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	-	New Down Syndrome Gene Identified by Stanford/Packard Scientists

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	-	New Low-Dose Radiation Therapy At Packard Treats Brain Tumors While Cutting Brain Damage Risk

Holoprosencephaly (HPE) is a birth defect that occurs during the first few weeks of intrauterine life. HPE is a disorder in which the fetal brain does not grow forward and divide as it is supposed to during early pregnancy (incomplete cleavage of the embryonic forebrain/failure of the prosencephalon to cleave into the cerebral and lateral hemispheres).

The Carter Centers for Brain Research in Holoprosencephaly and Related Malformations is a collaborative initiative among sponsored Centers of Excellence in the field of holoprosencephaly (HPE):

The Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas, Texas
Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, California
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey in Newark, New Jersey
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

F or more information about HPE, please visit the Carter Center for Brain Research.

To schedule an appointment with one of our specialists, please contact the Neurology Clinic.

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital is located in Palo Alto, adjacent to Stanford University Hospital, approximately 20 miles north of San Jose, CA and 40 miles south of San Francisco.

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
725 Welch Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
(650) 497-8000