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Molecular analysis of patients with synostotic frontal plagiocephaly (unilateral coronal synostosis).
Plastic and reconstructive surgery - 1 Jun 2004
Mulliken John B, Gripp Karen W, Stolle Catherine A, Steinberger Daniela, Müller Ulrich
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in genes known to be responsible for most of the recognizable syndromes associated with bilateral coronal synostosis can be detected by molecular testing. The genetic alterations that could cause unilateral coronal synostosis are more elusive. It is recognized that FGFR and TWIST mutations can give rise to either bilateral or unilateral coronal synostosis, even in the same family. The authors undertook...
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