Aberrant growth of the anterior cranial base relevant to severe midface hypoplasia of Apert syndrome

• Main Authors: Bong Kuen Cha (Author), Dong Soon Choi (Author), In San Jang (Author), Hyun Tae Yook (Author), Seung Youp Lee (Author), Sang Shin Lee (Author), Suk Keun Lee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background A 9-year-old male showed severe defects in midface structures, which resulted in maxillary hypoplasia, ocular hypertelorism, relative mandibular prognathism, and syndactyly. He had been diagnosed as having Apert syndrome and received a surgery of frontal calvaria distraction oste...