Craniosynostosis: novel insights into pathogenesis and treatment.

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Craniosynostosis: novel insights into pathogenesis and treatment.

Current opinion in neurology - 1 Apr 1996

Wilkie A O, Wall S A

Abstract excerpt

The identification in craniosynostosis syndromes of mutations in genes belonging to the fibroblast growth factor signalling pathway and the transcriptional regulator MSX2 provides important clues to the pathogenesis of these disorders. Although surgery continues to be the mainstay of treatment, n...

Topics

Acrocephalosyndactylia
Craniosynostoses
Humans
Mutation
Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor

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