Magnetic resonance imaging of the levator veli palatini muscle before and after primary palatoplasty

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 584-592

  Kuehn, David P ^a   Ettema, Sandra L ^b   Goldwasser, Michael S ^c,d   Barkmeier, Joseph C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c CARLE CLINIC ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleft palate surgery; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALATOPLASTY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; Z PLASTY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CLEFT PALATE; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PALATAL MUSCLES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 8644251183     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/03-060.1     Document Type: Article

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