Acrocephalosyndactylism
- 10 March 1955
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 252 (10) , 379-382
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm195503102521002
Abstract
ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLISM is a comparatively rare congenital disease characterized by fusion of the digits and a high, peaked head, the highest point being the bregma. If the apex of the skull is posterior to the bregma the changes are not characteristic of this disease.This syndrome was first recognized by Apert1 although previous cases had been described in the literature. The bony changes of the skull were well described by Crouzon.2 There are two extensive and well written reviews on Apert's syndrome.3 , 4 In 1920 Park and Powers5 studied all the previously published cases and summarized their views on its causation and . . .Keywords
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