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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: The spectrum of Apert syndrome: phenotype, particularities in orthodontic treatment, and characteristics of orthognathic surgery | BioMed Central Head Face Medicine Open Access The spectrum of Apert syndrome phenotype particularities in orthodontic treatment and characteristics of orthognathic surgery Ariane Hohoff 1 Ulrich Joos 2 Ulrich Meyer 3 Ulrike Ehmer 1 and Thomas Stamm 1 Address Department of Orthodontics University Hospital Westfalian Wilhelms-University Munster Germany 2Department of Craniomaxillofacial Surgery University Hospital Westfalian Wilhelms-University Munster Germany and 3Department of Cranio-and-Maxillo Facial Surgery Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf Germany Email Ariane Hohoff - hohoffa@ Ulrich Joos - joos@ Ulrich Meyer - Ulrike Ehmer - ehmer@ Thomas Stamm - stammt@ Corresponding author fEqual contributors Published 8 February 2007 Received 30 June 2006 Head Face Medicine 2007 3 10 doi 1746-160X-3-10 Accepted 8 February 2007 This article is available from http content 3 1 10 2007 Hohoff et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract In the PubMed accessible literature information on the characteristics of interdisciplinary orthodontic and surgical treatment of patients with Apert syndrome is rare. The aim of the present article is threefold 1 to show the spectrum of the phenotype in order 2 to elucidate the scope of hindrances to orthodontic treatment and 3 to demonstrate the problems of surgery and interdisciplinary approach. Children and adolescents who were born in 1985 or later who were diagnosed with Apert syndrome and who sought consultation or treatment at the Departments of Orthodontics or Craniomaxillofacial Surgery at the Dental School of the University Hospital of Munster n 22