Cranial sutures: A multidisciplinary review

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 893-905

  Di Ieva, Antonio ^a,b   Bruner, Emiliano ^c   Davidson, Jennilee ^a   Pisano, Patrizia ^d   Haider, Thomas ^b   Stone, Scellig S ^a   Cusimano, Michael D ^a   Tschabitscher, Manfred ^b,e   Grizzi, Fabio ^f  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^f HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Braincase; Cranial anatomy; Craniosynostosis; Fractal geometry; Functional craniology; Sutures

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CRANIAL SUTURE; EMBRYOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANATOMY; ANTHROPOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRANIAL SUTURES; EMBRYOLOGY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS;

EID: 84878576283     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-013-2061-4     Document Type: Review

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