 Palate, Soft
"Palate, Soft" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A movable fold suspended from the posterior border of the hard palate. The uvula hangs from the middle of the lower border.
| Descriptor ID |
D010160
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A14.549.617.780
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| Concept/Terms |
Palate, Soft- Palate, Soft
- Palates, Soft
- Velum Palatinum
- Palatinum, Velum
- Soft Palate
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Palate, Soft" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Palate, Soft" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Palate, Soft" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Salna I, Jervis-Bardy J, Wabnitz D, Rees G, Psaltis A, Johnson A. Partial Adenoidectomy in Patients With Palatal Abnormalities. J Craniofac Surg. 2019 Jul; 30(5):e454-e460.
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Golinko MS, Mason K, Nett K, Riski JE, Williams JK. Sphincterplasty for Velopharyngeal Insufficiency in the Child Without a Cleft-Palate: Etiologies and Speech Outcomes. J Craniofac Surg. 2015 Oct; 26(7):2067-71.
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Tompkins JJ, Vaughn CA, Shaikh FA, Stocks RM, Thompson JW. Palatopharyngoplasty with bilateral buccal mucosal graft repair to alleviate oropharyngeal stenosis. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2015 Sep; 79(9):1579-81.
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Boneti C, Ray PD, Macklem EB, Kohanzadeh S, de la Torre J, Grant JH. Effectiveness and safety of autologous fat grafting to the soft palate alone. Ann Plast Surg. 2015 Jun; 74 Suppl 4:S190-2.
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Trinidade A, Philpott CM. Bilateral glossopharyngeal nerve palsy following tonsillectomy: a very rare and difficult complication of a common procedure. J Laryngol Otol. 2015 Apr; 129(4):392-4.
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