Surgical correction of velopharyngeal insufficiency in children with velocardiofacial syndrome

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1493-1498

  Losken, Albert ^a   Williams, J Kerwin ^a   Burstein, Fernando D ^a   Malick, Deonne N ^a   Riski, John E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOUTH EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPHINCTER PHARYNGOPLASTY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VELOCARDIOFACIAL SYNDROME; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; INFANT; PHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHARYNX; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33646827307     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000206377.14083.ce     Document Type: Article

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