[Clinical and genetic characteristics of craniosynostosis].

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Craniosynostosis is caused by premature fusion of one or more cranial sutures leading to deformity of the cranium. Depending on the type and number of the sutures involved and the order of their fusion, different forms of deformities may develop. Two main types of craniosynostosis can be distinguished: non-syndromic (isolated) and syndromic forms. In the latter group the cranial deformity is usually associated...

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