Unilateral coronal synostosis (anterior plagiocephaly): Current clinical perspectives

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 430-447

  Posnick, Jeffrey C ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN GROWTH; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029887579     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199604000-00021     Document Type: Review

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