A three-dimensional computed tomographic analysis of the cervical spine in unoperated infants with cleft lip and palate

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 513-518

  Rajion, Zainul A ^a   Townsend, Grant C ^b   Netherway, David J ^b,c,d   Anderson, Peter J ^b,d,e   Yusof, Asllah ^a   Hughes, Toby ^b   Shuaib, Ibrahim L ^f   Halim, Ahmad Sukari ^f   Samsudin, Abdul Rani ^a   David, David J ^b,d  

^a SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Institute of Craniofacial Studies   (Australia)

^d WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e CHILD HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cervical spine anomalies; Cleft lip and palate; Computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFANT; MALAY RACE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE MALFORMATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRA BODY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33748789880     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/05-023     Document Type: Article

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