Surgical repair of unidirectional palatopharyngeal epignathus: Case report and review of literature

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 367-369

  El Musa, Kusai A ^a,b   Shehadi, Ramzi S ^a   Shehadi, Sameer ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b NONE   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Cleft uvula; Epignathus; Teratoma; Velopharyngeal insufficiency

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL TUMOR; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MOUTH TUMOR; PALATE; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PHONATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH DISORDER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERATOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UNIDIRECTIONAL PALATOPHARYNGEAL EPIGNATHUS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PALATAL NEOPLASMS; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; TERATOMA; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33646870568     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/03-154.1     Document Type: Review

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