Genetic advances in craniosynostosis.

Abstract excerpt

Craniosynostosis, the premature ossification of one or more skull sutures, is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous congenital anomaly affecting approximately one in 2,500 live births. In most cases, it occurs as an isolated congenital anomaly, that is, nonsyndromic craniosynostosis (NCS), the genetic, and environmental causes of which remain largely unknown. Recent data suggest that, at least some of the...

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• Congenital Abnormalities
• Cranial Sutures
• Craniosynostoses
• Ossification, Heterotopic
• Phenotype