The velo-cardio-facial syndrome: The otorhinolaryngeal manifestations and implications

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-141

  Vantrappen, G ^a   Rommel, N ^a   Cremers, C W R J ^a,b   Devriendt, K ^a   Frijns, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

22q11 Deletion; Cleft palate; Shprintzen syndrome; Velo cardio facial; Velopharyngeal incompetence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSCOPY; FEEDING DISORDER; FLUOROSCOPY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SPEECH THERAPY; VELOCARDIOFACIAL SYNDROME;

CHILD; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; CLEFT PALATE; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; SYNDROME; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0032476176     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(98)00067-6     Document Type: Article

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