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The condition characterized by uneven or irregular shape of the head often in parallelogram shape with a flat spot on the back or one side of the head. It can either result from the premature CRANIAL SUTURE closure (CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS) or from external forces (NONSYNOSTOTIC PLAGIOCEPHALY).
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- Plagiocephalies
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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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2011
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- National Library of Medicine. Plagiocephaly. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D059041. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D059041
- Plagiocephaly. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiocephaly
- Plagiocephaly. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2546232