High-frequency ultrasound confirmation of positional plagiocephaly

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2006, Pages 413-417

  Regelsberger, Jan ^a   Delling, Günter ^a   Tsokos, Michael ^a   Helmke, Knuth ^a   Kammler, Gertrude ^a   Kränzlein, Heidi ^a   Westphal, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cranial suture; Lambdoid suture; Pediatric neurosurgery; Plagiocephaly; Sonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLAGIOCEPHALY; POSITIONAL PLAGIOCEPHALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKULL SUTURE; SYNOSTOSIS;

EID: 33845645556     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2006.105.5.413     Document Type: Article

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