Management of positional plagiocephaly

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-84

  Saeed, N R ^a   Wall, S A ^a   Dhariwal, D K ^b  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; HELMET; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLAGIOCEPHALY; POSITIONAL PLAGIOCEPHALY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHILD; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PLAGIOCEPHALY, NONSYNOSTOTIC; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 38049123535     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.093740     Document Type: Review

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