The americleft study: An inter-center study of treatment outcomes for patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate part 1. Principles and study design

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 239-243

  Long Jr , Ross E ^a,b   Hathaway, Ronald ^c   Daskalogiannakis, John ^d,e   Mercado, Ana ^f   Russell, Kathleen ^g,h   Cohen, Marilyn ⁱ   Semb, Gunvor ^j,k,l   Shaw, William ^l  

^a Lancaster General Health   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Peyton Manning Children's Hospital   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

ⁱ Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^k Oslo Cleft Team   (Norway)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Americleft; Cleft lip and palate; Intercenter study; Treatment outcome measures

Indexed keywords

AMERICLEFT STUDY; ARTICLE; CLEFT PALATE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL RECORD; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDY DESIGN; UNILATERAL CLEFT LIP;

CHILD; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79955939440     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: 15451569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/09-180.1     Document Type: Article

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