The abnormal fontanel

American Family Physician

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2547-2552

  Kiesler, Joseph ^a   Ricer, Rick ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ACHONDROPLASIA; ANTERIOR FONTANEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DEHYDRATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MENINGITIS; MICROCEPHALY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RICKETS; SKULL DEFECT; SKULL DEVELOPMENT; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKULL;

EID: 0038802887     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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