Clinical approach to the child with a large head

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 867-871

  Garg, Bhuwan P ^a   Walsh, Laurence ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluids; Macrocephaly; Occipito frontal circumference

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEAD; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEAD; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0035463362     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02762115     Document Type: Article

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