A prospective surgery of patients with cleft lip and palate in kumasi

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-16

  Donkor, Peter ^a   Plange Rhule, G ^a   Amponsah, E K ^a  

^a KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Cleft lip; Cleft palate; Kumasi; Socio demographics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GHANA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; NEWBORN; OCCUPATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; CLEFT PALATE; HEALTH SURVEY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34249021353     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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