Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 40, Issue 2 , Pages 97-102 , February 2012

How to do clinical research in cranio-maxillo-facial surgery

  • Maurice Y. Mommaerts

      Affiliations

    • Division of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, AZ St. Jan, Bruges, Belgium
  • ,
  • Murray E. Foster

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, North Manchester Hospital, Manchester, UK
  • ,
  • Karsten K.H. Gundlach

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, Rostock University, Schillingallee 35, 18057 Rostock, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 23 February 2011 ,Accepted 29 March 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jcms.2011.03.021

Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 40, Issue 2 , Pages 97-102 , February 2012