Human Phenotype Ontology 
Grandparent Node:
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Abnormality of the fontanelles or cranial sutures (HP:0000235)help
Parent Node:
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Abnormality of fontanelles (HP:0011328)help
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Premature closure of fontanelles (HP:0005458)help
Term ID: 5458
Name: Premature closure of fontanelles
Synonym: Early closure of the bregma sutures; Early closure of the cranial sutures; Early closure of the fontanelles; Obliterated fontanelles; Premature closure of the bregma sutures; Premature closure of the cranial sutures
Definition: Normally, the posterior and lateral fontanelles are obliterated by about six months after birth, the anterior fontanelle closes by about the middle of the second year. This term refers to the situation in which the fontanelles close at an inappropriately early time point.
Comments:
Reference: HP:0005458
Genes and Diseases:
 
       Child Nodes:
........expandPremature posterior fontanelle closure (HP:0005494) help

 Sister Nodes: 
..expandAbnormality of the anterior fontanelle (HP:0000236) help
..expandExtra fontanelles (HP:0012367) help
..expandLarge fontanelles (HP:0000239) help
..expandSmall fontanelle (HP:0005486) help
InputHPO IDHPO termDistanceGeneGene id entrezHGNC IDDiseaseIdDiseaseNameFrequencyOnsetHGMD variantsClinVar variants
 
HPO disease - gene - phenotype typical associations:
 
HPO disease - gene - phenotype less frequent non-typical associations:
HP:0005458HP:0005458Premature closure of fontanelles0CTSD CL E G H15092529OMIM:610127Ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal, 10.159
HP:0005458HP:0005458Premature closure of fontanelles0ERCC1 CL E G H20673433OMIM:610758Cerebrooculofacioskeletal syndrome 4.20
HP:0005458HP:0005458Premature closure of fontanelles0SIX2 CL E G H1073610888ORPHA:488437SIX2-related frontonasal dysplasia2
HP:0005458HP:0005494Premature posterior fontanelle closure1SIX2 CL E G H1073610888ORPHA:488437SIX2-related frontonasal dysplasiaHP:0040282 - Frequent2


Genes (3) :CTSD ERCC1 SIX2

Diseases (3) :OMIM:610127 OMIM:610758 ORPHA:488437
 

Human Phenotype Ontology(HPO) is developed by the Human Phenotype Ontology Consortium. The version used here is December 15 2022 release.