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The neonate in this report had severe encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis with intracranial calcification, cranial hemiatrophy, microcephaly and generalised severe cerebral atrophy. Such findings are not common in the newborn with this syndrome.
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Alonso, A., Taboada, D., Ceres, L. et al. Intracranial calcification in a neonate with the Sturge Weber Syndrome and additional problems. Pediatr Radiol 8, 39–41 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00973676
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