Taber's Medical Dictionary
Aicardi syndrome
(ī-kar′dē )
[Jean François Marie Aicardi, Fr. neurologist, 1926-2015]
A rare cause of childhood seizures, due to the congenital absence of the corpus callosum. The disease is only found in children with two X chromosomes or in those with Klinefelter's syndrome.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Aicardi Syndrome." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760114/all/Aicardi_syndrome.
Aicardi syndrome. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760114/all/Aicardi_syndrome. Accessed April 13, 2025.
Aicardi syndrome. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760114/all/Aicardi_syndrome
Aicardi Syndrome [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 13]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760114/all/Aicardi_syndrome.
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