Nonsynostotic occipital plagiocephaly: Factors impacting onset, treatment, and outcomes

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1866-1873

  Losee, Joseph E ^a   Mason, A Corde ^b   Dudas, Jason ^b   Hua, Lan B ^b   Mooney, Mark P ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; ONSET AGE; PLAGIOCEPHALY; POPULATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TORTICOLLIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PLAGIOCEPHALY, NONSYNOSTOTIC; PROBABILITY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247376031     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000259190.56177.ca     Document Type: Review

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