Affects mainly females
300-500 Cases World Wide
Aicardi Syndrome can have some or all of the following characteristics:
*Absence of the Corpus Callosum(either partial/complete)
*Infantile spasms(Seizures)
*Chorioretional lacuane ("holes" in the retina)
*Brain abnormalities-such as microcephaly, porencephalic cycts
(gap in brain where healthy matter should be)