Please note this is an ongoing reference guide relating to Pierre Robin Sequence. I anticipate additions where possible. This reference list is limited (by convenience) to articles in English, although there is a great deal of printed research available in medical journals of other languages.
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Laitinen, S.H., Heliovaara, A. & Ranta, R.E. (1997). Craniofacial morphology in young adults with the Pierre Robin sequence and isolated cleft palate. Acta Odontology Scandinavia, 55(4), 223-228.
Laitinen S.H. & Ranta, R. (1998). Sizes of dental arches in young adult patients with Pierre Robin sequence and isolated cleft palate. Acta Odontologia Scandinavia, 56(2), 85-89.
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Lapidot, A. & Ben-Hur, N. (1975). Fastening the base of the tongue forward to the hyoid for relief of respiratory distress in Pierre Robin syndrome. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 56, 89-91.
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Larson M, Hellquist, R. & Jakobsson, O.P. (1998). Morphology of isolated cleft palate in children, including Robin sequence, treated with one or two-stage operations. Scandanavian Journal of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery & Hand Surgery, 32(2), 193-201.
LeBlanc, S.M. & Golding-Kushner, K.J. (1992). Effect of glossopexy on speech sound production in Robin Sequence. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 29(3), 239-245.
Lehman, J.A., Fishman, J.R.A., & Neiman, G.S. (1995). Treatment of cleft palate associated with Robin Sequence: Appraisal of risk factors. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 32(1), 25-29.
Lewis, M.B. & Pashayan, H.M. (1980). Management of infants with the Robin anaomaly. Clinical Pediatrics, 19, 519-528.
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Macato, I & Marion, V. (1976). Temporal bone findings in Pierre Robin syndrome. Laryngoscope, 86, 1679-1687.
Mallory, S.B. & Paradise, J.L. (1979). Glossoptosis revisited: on the development and resolution of airway obstruction in the Pierre Robin syndrome. Pediatrics, 64, 159.
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McEvitt, W.G. (1973). Treatment of respiratory obstruction in micrognathia by use of a naso-gastric tube. Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, 52, 138-140.
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Minervini, F. (1973). The Duhamel procedure for the treatment of Pierre Robin syndrome. Letter to the Editor. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 51, 686.
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Moyson, F. (1961). A plea against tracheostomy in the Pierre Robin syndrome. British Journal of Plastic Surgery, 14, 187.
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Parsons, R.W. & Smith, D.J. (1982). Rule of thumb criteria for tongue-lip adhesion in Pierre Robin anomalad. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 70, 210.
Pashayan, H.M. (1983). What else to look for in a child born with a cleft of the lip and/or palate. Cleft Palate Journal, 20, 54.
Pashayan, H.M. & Lewis, M.B. (1984). Clinical experience with the Robin sequence. Cleft Palate Journal, 21, 270-276.
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Ranta, R., Laatikainen, T. & Laitinen, S. (1985). Cephalometric comparisons of the cranial base and face in children with the Pierre Robin anomalad and isolated cleft palate. Proceedings Finnish Dental Society, 81, 82.
Ranta, R. & Rinalta, A. (1983). The Pierre Robin anomalad - comparisons of some disturbances in the formation of teeh and the lower lip. Proceedings Finnish Dental Society, 79, 155.
Richieri-Costa, A. & Pereira, S.C. (1993). Autosomal recessive short stature, Robin Sequence, cleft mandible, pre/postaxial hand anomalies, and clubfeet in male patients. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 47(5), 707-709.
Rintala, A., Ranta, R. & Stegars, T. (1984). On the pathogenesis of cleft palate in the Pierre Robin syndrome. Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 18, 237-240.
Robin, P. (1934). Glossoptosis due to atresia and hypotrophy of the mandible. American Journal of Diseases of Children, 48, 541-547.
Robin, P. (1994). A fall of the base of the tongue considered as a new cause of nasopharyngeal respiratory impairment: Pierre Robin sequence, a translation. 1923 [classical article]. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 93(6), 1301-1303.
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