The Cleft Lip, Palate, and Craniofacial Deformities
MAYO Clinic, 2007
The care of the patient born with complex facial deformities is one of the most challenging tasks in medicine. In the last decade, it has become increasingly apparent that these patients require an interdisciplinary approach covering the myriad functions of the head and neck along with the external form of the face itself
The Cleft Clinic, as it is called for brevity's sake, is centered in the Division of Plastic and reconstructive Surgery and regularly includes specialists from:
Pediatric Plastic Surgery Directors ...
Otolaryngology ...
Speech Pathology ...
Orthodontics ...
Psychology ...
Genetics ...
Pediatrics ...
Oral Surgery ...
To the Personal Side of Craniofacial Differences
Craniofacial Anomalies Webring, March 18, 2002
Is dedicated to all of the people whose lives are affected by Craniofacial Disorders
We are starting out with just 15 disorders, so please feel free to e-mail me ...
Antley Bixler Syndrome
Apert Syndrome
Arhinia
Baller Gerold Syndrome
Carpenter Syndrome
Cranio Synostosis
Crouzon Syndrome
Goodman Syndrome
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Jackson Weiss
Langer Geidon
Parry Rombergs Syndrome
Pfeiffer Syndrome
Saethre Chotzen Syndrome
Sagittal Synostosis
Stickler Syndrome
Treacher Collins
Society of Craniofacial Genetics
Society of Craniofacial Genetics, December 2006
[for Professionals mainly]
Founded in 1975 to promote education, research, and communication in normal and abnormal development of the craniofacies ...
Society for Craniofacial Morphometry
Society for Craniofacial Morphometry, 2004
This society provides an organizational network for investigators
objective measurements of normal craniofacial morphogenesis methods to operationally define dysmorphology of the head and face.
Ours is an interdisciplinary group, including:
medical geneticists ...
plastic surgeons ...
neuroscientists ...
anthropologists ...
developmental biologists ...
mathematicians ...
statisticians
Children's Craniofacial Association
Children Craniofacial Association, 2007
Children's Craniofacial Association is a national, nonprofit organization, headquartered in Dallas
What is a Craniofacial Difference?
How Can You Help?
CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS
Jeffrey Fearon, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Craniosynostosis is a medical term that literally means fused bones of the skull. It's a condition that some children are born with or later develop. The skull is abnormally shaped because of the fusion of skull bones
Craniosynostosis And Positional Plagiocephaly Support ( C.A.P.P.S. )
Craniosynostosis And Positional Plagiocephaly Support, 2001
Craniosynostosis and Parents Support, Inc. is a national non profit organization established in 1999 and headquartered in Beaufort, South Carolina
Brazilian Society for Research and Care on Craniofacial Rehabilitation Campinas
SOBRAPAR
The Craniofacial Foundation of Arizona
Craniofacial Foundation of Arizona, 2007
dedicated to provide financial and emotional support to craniofacial patients and their families, promote education programs to increase awareness about and acceptance of craniofacial conditions, and support research to improve methods of preventing, diagnosing and correcting craniofacial abnormalities. The Craniofacial Foundation of Arizona, established in 1990,
Center for Craniofacial Development and Disorders (CCDD)
CCDD, Johns Hopkins University, June 4, 2007
Interactive atlas of congenital craniofacial malformations
Per Larsen, et al. University of Copenhagen
A true 3D interactive atlas
The atlas is based on CT data obtained in relation to the clinical treatment of the patients
Craniofacial / Brain Disorders / Deformities
Birth Disorder Information Directory
Related Books (and links)
Reconstruct a face
World Craniofacial Foundation, 2007
Correction of Isolated Craniosynostosis
Cedars - Sinai Medical Center ( CSMC ), 2006
CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS SYNDROMES
J. Cary Moorhead, MD., Baylor College of Medicine, February 8, 2006
CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS
Texas Pediatric Surgical Associates
Craniosynostosis
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, February 12, 2007
Craniosynostosis Syndromes
Nathaniel H Robin, MD et al., GENE Clinics, January 9, 2006
Acrocephalosyndactyly, FGFR3-Associated Craniosynostosis, and Crouzon, Jackson-Weiss, Apert, Pfeiffer, and Beare-Stevenson Syndromes
Craniosynostosis Fact Sheet
I.B.I.S. Birth Defects, February 15, 2002
[for Professionals mainly] [Ukrainian]
Diagnosis ... Differential diagnosis ... Etiology and pathogenesis ... Management ... OMIM number
Fejlôdési rendellenességek
Medical University of Pécs Hungary, 2006
[Hungarian]
Craniostenosis, craniosynostosis ...
Craniostenosis, craniosynostosis ... Myelo- és encephalokélék ... Platybasia ...
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