[Incidence of craniostenosis in data from the pediatric neurologic department with emphasis on children of gypsy origin].

The authors analyzed in material extending over twenty years from the neurological department of the regional paediatric hospital in Kosice the incidence of craniostenosis, focused on gypsy children, as compared with the number of population in the East Slovakian region of the gypsy ethnic group, and the incidence of the disease in non-gypsy children. Analysis revealed a relatively increased incidence of craniostenosis in children of gypsy origin--a total of 0.11% cases, while the incidence in children of non-gypsy parents was 0.