Cranial shape, size and cervical motion in normal newborns

Early Human Development

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 425-430

  Aarnivala, Henri E I ^a,b   Valkama, A Marita ^a   Pirttiniemi, Pertti M ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cephalic index; Cranial anthropometrics; Cranial molding; Deformational plagiocephaly; Nonsynostotic plagiocephaly; Torticollis

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BIRTH; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLAGIOCEPHALY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; RANGE OF MOTION; SKULL; TORTICOLLIS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ARTHROMETRY; CEPHALOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLAGIOCEPHALY, NONSYNOSTOTIC; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; TWINS;

ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; CEPHALOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLAGIOCEPHALY, NONSYNOSTOTIC; PREGNANCY; SKULL; TORTICOLLIS; TWINS;

EID: 84902500166     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2014.05.007     Document Type: Article

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