Clinical and genetic characterization of frontorhiny: Report of 3 novel cases and discussion of the surgical management

Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 415-420

  Pham, Nguyen S ^a   Rafii, Amir ^c   Liu, Jia ^b   Boyadjiev, Simeon A ^b   Tollefson, Travis T ^a  

^a Section of Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

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EID: 84863260284     PISSN: 15212491     EISSN: 15383660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfacial.2011.684     Document Type: Article

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