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A case-control study of nonsyndromic oral clefts in Maryland.
Annals of epidemiology - 1 Aug 2001
Beaty T H, Wang H, Hetmanski J B, Fan Y T, Zeiger J S, Liang K Y, Chiu Y F, Vanderkolk C A, Seifert K C, Wulfsberg E A, Raymond G, Panny S R, McIntosh I
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Isolated, nonsyndromic oral clefts cases (n = 171) and unaffected controls (n = 182) were used to identify both genetic and environmental risk factors. METHODS: Infants born in Maryland between 1992 to 1998 with an isolated, nonsyndromic oral cleft [cleft lip (CL), cleft lip and palate (CLP), or cleft palate (CP)] were recruited and exposure plus family history data were collected. Controls were...
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