Brain morphology in nonsyndromic unicoronal craniosynostosis

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 690-698

  Aldridge, Kristina ^a   Kane, Alex A ^b,c   Marsh, Jeffrey L ^c,d   Panchal, Jayesh ^c,e   Boyadjiev, Simeon A ^c,f   Yan, Peng ^a   Govier, Daniel ^b   Ahmad, Warda ^e   Richtsmeier, Joan T ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ST JOHN S MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Craniosynostosis; Development; Morphometrics; Suture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONSYNDROMIC UNICORONAL CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKULL;

EID: 23244445427     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20201     Document Type: Article

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