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NEW INSIGHTS IN OROFACIAL CLEFT: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND GENETIC STUDIES ON ITALIAN SAMPLES
1 Jan 2017
Abstract excerpt
Cleft of the lip and/or palate (CL±P) is the most common congenital craniofacial anomaly affecting around 1 in 700 live births worldwide. Clefts of the human face can be classified anatomically as cleft lip only (CL), cleft palate only (CP), cleft lip and palate (CLP) or a combined group of cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL±P), based on differences in embryologic development. CL±P has a genetic base and...
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