CONGENITAL TORTICOLLIS: Reply
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Congenital Muscular Torticollis: An Overview
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the craniofacial asymmetry in adults with neglected congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) by quantitative assessment based on craniofacial three-dimensional computed tomography (3D-CT). METHODS Preoperative craniofacial asymmetry was measured by 3D-CT for 31 CMT subjects ≥18 years of age who visited a tertiary medical center and underwent 3D-CT between January 2009 and D...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal Armed Forces India
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0377-1237
DOI: 10.1016/s0377-1237(01)80117-9