Success and failure for children born with facial clefts in Africa: A 15-year follow-up

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1963-1969

  De Buys Roessingh, Anthony S ^a   Dolci, Mirko ^a   Zbinden Trichet, Chantal ^a   Bossou, Raymond ^b   Meyrat, Blaise Julien ^a   Hohlfeld, Judith ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Abomey Hospital   (Benin)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIN; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; TOGO; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BENIN; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TOGO; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866735329     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1607-z     Document Type: Article

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