Craniosynostosis is the premature fusion of the cranial sutures and secondary distortion of skull shape. Syndromic craniosynostosis typically involves cranial sutures plus central nervous system and extracranial skeletal changes. The genes most frequently mutated are FGFRs.
Category
Congenital malformation
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
20 Developmental anomalies
Multiple developmental anomalies or syndromes
LD24 Syndromes with skeletal anomalies as a major feature
H00458 Syndromic craniosynostoses
Pathway-based classification of diseases [BR:br08402]
Cellular process
nt06541 Cytoskeleton in neurons
H00458 Syndromic craniosynostoses
Twigg SR, Forecki J, Goos JA, Richardson IC, Hoogeboom AJ, van den Ouweland AM, Swagemakers SM, Lequin MH, Van Antwerp D, McGowan SJ, Westbury I, Miller KA, Wall SA, van der Spek PJ, Mathijssen IM, Pauws E, Merzdorf CS, Wilkie AO
Title
Gain-of-Function Mutations in ZIC1 Are Associated with Coronal Craniosynostosis and Learning Disability.