Orthotic treatment improves cranial base abnormality in patients with craniofacial microsomia and deformational plagiocephaly
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Correspondence: Joseph H. Shin, MD Associate Professor of Surgery Director, Yale Craniofacial Center Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery Yale University School of Medicine. P.O. Box 208041 New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8041 1.MD, Associate Professor of Surgery Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine. 2.MD,PhD, Professor Adjunto da Disciplina de Cirurgia Plástica da Universidade Federal do Paraná. 3.CO, Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine. 4.MS, Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine. 5.MD, Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine. SUMMARY
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