Morphometric analysis of untreated adult skulls in syndromic and nonsyndromic craniosynostosis

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-188

  Weber, J ^a,e   Collmann, H ^b   Czarnetzki, A ^c   Spring, A ^d   Pusch, C M ^c  

^a Joint Surgery Centre Berlin   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d Leopoldina Hospital   (Germany)

^e UNFALLKRANKENHAUS BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachycephaly; Craniosynostosis; FGFR3 gene; Mutation; Oxycephaly; Pathological anatomy; Plagiocephaly; Scaphocephaly

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BRACHYCEPHALY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MORPHOMETRICS; PLAGIOCEPHALY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 41049106003     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-007-0100-x     Document Type: Article

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