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Craniofacial Conditions

How is it diagnosed?

The diagnosis, assessment and surgical/medical management of craniosynostosis requires a multidisciplinary team approach, involving plastic, maxillofacial, and neurological surgeons, eye and ear/nose/throat specialists, geneticists, psychologists and speech therapists. In England and Wales, four centres located at Birmingham, Liverpool, London (Great Ormond Street Hospital) and Oxford are accredited to undertake this work. These centres also specialise in distinguishing true craniosynostosis from deformational plagiocephaly, which can sometimes be difficult.

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Medical text written February 1994 by Dr W Reardon, Senior Registrar in Clinical Genetics, Institute of Child Health, London, UK. Last updated December 2006 by Professor A Wilkie, Nuffield Professor of Pathology, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.

 

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