Craniosynostosis
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craniosynostosis-260-7920134
title:
Craniosynostosis
text:
Craniosynostosis is a condition in which one or more of the fibrous sutures in a young infant's skull prematurely fuses by turning into bone (ossification), thereby changing the growth pattern of the skull. Because the skull cannot expand perpendicular to the fused suture, it compensates by growing more in the direction parallel to the closed sutures. Sometimes the resulting growth pattern provides the necessary space for the growing brain, but results in an abnormal head shape and abnormal faci
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wiki
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description:
Premature fusion of bones in the skull
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craniosynostosis
date created:
date modified:
2024-04-15T06:54:08Z
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