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ArticleThe Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association2026

Impact of Muscular Asymmetry on Velopharyngeal Function in Children with Craniofacial Microsomia: A Pilot Study.

Katelyn J Kotlarek, Maille Moriarty, Sara Kinter

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Article in The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Katelyn J KotlarekDivision of Communication Disorders, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5974-3309
Maille MoriartySchool of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Sara KinterDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Craniofacial Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6017-4529

Funding

Planning Grant for Genome-Wide Association Study of Craniofacial MicrosomiaRC1DE020270 · NIDCR · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI HEIKE, CARRIE LYN, STARR, JACQUELINE R · 2009 to 2010
$955k
A multifaceted investigation of speech outcome after maxillary advancementK23DE035217 · NIDCR · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Sara Kinter · 2025 to 2026
$323k
NIDCR NIH HHS K23 DE035217NIDCR NIH HHS RC1 DE020270
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

ObjectiveTo quantify the morphology and asymmetry of the levator veli palatini (LVP) muscle in children with craniofacial microsomia (CFM) and explore associations with velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI).DesignRetrospective cohort study.SettingPediatric tertiary care center.Patients, ParticipantsTwenty children with CFM who underwent clinically indicated head and neck MRI.Main Outcome MeasuresLVP left-right asymmetry, midline velopharyngeal measures, and presence of VPI.ResultsThree participants (15%) had VPI. Significant left-right asymmetry was observed for total LVP length, LVP thickness at velar insertion, and angle of origin (

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hemifacial microsomiamagnetic resonance imagingvelopharyngeal dysfunction

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PMID42204841
PMCPMC13364961

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