Aberrant bony vasculature associated with activating fibroblast growth factor receptor mutations accompanying Crouzon syndrome.

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Fibroblast growth factor receptor mutations are associated with and, in fact, cause most syndromes presenting with craniosynostosis. This knowledge has resulted in a shift in the paradigm of suture fusion causation; it was thought previously that abnormal tensional forces arising in the cranial base caused fusion of the vault sutures, but it is now understood that aberrant intercellular signaling in the...

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