Vomeronasal organ growth and development in normal and cleft lip and palate human fetuses

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 385-394

  Smith, Timothy D ^a,b   Siegel, Michael I ^b,c   Mooney, Mark P ^b,c   Burdi, Alphonse R ^d,e   Todhunter, John S ^b  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Cleft Palate Craniofacial Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Center for Human Growth and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

anterior paraseptal cartilages; cleft lip and palate; fetal growth and development; nasal capsule; vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NOSE SEPTUM; ORGAN GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0029835953     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569(1996)033<0385:VOGADI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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