Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 10 , Pages 1635-1641 , October 2010

Long-term functional outcome in 167 patients with syndromic craniosynostosis; defining a syndrome-specific risk profile

Received 1 October 2008 ,Accepted 23 October 2009.

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☆ A part of this study was presented at the 2008 spring meeting of the Dutch Society of Plastic Surgery (NVPC).

PII: S1748-6815(09)00754-2

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.10.029

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 10 , Pages 1635-1641 , October 2010

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