Aicardi syndrome

syndrome that is characterized by absence or underdeveloped tissue connecting the left and right halves of the brain, infantile spasms and chorioretinal lacunae, which are defects in the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye
MedicalCondition developmental_defect_during_embryogenesis Q403463
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Aicardi syndrome

Summary

Aicardi syndrome is a developmental defect during embryogenesis[1]. It draws 51 Wikipedia views per month (developmental_defect_during_embryogenesis category, ranking #95 of 308).[2]

Key Facts

  • Aicardi syndrome's instance of is recorded as developmental defect during embryogenesis[3].
  • Aicardi syndrome's instance of is recorded as designated intractable/rare disease[4].
  • Aicardi syndrome's instance of is recorded as class of disease[5].
  • Aicardi syndrome's instance of is recorded as symptom or sign[6].
  • Aicardi syndrome is a type of syndrome[7].
  • Aicardi syndrome is a type of genetic syndrome with corpus callosum agenesis/dysgenesis as a major feature[8].
  • Aicardi syndrome is a type of X-linked intellectual disability[9].
  • Aicardi syndrome is a type of nervous system anomaly with eye involvement[10].
  • Aicardi syndrome is a type of syndromic developmental defect of the eye[11].
  • Aicardi syndrome is a type of cerebral malformation with epilepsy[12].
  • Aicardi syndrome is a type of polymalformative genetic syndrome with increased risk of developing cancer[13].
  • Aicardi syndrome is a type of disease[14].
  • Aicardi syndrome's ICPC 2 ID is recorded as N85[15].
  • Aicardi syndrome's afflicts is recorded as Homo sapiens[16].
  • Aicardi syndrome's external data available at URL is recorded as http://www.nanbyou.or.jp/entry/4393[17].
  • Aicardi syndrome's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C35256[18].
  • Aicardi syndrome's different from is recorded as Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome[19].
  • Aicardi syndrome's health specialty is recorded as medical genetics[20].
  • Aicardi syndrome's health specialty is recorded as neurology[21].
  • Aicardi syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_8461[22].
  • Aicardi syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:8461[23].
  • Aicardi syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_50[24].
  • Aicardi syndrome's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[25].

Why It Matters

Aicardi syndrome draws 51 Wikipedia views per month (developmental_defect_during_embryogenesis category, ranking #95 of 308).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . ddrare.nibiohn.go.jp. Retrieved . ddrare.nibiohn.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . ddrare.nibiohn.go.jp. Retrieved . ddrare.nibiohn.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Identifiers.org. registry.identifiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of syndrome, genetic syndrome with corpus callosum agenesis/dysgenesis as a major feature, X-linked intellectual disability +5
    Instance of developmental defect during embryogenesis, designated intractable/rare disease, class of disease +1
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  2. 7w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of syndrome, genetic syndrome with corpus callosum agenesis/dysgenesis as a major feature, X-linked intellectual disability +5
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39732|batch #39732]]: rm redundant subclass"
  3. 8w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Afflicts Homo sapiens
    Subclass of
    Instance of developmental defect during embryogenesis, designated intractable/rare disease, class of disease +1
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