Article
Whorl patterns on the lower lip are associated with nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Dec 2009
Neiswanger Katherine, Walker K, Chirigos Kevin W, Klotz Cherise M, Cooper Margaret E, Bardi Kathleen M, Brandon Carla A, Weinberg Seth M, Vieira Alexandre R, Martin Rick A, Czeizel Andrew E, Castilla Eduardo E, Poletta Fernando A, Marazita Mary L
Abstract excerpt
Nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P) is a common birth defect due to both genetic and environmental factors. Whorl lip print patterns are circular grooves on the central upper lip and/or the left and right lower lip. To determine if whorls are more common in families with CL/P than in controls, the Pittsburgh Orofacial Cleft Study collected lip prints from over 450 subjects, that is,...
Topics
- Case-Control Studies
- Cleft Lip
- Cleft Palate
- Female
- Humans
- Lip
- Male
- Phenotype
- Sex Characteristics