Fontanelle/cranial suture abnormality

Summary: Any abnormality of the fontanelles (the regions covered by a thick membrane that normally ossify in the first two years of life) or the cranial sutures (the fibrous joints in which the articulating bones or cartilages of the skull are connected by sutural ligaments ). ...^1,2

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Causes of Fontanelle/cranial suture abnormality

Some of the causes of the condition may include: Causes of Abnormality Of The Fontanelles Or Cranial Sutures:

• 3C Syndrome
• 3q13 Microdeletion Syndrome
• Congenital Rubella Syndrome
• Down Syndrome
• Fetal Hydantoin Syndrome
• Hallermann-Streiff Syndrome
• Infantile Spasms-Broad Thumbs Syndrome
• Macrosomia-Microphthalmia-Cleft Palate Syndrome
• Megalencephaly
• Triopia
• Triploidy
• Trisomy 13 ...

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Causes List for Fontanelle/cranial suture abnormality

Possible causes of Fontanelle/cranial suture abnormality (or similar symptoms) may include:⁴

• ATR-X syndrome (Abnormality of the fontanelles or cranial sutures)
• Acrocallosal syndrome, Schinzel type (Abnormality of the fontanelles or cranial sutures)
• Acrocallosal syndrome (Abnormality of the fontanelles or cranial sutures)
• Acrocephalosyndactyly type I (Abnormality of the fontanelles or cranial sutures) ...

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References

1. [from HPO]
2. Source: GTR (NCBI/NIH): ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ gtr/ conditions/ CN000227/ 
3. Source: Human Phenotype Ontology
4. Source: Algorithmically Generated List

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