Identifying reproducible patterns of calvarial dysmorphology in nonsyndromic sagittal craniosynostosis may affect operative intervention and outcomes assessment

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1546-1552

  Schmelzer, Rodney E ^b   Perlyn, Chad A ^b   Kane, Alex A ^b   Pilgram, Thomas K ^b   Govier, Daniel ^b   Marsh, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a Kids Plastic Surgery   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALVARIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERATOLOGY;

CRANIOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34147093629     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000256067.42651.30     Document Type: Article

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