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MeSH Heading: Craniosynostoses
Tree Number(s): C05.116.099.370.894.232; C05.660.207.240; C05.660.906.364; C16.131.621.207.240; C16.131.621.906.364
Unique ID: D003398
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003398
Scope Note: Premature closure of one or more CRANIAL SUTURES. It often results in plagiocephaly. Craniosynostoses that involve multiple sutures are sometimes associated with congenital syndromes such as ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLIA; and CRANIOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS.
Entry Term(s): Acrocephaly; Brachycephaly; Craniostenosis; Craniosynostosis; Craniosynostosis, Lambdoidal; Craniosynostosis, Type 1; Lambdoid Synostosis; Metopic Synostosis; Oxycephaly; Plagiocephaly, Craniosynostosis; Plagiocephaly, Synostotic; Sagittal Synostosis; Scaphocephaly; Synostotic Anterior Plagiocephaly; Synostotic Posterior Plagiocephaly; Trigonocephaly; Unilateral Coronal Synostosis
NLM Classification #: WE 705
Public MeSH Note: OXYCEPHALY was see under CRANOPSYNOSTOSES 1963-78
Online Note: use CRANIOSYNOSTOSES to search OXYCEPHALY 1966-78
History Note: OXYCEPHALY was see under CRANIOSYNOSTOSES 1963-78
Date Established: 1963/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/07/05

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chemically induced (CI)

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diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0005288
Scope Note: Premature closure of one or more CRANIAL SUTURES. It often results in plagiocephaly. Craniosynostoses that involve multiple sutures are sometimes associated with congenital syndromes such as ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLIA; and CRANIOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS.
Terms: Craniosynostoses Preferred Term
Term UI T009888
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Craniosynostosis
Term UI T009887
Date05/26/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Craniostenosis
Term UI T745834
Date02/24/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Plagiocephaly, Synostotic
Term UI T770449
Date04/29/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Plagiocephaly, Craniosynostosis
Term UI T770450
Date04/29/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011)

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