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The growth rate of the human cranial base between nasion and inion

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The growth rate of the human cranial base between nasion (N)-tuberculum sellae (Ts) and tuberculum sellae-internal occipital protuberance (=Twining's line (Tw)) were calculated in proportion to nasion-inion (N-I) distance and expressed in two cranial base ratios:\(\frac{{N - Ts}}{{N - I}}\) and\(\frac{{Tw}}{{N - I}}\) The growth rate of the whole cranial base showed a notable stability and a given ratio apparently prevails through into later life.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Haukeland sykehus, N-5000, Bergen, Norway

    K. G. Krogness & H. Nyland

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Krogness, K.G., Nyland, H. The growth rate of the human cranial base between nasion and inion. Pediatr Radiol 7, 129–132 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00975433

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