Combined metopic and sagittal craniosynostosis: Is it worse than sagittal synostosis alone?

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Terner, Jordan S ^a   Travieso, Roberto ^a   Lee, Su Shin ^b   Forte, Antonio J ^a   Patel, Anup ^a   Persing, John A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Craniosynostosis; Metopic; Sagittal; Volume

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80052236881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.6.FOCUS11100     Document Type: Article

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