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Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have validated new
genetic links for sagittal craniosynostosis, a common birth
defect in which the bones that form the sides and top of the
skull, fuse prematurely. New York, NY (PRWEB) November 18, 2012
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have validated new
genetic links for sagittal craniosynostosis, a common birth
defect in which the bones that form the sides and top of the
skull, fuse prematurely. The genome-wide association (GWA) study
and replication, published online November 18th in the journal
Nature Genetics, provides the first strong evidence of genetic
variants contributing to non-syndromic sagittal
craniosynostosis. Craniosynostosis is one of the ten most common
birth defects, occurring in about 1 out of every 2,500 live
births. The sagittal form of craniosynost