Trigonocephaly-Associated Hypotelorism: Is Treatment Necessary?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 503-509

  Fearon, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Kolar, John C ^a   Munro, Ian R ^a  

^a The Craniofacial Center Texas   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTELORISM; INFANT; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL SUTURES; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030046173     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199603000-00001     Document Type: Article

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