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DANDY-WALKER syndrome is a developmental defect of the foramina of Luschka and Magendie, which presents as hydrocephalus in infancy. Aetiological heterogeneity is likely and there is evidence for autosomal recessive inheritance in some instances.
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Beighton, P., Beighton, G. (1997). DANDY, Walter Edward. In: The Person Behind the Syndrome. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0925-9_24
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