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Abstract
Failure of the SOFT PALATE to reach the posterior pharyngeal wall to close the opening between the oral and nasal cavities. Incomplete velopharyngeal closure is primarily related to surgeries (ADENOIDECTOMY; CLEFT PALATE) or an incompetent PALATOPHARYNGEAL SPHINCTER. It is characterized by hypernasal speech.
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- Inadequate Velopharyngeal Closure
- Palatopharyngeal Incompetence
- Velopharyngeal Incompetence
- Incompetence, Palatopharyngeal
- Incompetence, Velopharyngeal
- Insufficiency, Velopharyngeal
- Velopharyngeal Closures, Inadequate
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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- Cleft Palate (1966-1977)
- Palate (1966-1977)
- Pharynx (1966-1977)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Velopharyngeal Insufficiency. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014681. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014681
- Velopharyngeal Insufficiency. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velopharyngeal_insufficiency
- Velopharyngeal Insufficiency. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17163451