Hypertrophic scarring in cleft lip repair: A comparison of incidence among ethnic groups

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 187-191

  Soltani, Ali M ^a,b   Francis, Cameron S ^a,b   Motamed, Arash ^a,b   Karatsonyi, Ashley L ^a,b   Hammoudeh, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Sanchez Lara, Pedro A ^a,b   Reinisch, John F ^a,b   Urata, Mark M ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleft lip; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Hypertrophic scarring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CLEFT LATERALITY; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT TYPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LIP RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84930472947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S31119     Document Type: Article

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