Velopharyngeal dysfunction and 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: A longitudinal study of functional outcome and preoperative prognostic factors

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 447-455

  Spruijt, N E ^a   Widdershoven, J C C ^b   Breugem, C C ^a   Speleman, L ^a   Homveld, I L M ^a   Kon, M ^a   Mink Van Der Molen, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

22q11.2 deletion syndrome; Resonance; Velopharyngeal dysfunction; Velopharyngoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME DELETION 22Q11; CHROMOSOME DELETION 22Q11.2; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VELOPLASTY; CHROMOSOME 22; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH DISORDERS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84864534984     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: 15451569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/10-049     Document Type: Article

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