Radiological assessment of skull base changes in children with syndromic craniosynostosis: role of “minor” sutures

Neuroradiology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 865-875

  Calandrelli, Rosalinda ^a   D’Apolito, Gabriella ^a   Gaudino, Simona ^a   Stefanetti, Mariangela ^a   Massimi, Luca ^a   Di Rocco, Concezio ^a   Colosimo, Cesare ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

High resolution computed tomography; Skull base morphometry; Skull sutures; Syndromic craniosynostosis

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ANTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; CROUZON SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MALE; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; PLAGIOCEPHALY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; SELLA TURCICA; SKULL BASE; SKULL SUTURE; SPHENOID; CEPHALOMETRY; CRANIAL SUTURE; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNDROME; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL SUTURES; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84919873982     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-014-1392-5     Document Type: Article

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