Craniofacial Morphology in Unoperated Cleft Lip and Palate
Cleft lip and palate patients have normal growth potential. Inadvertent surgery done in early childhood results in maxillary hypoplasia, which manifests in later life. Unoperated cleft lip and palate patients have normal craniofacial morphology when compared to controls of same age and sex, irrespec...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
1988-04-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery |
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Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-1775528 |