microcephaly

Microcephaly is a medical condition in which the brain does not develop properly, resulting in a shorter-than-normal head. Microcephaly may be present at birth or it may develop in the first few years of life. Often, people with this disorder have an intellectual disability, poor motor function, poor speech, abnormal facial features, seizures and dwarfism.The disorder is caused by a disruption to the genetic processes that form the brain early in pregnancy, though the cause is not identified in most ...