Cleft palate repair at 3 to 7 months of age

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2127-2132

  Kirschner, Richard E ^a   Randall, Peter ^a   Wang, Peter ^a   Jawad, Abbas F ^a   Duran, Michael ^a   Huang, Kathy ^a   Solot, Cynthia ^a   Cohen, Marilyn ^a   LaRossa, Don ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034054917     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200005000-00032     Document Type: Article

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