Pattern of clefts of the lip and palate managed over a three year period at a Nairobi hospital in Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 649-651

  Onyango, J F ^a   Noah, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b Gertrudes Garden Children's Hospital   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33644595482     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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