Dandy-Walker Syndrome

Mutual support and information for families affected by Dandy-Walker Syndrome.

Dandy-Walker syndrome is one such disease, part of an emerging class of diseases called ciliopathies.

Treatment for individuals with Dandy-Walker Syndrome generally consists of treating the associated problems, if needed.

See also Dandy-Walker syndrome.

Here he worked with Walter Dandy (described of the Dandy-Walker syndrome) on internal hydrocephalus.

A similar case had previously been described by Walter Dandy in 1921, and the syndrome became known as the Dandy-Walker syndrome.

Chlea has Dandy-Walker Syndrome, a rare condition that involves the cerebellum, which controls movement, and the spaces around it that contain cerebrospinal fluid.

Recent research has found that Dandy-Walker syndrome often occurs in patients with PHACES syndrome.

Cerebellar hypoplasia may be associated with other disorders including Dandy-Walker syndrome, Werdnig-Hoffmann syndrome and Walker-Warburg syndrome.

There is a relative contraindication of taking Warfarin during pregnancy, as it is associated with an increased risk of Dandy-Walker syndrome if taken during the first trimester.

Dandy-Walker syndrome (DWS), or Dandy-Walker complex, is a congenital brain malformation involving the cerebellum and the fluid filled spaces around it.

Dandy-Walker syndrome is frequently associated with disorders of other areas of the central nervous system including absence of the corpus callosum, the bundle of axons connecting the two cerebral hemispheres, and malformations of the heart, face, limbs, fingers and toes.