British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 292-296 , June 2011

Facial reconstruction in the developing world: a complicated matter

  • Marijn A. Huijing

      Affiliations

    • University Medical Centre Groningen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Klaas W. Marck

      Affiliations

    • Dutch Noma Foundation, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • James Combes

      Affiliations

    • Royal Surrey County Hospital, UK
    • ,
  • Kelvin D. Mizen

      Affiliations

    • Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK
    • ,
  • LeRoux Fourie

      Affiliations

    • Methley Park Hospital, Leeds, UK
    • ,
  • Yohannes Demisse

      Affiliations

    • Yekatit 12 Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    • ,
  • Sissay Befikadu

      Affiliations

    • Yekatit 12 Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    • ,
  • Mark McGurk

      Affiliations

    • Dept of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Tooley Street, Floor 23 Guy's Tower, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 0207 955 4342; fax: +44 02079554165/017.

,Accepted 3 August 2009.

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PII: S0266-4356(10)00217-2

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.08.044

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 292-296 , June 2011

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