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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Insuficiencia Velofaríngea
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Insuficiência Velofaríngea
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Synonyms English:
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Palatopharyngeal Incompetence
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Tree Number:
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C07.465.525.955
C07.550.966
C07.650.525.955
C09.775.955
C16.131.850.525.955
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Definition English:
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Failure of the soft palate to reach the posterior pharyngeal wall. It may be caused by cleft palate surgery, palatal or pharyngeal abnormalities or injury, or neuromuscular dysfunction of the velopharyngeal sphincter. It causes hypernasality of speech. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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failure of soft palate to reach posterior wall of pharynx
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See Related English:
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Speech Disorders
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History Note English:
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78
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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24363
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Unique Identifier:
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D014681
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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