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New Pattern of Sutural Synostosis Associated With TWIST Gene Mutation and Saethre-Chotzen Syndrome: Peace Sign Synostosis.
The Journal of craniofacial surgery - 1 Jul 2015
Tahiri Youssef, Bastidas Nicholas, McDonald-McGinn Donna M, Birgfeld Craig, Zackai Elaine H, Taylor Jesse, Bartlett Scott P
Abstract excerpt
The authors present a new and unique pattern of sutural fusion "peace sign synostosis" (PSS) characterized by synostosis of the metopic, bicoronal, and sagittal sutures and associated with abnormalities of the TWIST1 gene known to be associated with Saethre-Chotzen syndrome (SCS). To do so, we performed a retrospective review of patients with bicoronal, metopic, and at least partial anterior sagittal synostoses...
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