Involvement of the basilar coronal ring in unilateral coronal synostosis

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1887-1893

  Rogers, Gary F ^a,b,c   Mulliken, John B ^a,b  

^a Harvard Medical School ^*

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ETHMOID BONE; FRONTAL BONE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKULL; SKULL BASE; SKULL SUTURE; SPHENOID; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SYNOSTOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; CRANIAL SUTURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL; SYNOSTOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 20044379585     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000165073.64309.BD     Document Type: Review

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