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Year : 2010 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 72-75 |
Common primary fibroblastic growth factor receptor-related craniosynostosis syndromes: A pictorial review
Rohit K Singh, Jitendra Singh Verma, Arun K Srivastava, Awadhesh K Jaiswal, Sanjay Behari
Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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Sanjay Behari Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow - 226 014 India
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DOI: 10.4103/1817-1745.66685
Mutations in different types of fibroblastic growth factor receptors (FGFRs) have been associated with a variety of phenotype abnormalities, the common ones being Apert, Crouzon and Pfeiffer syndromes. In this study, we present two representative cases having the Apert and Pfeiffer syndromes, respectively, and discuss their clinical presentation, sequel and surgical implications.
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