Talk:Hydranencephaly

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The last paragraph seems to contradict itself (emphasis mine):

The outlook for children with hydranencephaly is poor. Death generally occurs before age 1. Many children live to be much older than 1. Death only occurs in very few cases were the children didn't get proper medical help.

Perhaps someone with more knowledge on the topic can clear it up - maybe with a reference or two.

-----JRE--- 22:32, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

That last bit seems to be a nonsensical twist on the original... by "the original" I mean that most of this article seems to be taken almost word for word from the NINDS page listed in the "links" section (which would seem to me like plagiarism despite the changes).

According to the description of the condition, it sounds as if the hydranencephalic infant doesn't actually have a cerebral cortex. I'm no medical expert, but this would not seem to be conducive to long-term survival regardless of medical interventions. We're just not THAT advanced. Hierophany 07:53, 2 December 2006 (UTC)