Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 158-163 , April 2011

Face perception in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate and patients with severe Class III malocclusion compared to controls

  • Philipp Meyer-Marcotty

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthodontics (Head: Prof. Dr. A. Stellzig-Eisenhauer), Dental Clinic of the Medical Faculty, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Orthodontics, Dental Clinic of the Medical Faculty, Pleicherwall 2, D-97070 Wuerzburg, Germany. Tel.: +49 931 20173320; fax: +49 931 20173300.
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  • Janka Kochel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthodontics (Head: Prof. Dr. A. Stellzig-Eisenhauer), Dental Clinic of the Medical Faculty, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
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  • Hartmut Boehm

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery (Head: Prof. Dr. Dr. A.C. Kuebler), Dental Clinic of the Medical Faculty, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Christian Linz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery (Head: Prof. Dr. Dr. A.C. Kuebler), Dental Clinic of the Medical Faculty, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Uwe Klammert

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery (Head: Prof. Dr. Dr. A.C. Kuebler), Dental Clinic of the Medical Faculty, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Angelika Stellzig-Eisenhauer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthodontics (Head: Prof. Dr. A. Stellzig-Eisenhauer), Dental Clinic of the Medical Faculty, University of Wuerzburg, Germany

Received 1 September 2009 ,Accepted 4 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jcms.2010.05.001

Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 158-163 , April 2011

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