Current management of craniosynostosis

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 82-87

  Adamo, Matthew A ^a   Pollack, Ian F ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniosynostosis; Plagiocephaly; Single suture craniosynostosis; Surgical management

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; CRANIOTOMY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; OSTEOTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLAGIOCEPHALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SKULL SURGERY;

EID: 67749124158     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNQ.0b013e3181a32e1e     Document Type: Article

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