Timing of cleft palate closure should be based on the ratio of the area of the cleft to that of the palatal segments and not on age alone

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1483-1499

  Berkowitz, Samuel ^a,b   Duncan, Robert ^a,b   Evans, Carla ^a,b   Friede, Hans ^a,b   Kuijpers Jagtman, Anne Marie ^a,b   Prahl Anderson, Birte ^a,b   Rosenstein, Sheldon ^a,b  

^a Miami Craniofacial Anomalies Found ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALVEOLAR RIDGE; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALATE; PALATOPLASTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 18044385765     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000161673.31770.23     Document Type: Article

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