A rare syndrome caused by deletion of genetic material in the short arm of chromosome 17. It is characterized by an abnormally smooth brain with fewer folds and grooves. It results in intellectual disability, developmental delay, seizures, spasticity, hypotonia, and feeding difficulties. Affected individuals have distinctive facial features that include a prominent forehead, midface hypoplasia, small, upturned nose, low-set ears, small jaw, and thick upper lip.

FULL_SYN

Miller-Dieker Lissencephaly Syndrome

Miller-Dieker Syndrome

label

Miller-Dieker Syndrome

Preferred_Name

Miller-Dieker Syndrome

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C124852

Semantic_Type

Disease or Syndrome

UMLS_CUI

C0265219

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C28193

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C103921

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