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New objective measurement of forehead symmetry in unicoronal craniosynostosis – comparison between fronto-orbital advancement and forehead remodelling with a bone graft

Giovanni MalteseSahlgrenska University Hospital, Institute for Clinical Sciences, Department of Plastic Surgery, Göteborg University, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
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Peter TarnowSahlgrenska University Hospital, Institute for Clinical Sciences, Department of Plastic Surgery, Göteborg University, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
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Annelie LindströmDepartment of Radiation Physics, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden
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Jakob Heydorn LagerlöfDepartment of Radiation Physics, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden
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Peter BernhardtDepartment of Radiation Physics, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden
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Robert TovetjärnSahlgrenska University Hospital, Institute for Clinical Sciences, Department of Plastic Surgery, Göteborg University, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
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Lars KölbySahlgrenska University Hospital, Institute for Clinical Sciences, Department of Plastic Surgery, Göteborg University, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 59-62 | Accepted 04 Jun 2013, Published online: 15 Jul 2013

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