Occipital plagiocephaly: An epidemic of craniosynostosis?: Craniosynostosis needs to be distinguished from more common postural asymmetry

BMJ

Volumn 315, Issue 7110, 1997, Pages 693-694

  Jones, Barry M ^a   Hayward, Richard ^a   Evans, Robert ^a   Britto, Jonathan ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SKULL DEFECT;

CRANIOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; OCCIPITAL BONE; POSTURE;

EID: 0030770922     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7110.693     Document Type: Editorial

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