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Molecular mechanisms in calvarial bone and suture development, and their relation to craniosynostosis.
European journal of orthodontics - 1 Apr 2003
Rice David P C, Rice Ritva, Thesleff Irma
Abstract excerpt
The development and growth of the skull is a co-ordinated process involving many different tissues that interact with each other to form a complex end result. When normal development is disrupted, debilitating pathological conditions, such as craniosynostosis (premature calvarial suture fusion) and cleidocranial dysplasia (delayed suture closure), can result. It is known that mutations in the fibroblast growth...
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