Outcome of velopharyngoplasty in patients with velocardiofacial syndrome

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1159-1164

  Widdershoven, Josine C C ^a,b   Stubenitsky, Bart M ^a   Breugem, Corstiaan C ^a   MinkvanderMolen, Aebele B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VELOCARDIOFACIAL SYNDROME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT PALATE; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 56649120545     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.134.11.1159     Document Type: Article

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