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Effectiveness of presurgical nasoalveolar molding therapy on unilateral cleft lip nasal deformity

Nao Kinouchi, Shinya Horiuchi, Akihiro Yasue, Yuko Kuroda, Nobuhiko Kawai, Keiichiro Watanabe, Takashi Izawa, Ichiro Hashimoto, Ali H. Hassan and Eiji Tanaka
Saudi Medical Journal February 2018, 39 (2) 169-178; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.2.21020
Nao Kinouchi
From the Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics (Kinouchi, Horiuchi, Yasue,Watanabe, Izawa), Tokushima University Hospital, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics (Kawai, Tanaka), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Hashimoto), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Kuroda Orthodontic Clinic (Kuroda), Toyonaka, Japan, and Department of Orthodontics (Hassan, Tanaka), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Shinya Horiuchi
From the Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics (Kinouchi, Horiuchi, Yasue,Watanabe, Izawa), Tokushima University Hospital, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics (Kawai, Tanaka), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Hashimoto), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Kuroda Orthodontic Clinic (Kuroda), Toyonaka, Japan, and Department of Orthodontics (Hassan, Tanaka), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Akihiro Yasue
From the Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics (Kinouchi, Horiuchi, Yasue,Watanabe, Izawa), Tokushima University Hospital, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics (Kawai, Tanaka), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Hashimoto), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Kuroda Orthodontic Clinic (Kuroda), Toyonaka, Japan, and Department of Orthodontics (Hassan, Tanaka), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Yuko Kuroda
From the Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics (Kinouchi, Horiuchi, Yasue,Watanabe, Izawa), Tokushima University Hospital, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics (Kawai, Tanaka), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Hashimoto), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Kuroda Orthodontic Clinic (Kuroda), Toyonaka, Japan, and Department of Orthodontics (Hassan, Tanaka), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Nobuhiko Kawai
From the Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics (Kinouchi, Horiuchi, Yasue,Watanabe, Izawa), Tokushima University Hospital, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics (Kawai, Tanaka), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Hashimoto), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Kuroda Orthodontic Clinic (Kuroda), Toyonaka, Japan, and Department of Orthodontics (Hassan, Tanaka), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Keiichiro Watanabe
From the Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics (Kinouchi, Horiuchi, Yasue,Watanabe, Izawa), Tokushima University Hospital, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics (Kawai, Tanaka), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Hashimoto), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Kuroda Orthodontic Clinic (Kuroda), Toyonaka, Japan, and Department of Orthodontics (Hassan, Tanaka), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Takashi Izawa
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Ichiro Hashimoto
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Ali H. Hassan
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Eiji Tanaka
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Nao Kinouchi, Shinya Horiuchi, Akihiro Yasue, Yuko Kuroda, Nobuhiko Kawai, Keiichiro Watanabe, Takashi Izawa, Ichiro Hashimoto, Ali H. Hassan, Eiji Tanaka
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