Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital multidisciplinary cleft clinic

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 532-536

  Agbenorku, Pius ^a   Ansah, Samuel ^a   Acheampong, Alexander ^a   Sabbah, Daniel ^b   Bankas, Daniel ^a   Adu, Emmanuel ^a   Plange Rhule, Gyikua ^a   Adiyiah, Yaa ^b   Donkor, Peter ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Cleft lip palate; cleft lip palate repair; multidisciplinary cleft clinic; national health insurance scheme; patient management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79954416037     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e318207f462     Document Type: Article

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