In search of the optimal surgical treatment for velopharyngeal dysfunction in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: A systematic review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Spruijt, Nicole E ^a   ReijmanHinze, Judith ^b   Hens, Greet ^c   Vander Poorten, Vincent ^c   Mink van der Molen, Aebele B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME DELETION 22Q11; CHROMOSOME DELETION 22Q11.2; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HONIG PHARYNGOPLASTY; HUMAN; HYNES PHARYNGOPLASTY; INTRAVELAR VELOPLASTY; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PALATOPLASTY; PHARYNGEAL FLAP PHARYNGOPLASTY; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPHINCTER PHARYNGOPLASTY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CHROMOSOME 22; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84859054301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034332     Document Type: Article

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