Velopharyngeal function in nonsyndromic cleft palate: Relevance of surgical technique, age at repair, and cleft type

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 95-100

  Marrinan, Eileen M ^a   Labrie, Richard A ^b   Mulliken, John B ^a,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Pharyngeal flap; Velopharyngeal insufficiency

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT PALATE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; NASAL SEPTUM; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALATAL MUSCLES; PHARYNX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL FLAPS; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0031976672     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569(1998)035<0095:VFINCP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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