Wormian bones in a general paediatric population
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Unusual presence of Wormian (sutural) bones in human skulls.
Wormian bones are a subset of the small intrasutural bones that lie between the cranial sutures formed by the bones of the skull vault. They are formed due to additional ossification centres in or near sutures. They are usually considered as normal variants and seem to be determined genetically in certain populations. They have been linked with rapid cranial expansion as they appear in great nu...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2211-5684
DOI: 10.1016/j.diii.2013.01.001