Risk factors associated with deformational plagiocephaly

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Joganic, Jessica L ^a,b   Lynch, John M ^a,b   Littlefield, Timothy R ^c   Verrelli, Brian C ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cranial Technologies Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Multivariable analysis; Prenatal exposure; Sleep position

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARITY; PLAGIOCEPHALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP PATTERN; TWIN PREGNANCY; ZYGOSITY;

DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR PRESENTATION; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PARITY; PLAGIOCEPHALY, NONSYNOSTOTIC; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 71949129364     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2969     Document Type: Article

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