The role of cranial expansion for craniocephalic disproportion

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 61-69

  Gough, Jenny ^a   Walker, David G ^a,b   Theile, Richard ^a   Tomlinson, Francis H ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cranial expansion; Craniocephalic disproportion; Craniosynostosis; Slit ventricle syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CRANIAL EXPANSION; CRANIOCEPHALIC DISPROPORTION; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SKULL; SKULL MALFORMATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TISSUE EXPANSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D RESISTANT RICKETS;

CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; SKULL; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 22144488825     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085158     Document Type: Article

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