Corpus callosum agenesis: A very rare congenital abnormality where part or all of the fibers that connect the two halves of the brain (corpus callosum) are missing. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Corpus callosum agenesis is available below.
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Prognosis for Corpus callosum agenesis: a few cases are asymptomatic and all cases generally have a normal life span
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Corpus callosum agenesis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Corpus callosum agenesis, or a subtype of Corpus callosum agenesis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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