Bilateral lambdoid and sagittal synostosis (BLSS): A unique craniosynostosis syndrome or predictable craniofacial phenotype?

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1024-1032

  Hing, Anne V ^a,b   Click, Eleanor S ^b   Holder, Ursula ^a   Seto, Marianne L ^c   Vessey, Kyle ^d   Gruss, Joseph ^b,e   Hopper, Richard ^b,e   Cunningham, Michael L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

''mercedes benz'' syndrome; Bilateral lamboid synostosis; Craniofacial dyssynostosis; MSX2; SOX6

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILATERAL LAMBDOID SYSNOSTOSIS SAGITTAL SYNOSTOSIS; BRACHYCEPHALY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL BOSSING; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL SURGERY; SYNOSTOSIS;

CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SKULL; SYNDROME;

EID: 66849129537     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32782     Document Type: Article

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