Frontosphenoidal synostosis: A rare cause of unilateral anterior plagiocephaly

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1431-1438

  Ribaupierre, Sandrine ^a   Czorny, Alain ^b   Pittet, Brigitte ^c   Jacques, Bertrand ^a   Rilliet, Benedict ^a,c  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^c HUG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anterior plagiocephaly; Craniosynostosis; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; CRANIOPLASTY; CRANIOTOMY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE ASYMMETRY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PLAGIOCEPHALY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHENOID; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CHILD; CRANIAL SUTURES; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RARE DISEASES; SPHENOID BONE; SYNOSTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36348942474     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0469-4     Document Type: Article

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