Optimal timing of cleft palate closure

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 413-421

  Rohrich, R J ^a   Love, E J ^a   Byrd, H S ^a   Johns, D F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BONE DEVELOPMENT; CLEFT PALATE; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACE GROWTH; HUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PALATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAXILLA; NOTE;

EID: 0033874283     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200008000-00026     Document Type: Review

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