Cloverleaf skull - When Should One Operate?

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 217-220

  Goh, K Y C ^a   Ahuja, A ^b   Fok, T F ^b   Poon, W S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cloverleaf; Craniotomy; Early surgery; Hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLIA; BONE REMODELING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031134657     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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