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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 2013; 46(01): 154-156
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0358.113743
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Association of Plastic Surgeons of India

Mandibular distraction in a 75-day-old child with severe Pierre Robin sequence

Kannan Balaraman
Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery and Burns, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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R. Raja Shanmugakrishnan
Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery and Burns, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Ravindra Bharathi R.
Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery and Burns, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Sabapathy S. Raja
Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery and Burns, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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07 October 2019 (online)

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