Falk and colleagues [Falk D, Zollikofer CP, Morimoto N, Ponce de León MS (2012) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109(22):8467-8470] hypothesized that selective pressures favored late persistence of a metopic suture and open anterior fontanelle early in hominin evolution, and they put an emphasis on the Taung Child (Australopithecus africanus) as evidence for the antiquity of these adaptive features. Th...

Effective nutritional guidelines for pregnant women in China are lacking. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of dietary nutrition on the health condition of pregnant women and infants in China.In total, 331 pregnant women who had prenatal examinations were included in this study. Data, including dietary nutrition questionnaires, the weight, height, age, and health condition of ...

Cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD; OMIM 119600) is a rare autosomal dominant skeletal dysplasia, which mainly characterized by persistently open or delayed closure of fontanelle, patent skull sutures, abnormal clavicles, pectus excavatum, short stature, supernumerary teeth, and sinus middle ear infections. It caused Runt-related transcription factor 2 ( RUNX2; 600211 ) mutations. Herein, we present ...

Aim: Transcranial​ ​Doppler​ ​(TCD)​ is a widely used method for the evaluation of vertebrobasilar system. There not neither consensus nor significant number publications about normal spectral Doppler waveform and resistance index (RI), peak systolic velocity (PSV), end diastolic (EDV) values basilar artery (BA). We aim to define PSV, EDV, RI BA via TCD in healthy infants. 
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