Positional plagiocephaly: Evaluation and management

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 4 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 439-446

  Caccamese, John ^a   Costello, Bernard J ^b   Ruiz, Ramon L ^c   Ritter, Ann M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Southwest Florida Oral/Facial Surg   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL SUTURE; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FETUS MALFORMATION; HEAD POSITION; HELMET; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; ORTHOTICS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLAGIOCEPHALY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKULL MALFORMATION; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TORTICOLLIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 8744317034     PISSN: 10423699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coms.2004.08.006     Document Type: Review

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