(1) The clinical study of the major cranio-facial malformations such as Apert syndrome, Treacher-Collins syndrome, Blepharophimosis and Bilateral Cleft Palate patients, lead us to note a similarity of the orbito-palpebral region.
(2) Apert-Crouzon syndrome (formerly ACS type 2; 10130) is now considered a subset of autosomal dominant Apert acrocephalosyndactyly type 1 (10120), with features of craniosynostoisis, syndactyly of all extremities, maxillary hypoplasia, "parrot-beaked" nose, hypertelorism, exophthalmos, external strabismus, and short upper lip.
(3) Furthermore, the investigation indicated that the conventional linear coronal craniectomy cannot be expected to improve the craniofacial growth pattern in patients with Apert syndrome.
(4) Several years follow up of 3 patients aged from 4 to 14 years with acrocephalosyndactyly of Apert Syndrome type is described.
(5) A detailed examination of a stillborn fetus with Apert's syndrome showed several unexpected findings, which prompted a reevaluation of the heretofore generally accepted hypotheses regarding the cause of the dysmorphic craniofacial features in this syndrome.
(6) The purpose of the paper is to describe and analyze the infant Apert skull with emphasis on the calvaria and its early postnatal development.
(7) Apert (1906) was the first to identify a syndrome characterized by the association of acrocephaly with syndactyly, acrocephalosyndactylism.
(8) We suggest that hydrocephalus should be considered as a major associated malformation, and a complete evaluation with sonogram and computed tomography scan is recommended in any newborn suspected of having Apert syndrome after routine cephalometric measurement.
(9) Ten infants and children who presented with craniofacial dysostosis are discussed; four had Apert's syndrome, four had Crouzon's syndrome, one had Pfeiffer's syndrome, and one had hypertelorism.
(10) Success in the treatment of Apert's syndrome depends not only on the quality of surgical correction but also upon its timing.
(11) Ten children with Apert's syndactyly underwent early surgical intervention (mean age 8.4 months) as part of a staged program of digital separation leading to completion of both hands by the age of 2 years.
(12) This association is apparently rare and we think that this may represent a distinct syndrome separate from Apert syndrome.
(13) The association of the esophageal deformity with the Apert-syndrome is discussed.
(14) Upper airway compromise, consisting of obstructive sleep apnea and cor pulmonale, may result from reduced nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal dimensions in the Apert craniofacial configuration.
(15) Patient diagnoses included facial clefts, hypertelorism, Treacher Collins syndrome, and craniofacial dysostosis (Crouzon's and Apert's syndromes).
(16) The Apert pituitary fossa and basi-occiput are significantly larger than normal.
(17) This report appears to represent the first known example of germinal mosaicism in Apert syndrome.
(18) One minor (hip dysplasia) and one major birth defect (Apert syndrome) were seen.
(19) The oral manifestations of Apert syndrome are compared and contrasted with those of Crouzon syndrome.
(20) In a patient of our hospital, who underwent surgery twice, a typical case of Apert-syndrome was diagnosed.
Avert
Definition:
(n.) To turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how can the danger be averted? "To avert his ire."
(v. i.) To turn away.
Example Sentences:
(1) EEG arousal diminished as a function of distance, while arousal for direct gaze was always higher than for averted gaze, whatever the distance.
(2) Customers won a significant victory in the battle with the banks earlier this month when a mass hearing was averted at Hull county court.
(3) Dedicate it to the off-the-cuff remark – the gaffe, even – which averts a war.
(4) Tragedy was averted because there was a little delay as the prayers did not commence in earnest and the bomb strapped to the body of the girl went off and killed her,” he added.
(5) By 2020, the Gavi Alliance estimates that pentavalent vaccines will avert more than 7 million deaths.
(6) The channelling of these monohydroxy fatty acids to cholesteryl esters provides a mechanism which can alter the amount of lipoxygenase products incorporated into cellular phospholipids, thus averting deleterious changes to cell membranes.
(7) The people were free, the dictator was dead, a mooted massacre had been averted – and all this without any obvious boots on the ground.
(8) A high potassium diet could possibly preserve these arteries and avert much renal failure.
(9) This preliminary evaluation suggests that needle laparoscopy may avert bowel perforation in some instances and may permit laparoscopic tubal sterilization to be performed in some women who would otherwise, because of multiple previous operations, be denied laparoscopy.
(10) As things stand, a second Great Depression has been averted, but growth has ranged from the weak in Europe to the unspectacular in the United States.
(11) A radial orientation of the buckle averts this complication.
(12) George Osborne averted a Tory backbench rebellion in the Commons on Monday when the Treasury gave a powerful hint that the government could defer a planned 3p increase in fuel duty.
(13) The younger the infant and the longer the breastfeeding, the greater the estimated benefits in terms of deaths averted.
(14) She writes: Reassurances from the US that short-term measures will be instigated to avert the upcoming debt-ceiling deadline have given European equity markets a jolt upwards, helping to stem some of the risk aversion of the past few days.
(15) According to Defra, the hierarchy is a means to avert "unnecessary impacts on the environment" from development.
(16) Despite spending a record amount of money to sway the mid-term US elections, environmental groups and high-profile donors failed to avert a sweeping Republican victory last week, in which candidates opposing the regulation of greenhouse gases and championing the expansion of tar sands pipelines won big.
(17) Over the next 30-50 years, we may have breakthrough technologies that close the loop by recycling steel or using very different cement types but for now, we have to deal with the technologies we have.” In many ways, the debate over carbon capture and storage is a struggle between two competing visions of the societal transformation needed to avert climate disaster.
(18) The company has lurched from one crisis to the next over the past two years, including industrial action this spring by the chorus, with a strike only narrowly averted .
(19) However, the mass campaign is probably less cost-effective in averting neonatal tetanus deaths, due to its broader targetting.
(20) He told MPs: “We chose a difficult compromise to avert the most extreme plans by the most extreme circles in Europe.” Although the leftist leader urged his Syriza party to endorse the reforms, 36 MPs either voted against or abstained on the measures, three fewer than in a similar vote last week.