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Archive Home > 2004 > August > 01 > Disorder of brain hit 1 person in 70,000

Disorder of brain hit 1 person in 70,000

By Kelly Kearsley / The Bulletin
August 1, 2004

PORTLAND - Andrea Zifka has a rare brain malformation called lissencephaly. The word actually means "smooth brain," according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).

The brain of a child with lissencephaly is smooth and lacks the folds or convolutions....

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