Naming System for LCH

 

LCHa  This group of children have typical lissencephaly with a mildly small cerebellum.

LCHb  This group of children have typical lissencephaly with a small  brainstem and very small cerebellum. Also known as Norman Roberts syndrome

LCHc  This group of children usually don't survive to term

LCHd  This group of children have severe lissencephaly with unusally  small brainstem and cerebellum

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

LCHf  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