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ArticleJournal of anatomy2024

Brain volume in infants with metopic synostosis: Less white matter volume with an accelerated growth pattern in early life.

L Gaillard, M C Tjaberinga, M H G Dremmen, I M J Mathijssen, H A Vrooman

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Article in Journal of anatomy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

L GaillardDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7982-6248
M C TjaberingaDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
M H G DremmenDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
I M J MathijssenDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
H A VroomanDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Erasmus MC - Sophia Children’s Hospital · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metopic synostosis patients are at risk for neurodevelopmental disorders despite a negligible risk of intracranial hypertension. To gain insight into the underlying pathophysiology of metopic synostosis and associated neurodevelopmental disorders, we aimed to investigate brain volumes of non-syndromic metopic synostosis patients using preoperative MRI brain scans. MRI brain scans were processed with HyperDenseNet to calculate total intracranial volume (TIV), total brain volume (TBV), total grey matter volume (TGMV), total white matter volume (TWMV) and total cerebrospinal fluid volume (TCBFV). We compared global brain volumes of patients with controls corrected for age and sex using linear regression. Lobe-specific grey matter volumes were assessed in secondary analyses. We included 45 metopic synostosis patients and 14 controls (median age at MRI 0.56 years [IQR 0.36] and 1.1 years [IQR 0.47], respectively). We found no significant differences in TIV, TBV, TGMV or TCBFV in patients compared to controls. TWMV was significantly smaller in patients (-62,233 mm

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BrainCraniosynostosesMagnetic Resonance ImagingWhite MatterFemaleGray MatterHumansInfantMaleOrgan Sizebrain volumecraniosynostosisgrey mattermetopic synostosisMRItrigonocephalywhite matter

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PMID38417842
PMCPMC11547220
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