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Bilateral lambdoid and sagittal synostosis (BLSS): a unique craniosynostosis syndrome or predictable craniofacial phenotype?
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 May 2009
Hing Anne V, Click Eleanor S, Holder Ursula, Seto Marianne L, Vessey Kyle, Gruss Joseph, Hopper Richard, Cunningham Michael L
Abstract excerpt
Multisutural craniosynostosis that includes bilateral lambdoid and sagittal synostosis (BLSS) results in a very characteristic head shape with frontal bossing, turribrachycephaly, biparietal narrowing, occipital concavity, and inferior displacement of the ears. This entity has been reported both in the genetics literature as craniofacial dyssynostosis and in the surgical literature as "Mercedes Benz" syndrome....
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