megalencephaly

neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by abnormally large brain.
MedicalCondition developmental_defect_during_embryogenesis Q10748814
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megalencephaly

Summary

megalencephaly is a developmental defect during embryogenesis[1]. megalencephaly draws 380 Wikipedia views per month (developmental_defect_during_embryogenesis category, ranking #72 of 308).[2]

Key Facts

  • megalencephaly's instance of is recorded as developmental defect during embryogenesis[3].
  • megalencephaly's instance of is recorded as class of disease[4].
  • megalencephaly is a type of malformation of cortical development, Group I[5].
  • megalencephaly is a type of genetic nervous system disorder[6].
  • megalencephaly is a type of rare genetic developmental defect during embryogenesis[7].
  • megalencephaly's health specialty is recorded as medical genetics[8].
  • megalencephaly's health specialty is recorded as neurology[9].
  • megalencephaly's health specialty is recorded as pediatrics[10].
  • megalencephaly's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0001355[11].
  • megalencephaly's exact match is recorded as http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_2477[12].

Why It Matters

megalencephaly draws 380 Wikipedia views per month (developmental_defect_during_embryogenesis category, ranking #72 of 308).[2] megalencephaly has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] megalencephaly is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Human Phenotype Ontology release 2018-03-08. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of malformation of cortical development, Group I, genetic nervous system disorder, rare genetic developmental defect during embryogenesis
    Health specialty medical genetics, neurology, pediatrics
    Subclass of
    Instance of developmental defect during embryogenesis, class of disease
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39742|batch #39742]]: subclass of disease, not instance"
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