Smith's Recognizable Patterns of Human Deformation, 3rd Edition

Smith's Recognizable Patterns of Human Deformation is the only book devoted to the diagnosis and management of birth defects resulting from mechanical forces in late gestation. It equips you with the evidenced-based guidance you need to intervene in a timely and effective manner to avoid long-term adverse secondary consequences.

• Guides you through the initial clinical approach to suspected deformation problems, and then walks you through pathogenesis, diagnostic features, management, prognosis, and counseling for each condition.
• Addresses a full range of lower extremity deformations · joint dislocations · nerve palsies · chest and spinal deformations · head and neck deformations · craniosynostoses and cranial bone variations · problems associated with abnormal birth presentation, birth palsies, and procedure-related defects · infant head shape variations and torticollis.
• Helps you to distinguish deformations from malformations so you can manage them appropriately.

John Graham, MD, is a pediatrician and medical geneticist with more than 35 years of training and experience in clinical genetics, dysmorphology, teratology, developmental disabilities, communicative disorders and public health aspects of birth defects. He holds a lifetime appointment as a professor of Pediatrics emeritus at UCLA School of Medicine, where he is on the executive committee of the UCLA Intercampus Medical Genetics Training Program. Graham continues to treat patients at Cedars-Sinai and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.