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Abstract
A deformity of the SKULL that is not due to bone fusion (SYNOSTOSIS), such as craniosynostoses, and is characterized by an asymmetric skull and face. It is observed with an increased frequency in INFANTS after the adoption of supine sleeping recommendations to prevent SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME.
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- Plagiocephaly, Deformational
- Plagiocephaly, Nonsynostotic
- Plagiocephaly, Positional
- Deformational Plagiocephalies
- Deformational Plagiocephaly
- Plagiocephalies, Deformational
- Plagiocephalies, Positional
- Positional Plagiocephalies
- Positional Plagiocephaly
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2005
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- National Library of Medicine. Nonsynostotic Plagiocephaly. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D049068. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D049068
- Nonsynostotic Plagiocephaly. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positional_plagiocephaly
- Nonsynostotic Plagiocephaly. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q912667