This disorder is called deformational plagiocephaly, which some people call flat-head syndrome or positional plagiocephaly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beauty of Love] Reference

Doctors diagnosed Caeden with a condition called deformational plagiocephaly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily News Tribune Homepage RSS] Reference

A baby's sleep position is the best predictor of a misshapen skull condition known as deformational.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

GUPTA: It's called deformational plagiocephaly, a fancy term for a misshapen head, usually caused by infants 'heads resting on the same spot.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 3, 2005] Reference

Posted on: Thursday, 19 November 2009, 14: 55 CST A baby's sleep position is the best predictor of a misshapen skull condition known as deformational plagiocephaly - or the.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Fat chance for kids who are losing sleep] Reference

A new study by physician researchers from Hasbro Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston identifies risk factors for the severity of asymmetrical head shapes, known as deformational plagiocephaly (DP), or more commonly as flat head syndrome.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

A baby's sleep position is the best predictor of a misshapen skull condition known as deformational plagiocephaly -- or the development of flat spots on an infant's head -- according to findings reported by Arizona State University scientists in the December issue of the journal Pediatrics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Blog - Science news straight from the source] Reference

Experts said it showed evidence of concentrated volcanic and deformational activity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surface Of Mercury More Active Than First Thought | Impact Lab] Reference

Following is a chart that breaks down the differences between deformational plagiocephaly and craniosynostosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beauty of Love] Reference

Corrective helmets can also be used to treat more severe cases of deformational plagiocephaly or those diagnosed later.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beauty of Love] Reference

This is clearly a very small price to pay in order to avoid SIDS, but deformational plagiocephaly must be recognized when it occurs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beauty of Love] Reference

We have to be able to quickly distinguish between an intrinsic skull problem (craniosynostosis) and one that occurs on the extrinsic level (deformational plagiocephaly).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beauty of Love] Reference

In craniosynostosis, the head shape occurs because of an intrinsic problem, an internal action on the bone; whereas in deformational plagiocephaly the issue is extrinsic.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beauty of Love] Reference

The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, which has an observatory at Whakapapa Village, conducts regular geophysical, deformational and chemical studies on the volcanoes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tongariro National Park, New Zealand] Reference

"It's not that deformational or positional plagiocephaly causes neuro-developmental delay," explains Speltz.    From Wordnik.com.  [Winnipeg Sun] Reference

Erik's poster was titled "Age and deformational characteristics of the Paleoproterozoic Denny Creek granodiorite, Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Area, Colorado.".    From Wordnik.com.  [UMM News] Reference

The duration and deformational styles are identical to those of younger collisional belts and demonstrate the presence of plate tectonics for at least the last two billion years of Earth's history.    From Wordnik.com.  [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference

Positional or deformational plagiocephaly may occur when external forces shape an infant's skull while it is still soft and malleable, such as extended time spent lying on a hard surface or in one position.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Blog] Reference

However, independent of the biological and environmental factors, the findings showed that sleep position was the best predictor of deformational plagiocephaly, and one that could be addressed by altering behavior, according to Verrelli.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Blog - Science news straight from the source] Reference

The study was designed to statistically evaluate the independent and interacting effects of biological and environmental risk factors that lead to deformational plagiocephaly, in an attempt to provide future guidance for clinical treatment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Blog - Science news straight from the source] Reference

April 24, 2005 - deformational plagiocephaly.    From Wordnik.com.  [bettyalready Diary Entry] Reference

The discovery of a large and unusually well preserved impact basin shows concentrated volcanic and deformational activity. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [TG Daily - All News] Reference

Also collaborating in the study, which appeared online this week, were John Lynch, an ASU evolutionary biologist, and Timothy Littlefield with Cranial Technologies, Inc., in Phoenix, which supplied the database of more than 20,000 children who were treated for deformational plagiocephaly between 1990 and 2007.www. asu.edu).    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Blog - Science news straight from the source] Reference