Facial clefting in Arab populations: Analysis of 134 cases

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 335-337

  Ali, Mustafa H ^a  

^a King Fahad Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT FACE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0029899518     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1996.335     Document Type: Article

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