Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
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What is ‘Pierre Robin sequence’?

Received 14 February 2008 ,Accepted 2 June 2008.

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☆ Presented at the annual Dutch Cleft and Craniofacial Association meeting, 17 June 2007, Zwolle, The Netherlands.

PII: S1748-6815(08)00803-6

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.06.050

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 62, Issue 12 , Pages 1555-1558 , December 2009

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