Sagittal craniosynostosis outcome assessment for two methods and timings of intervention

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1574-1584

  Panchal, Jayesh ^a   Marsh, Jeffrey L ^b   Park, T S ^b   Kaufman, Bruce ^b   Pilgram, Thomas ^b   Huang, Shi Hui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CALVARIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032968318     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199905000-00004     Document Type: Article

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