Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Abnormality of the metopic suture
HP:0005556
What it means
The frontal suture divides the two halves of the frontal bone of the skull in infants and children and generally undergoes fusion by the age of six. A persistent frontal suture is referred to as a "metopic suture".
Part of the broader category
Abnormality of the metopic suture
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