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Growth of the normal skull vault and its alteration in craniosynostosis: insights from human genetics and experimental studies.
Journal of anatomy - 1 Nov 2005
Morriss-Kay Gillian M, Wilkie Andrew O M
Abstract excerpt
The mammalian skull vault is constructed principally from five bones: the paired frontals and parietals, and the unpaired interparietal. These bones abut at sutures, where most growth of the skull vault takes place. Sutural growth involves maintenance of a population of proliferating osteoprogenitor cells which differentiate into bone matrix-secreting osteoblasts. Sustained function of the sutures as growth...
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