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Role of the extracellular matrix and growth factors in skull morphogenesis and in the pathogenesis of craniosynostosis.
The International journal of developmental biology - 1 Jan 2000
Carinci P, Becchetti E, Bodo M
Abstract excerpt
The complex and largely obscure regulatory processes that underlie ossification and fusion of the sutures during skull morphogenesis are dependent on the conditions of the extracellular microenvironment. The concept that growth factors are involved in the pathophysiology of craniosynostosis due t...
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