Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 12 , Pages 2479-2486 , December 2007

Prenatal Cleft Lip and Maxillary Alveolar Defect Repair in a 2-Step Fetal Lamb Model

  • Matthias Heinrich Otto Wenghoefer, MD, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
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  • Jan Deprest, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Obstetrics, UZ Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
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  • Werner Goetz, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Orthodontics, Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
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  • Anne Marie Kuijpers-Jagtman, DMD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Orthodontics and Oral Biology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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  • Stefaan Bergé, MD, DMD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Oral and Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Bergé: Department of Oral and Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Geert Grooteplein-Zuid 14, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2007.06.642

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 12 , Pages 2479-2486 , December 2007

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