Naming System for LCH

 

LCH-A  This group of children have typical lissencephaly with a mildly small cerebellum.

LCH-B  This group of children have typical lissencephaly with a small  brainstem and very small cerebellum.

LCH-C  This group of children usually don't survive to term

LCH-D  This group of children have severe lissencephaly with unusally  small brainstem and cerebellum

LCH-E  This group of children have a change in severity of lissencephaly from front to back with a small cerebellum

LCH-F  This group of children are similar to group D but with  agenesis of the corpus callosum

 

from Lissencephaly Research Project Aug 2001

See also http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11748497&dopt=Abstract