Magnetic resonance imaging of the levator veli palatini muscle in speakers with repaired cleft palate

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 494-505

  Ha, Seunghee ^a   Kuehn, David P ^b   Cohen, Mimis ^c   Alperin, Noam ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Levator veli palatini; Magnetic resonance imaging; Quantitative measures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CLEFT PALATE; CONSONANT; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LEVATOR VELI PALATINI; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPEECH ARTICULATION; VOWEL;

ADULT; CLEFT PALATE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PALATAL MUSCLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH ARTICULATION TESTS; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 34548692284     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/06-220.1     Document Type: Article

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