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MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN WITH CLEFT LIP AND PALATE: A REVIEW DESCRIBING THE APPLICATION OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM WORKING IN THIS CONDITION BASED UPON THE EXPERIENCES OF A REGIONAL CLEFT LIP AND PALATE CENTRE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2005

PETER D HODGKINSON
Affiliation:
Northern and Yorkshire Cleft Lip and Palate Service, 1st Floor Doctors Residence, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP.
SUSAN BROWN
Affiliation:
Northern and Yorkshire Cleft Lip and Palate Service, 1st Floor Doctors Residence, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP.
DOROTHY DUNCAN
Affiliation:
Northern and Yorkshire Cleft Lip and Palate Service, 1st Floor Doctors Residence, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP.
CHRISTINE GRANT
Affiliation:
Northern and Yorkshire Cleft Lip and Palate Service, 1st Floor Doctors Residence, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP.
AMY McNAUGHTON
Affiliation:
Northern and Yorkshire Cleft Lip and Palate Service, 1st Floor Doctors Residence, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP.
POLLY THOMAS
Affiliation:
Northern and Yorkshire Cleft Lip and Palate Service, 1st Floor Doctors Residence, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP.
C RYE MATTICK
Affiliation:
Northern and Yorkshire Cleft Lip and Palate Service, 1st Floor Doctors Residence, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP.

Extract

The management of children with cleft lip and palate presents many challenges but also many rewards. Our involvement with these children and their families often begins before birth and can extend into late adulthood. Affected individuals present a multiplicity of problems and effective management involves a wide range of specialists.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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