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Understanding Macrocephaly and Microcephaly by pathsala nursing is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document discusses abnormalities of head size and shape, including macrocephaly and microcephaly. Macrocephaly is defined as a head circumference more than 2 standard deviations above the mean. Potential causes include increased brain size, cerebrospinal fluid, vascular structures, or bone. Microcephaly is a head circumference below 3 standard deviations and can be primary/genetic or secondary due to infections, drugs, or other insults. The document also reviews cranial deformities like plagiocepha
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- pathsala nursing
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- EN