Epidemiology, presentation and management of congenital muscular torticollis

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 675-679

  Ho, B C S ^a   Lee, E H ^a   Singh, K ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Birth trauma; Congenital torticollis; Mandibular hypoplasia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAW DISEASE; MALE; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; ORTHOPEDICS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; TORTICOLLIS;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MANDIBULAR DISEASES; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 0033218206     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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