The differential diagnosis of posterior plagiocephaly: True lambdoid synostosis versus positional molding

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 765-776

  Huang, Martin H S ^a   Gruss, Joseph S ^b   Clarren, Sterling K ^b   Mouradian, Wendy E ^b   Cunningham, Michael L ^b   Roberts, Theodore S ^b   Loeser, John D ^b   Cornell, Cathy J ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FRONTAL BOSSING; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SKULL SUTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029784438     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199610000-00001     Document Type: Article

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