Using population-specific growth curves for Inuit children could promote the appropriate diagnosis of microcephaly and avoid overdiagnosis, according to a new study. Inuit children from Nunavut, ...

In this study, we report a novel ARID1B mutation identified by whole-exome sequencing in a patient with clinical features characteristic to CSS. The patient is a 16-year-old female. She is the only ...

image: This is a summary of treatment of an infant with hydrocephalus-related extreme macrocephaly. The uppermost image shows the infant with gross macrocephaly before surgery. The sutures are widely ...

This study was approved by the Ethics Committees of the Universities of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Leipzig, and Oxford. Informed consent of patient 1 (P1) and both parents (including their consent for P2) was ...

A team of doctors and practitioners implanted a ventriculoperitoneal shunt followed by a new operation to stabilize and reduce the size of the baby’s head in it's first week of life - the first time ...

Inuit children, who are Indigenous peoples of the Arctic and subarctic regions, may have different head size norms due to genetic and environmental factors. Relying on WHO growth curves can lead to ...

Paris Hilton hit out against cruel trolls this week who mocked her baby son's 'deformed' head and likened him to Family Guy’s Stewie. Other, ostensibly concerned, fans urged the socialite to take nine ...