Benign paroxysmal torticollis of infancy: An underdiagnosed condition

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 674-678

  Hadjipanayis, Adamos ^a,b   Efstathiou, Elisavet ^b   Neubauer, David ^c,d  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b Larnaca General Hospital   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

awareness; motor development; paroxysmal; torticollis

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPLICATION; CYPRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TORTICOLLIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CYPRUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PEDIATRICS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 84934436417     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12841     Document Type: Review

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