title: Hereditary premature closure of a coronal suture in the Abraham Lincoln family.
abstract: The most easily recognized facial features of unilateral premature closure of a coronal suture in the skull are an upward arching of the superior orbital rim and a smaller face on the involved side. Photographs indicate that at least 9 individuals over 5 generations of the Abraham Lincoln family showed this anomaly.
authors.affiliation: rsfishman@earthlink.net
authors.forename: Ronald S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Fishman
mesh_terms: D003393:Cranial Sutures / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000235:genetics* / Q000266:history*; D005192:Family Health; D005197:Famous Persons; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D012886:Skull / Q000002:abnormalities; D014481:United States
keywords: Abraham Lincoln; Congenital anomalies; Craniosynostosis; DNA; Genetic disease; History of medicine; Plagiocephaly; deoxyribonucleic acid