Velopharyngeal Insufficiency and Cleft
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1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95817, USA 2Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA 3Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgory, AB, Canada T2N 1N4 4Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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دوره 2012 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2012