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High prevalence of cleft lip among the Bari Indians of western Venezuela.
The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association - 1 Jul 1993
Ballew C, Beckerman S J, Lizarralde R
Abstract excerpt
Cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL +/- P) is of high prevalence in an isolated, inbred indigenous population of the Venezuelan rain forest: 12 contemporary probands are known in a population of 1200. CL +/- P is familial in this population. One kindred contains four affected siblings and a total of eight probands. The mode of transmission of CL +/- P is under investigation through the collection and...
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