Pseudoclosure of anterior fontanelle by wormian bone in isolated sagittal craniosynostosis

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 135-137

  Agrawal, Deepak ^b   Steinbok, Paul ^a   Cochrane, D Douglas ^b  

^a Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Craniosynostosis; Fontanelle; Sagittal craniosynostosis; Sutural bone; Wormian bone

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR FONTANEL; ANTERIOR FONTANEL PSEUDOCLOSURE; BONE MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAGITTAL CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; SAGITTAL SUTURE; SKULL SUTURE; WORMIAN BONE;

CRANIAL FOSSA, ANTERIOR; CRANIAL SUTURES; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646111453     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091854     Document Type: Review

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