The diagnosis and treatment of single-sutural synostoses: Are computed tomographic scans necessary?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1327-1331

  Fearon, Jeffrey A ^a   Singh, Davinder J ^b   Beals, Stephen P ^b   Yu, Jack C ^b  

^a The Craniofacial Center Texas   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLAGIOCEPHALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SKULL SURGERY; SURGEON;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34848838987     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000279477.56044.55     Document Type: Article

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