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Genetic and environmental risk factors for sagittal craniosynostosis.
The Journal of craniofacial surgery - 1 Sept 2002
Zeiger Joanna S, Beaty Terri H, Hetmanski Jacqueline B, Wang Hong, Scott Alan F, Kasch Laura, Raymond Gerald, Jabs Ethylin W, VanderKolk Craig
Abstract excerpt
The authors investigated whether genetic and environmental factors influence risk for sagittal craniosynostosis. Cases were ascertained from craniofacial clinics in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan region. Controls were recruited from the Johns Hopkins newborn nursery and a large pediatric practice in Baltimore County. Forty-two probands with isolated, nonsyndromic sagittal craniosynostosis born in the...
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