The evaluation and management of velopharyngeal dysfunction.
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Several interventions are available for management of VPD. Using an approach of differential management based on differential diagnosis, VPD can be effectively treated in most patients. The current challenge for the VPD care team, however, is to resolve the signs and symptoms of VPD without exchanging them for a different but an equally or more morbid set of signs and symptoms.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinics in plastic surgery
دوره 31 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004