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Newborns: Flattened Head Syndrome: References

De Bock F, Braun V, Renz-Polster H. Deformational plagiocephaly in normal infants: a systematic review of causes and hypotheses. Arch Dis Child. 2017 Jun;102(6):535-542. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-312018. Epub 2017 Jan 19. Review. PMID: 28104626.

Congenital muscular torticollis. Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America. https://posna.org/Physician-Education/Study-Guide/Congenital-Muscular-Torticollis. Accessed November 2017.

Collett BR, Gray KE, Starr JR, et al. Development at age 36 months in children with deformational plagiocephaly. Pediatrics 2013, 131 (1) e109-e115.

Cummings C. Positional plagiocephaly. Paediatric Child Health 2011; 16:493-6.

Plagiocephaly. American Academy of Family Physicians. https://familydoctor.org/condition/plagiocephaly/. Updated June 2017. Accessed October 2017.

Lam SK, Luerssen TG. New guidelines review evidence on PT, helmets for positional plagiocephaly. American Academy of Pediatrics. http://www.aappublications.org/news/2016/10/27/Plagiocephaly102016. October 27, 2016. Accessed October 2017.

Guidelines for the management of patients with positional plagiocephaly. Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Neurosurgery. https://www.cns.org/guidelines/guidelines-management-patients-positional-plagiocephaly. November 2016.

Flat head syndrome & your baby: information about positional skull deformities. American Academy of Pediatrics. https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/Cleft-Craniofacial/Pages/Positional-Skull-Deformities-and-Torticollis.aspx. Updated February 12, 2016. Accessed November 2017.

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