Choanal atresia: Current concepts and controversies

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 466-470

  Corrales, C Eduardo ^a   Koltai, Peter J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CHARGE; Choanal atresia; Mitomycin C; Nasal stent; Retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR;

CHOANA ATRESIA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INJURY; LASER SURGERY; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; STENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHOANAL ATRESIA; HUMANS; STENTS;

EID: 74949117305     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e328332a4ce     Document Type: Review

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