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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Main Authors: Sanjeev N. Deshpande, L. K. Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 1988-04-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-1775528