International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 6 , Pages 622-625 , June 2010

Extreme oral manifestations in a Marfan-type syndrome

  • R.H. Khonsari

      Affiliations

    • Service de Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale and Stomatologie, CHU de Nantes, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress: Roman Hossein Khonsari, Service de Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale and Stomatologie, CHU de Nantes, 1 place Alexis Ricordeau, 44000 Nantes, France. Tel.: +44 7595420252; Fax: +33 145245998.
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  • P. Corre

      Affiliations

    • Service de Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale and Stomatologie, CHU de Nantes, France
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  • Z. Boukerma-Vernex

      Affiliations

    • Service de Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale and Stomatologie, CHU de Nantes, France
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  • J. Schmidt

      Affiliations

    • Service de Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale and Stomatologie, CHU de Nantes, France
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  • K. Renaudin

      Affiliations

    • Service d’Anatomie and Cytologie Pathologiques, CHU de Nantes, France
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  • C. Frayssé

      Affiliations

    • Département d’Odontologie Pédiatrique, CHU de Nantes, France
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  • M. Gayet-Delacroix

      Affiliations

    • Service de Radiologie and d’Imagerie Médicale, CHU de Nantes, France
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  • P. Khau Van Kien

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, CHU de Montpellier and INSERM U827, France
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  • A. David

      Affiliations

    • Département de Génétique Médicale, CHU de Nantes, France

,Accepted 12 January 2010.

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PII: S0901-5027(10)00009-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2010.01.006

International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 6 , Pages 622-625 , June 2010

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