The Mouse Adult Gross Anatomy Ontology and Mammalian Phenotype Ontology are downloaded weekly from the Mouse Genome Informatics databases at Jackson Laboratories (ftp://ftp.informatics.jax.org/pub/reports/index.html). For more information about these ontologies, see the MGI Publications Page at http://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/other/publications.shtml.
early fusion or ossification of one or more cranial base synchondroses relative to age- and gender-matched controls; can lead to midface hypoplasia, as seen in patients with specific forms of syndromic craniosynostosis
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precocious cranial synchondrosis closure; premature closure of cranial base synchondroses; premature cranial synchondrosis fusion; premature ossification of cranial synchondroses