Cleft lip and palate

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Key articles

Tolarova MM, Cervenka J. Classification and birth prevalence of orofacial clefts. Am J Med Genet. 1998 Jan 13;75(2):126-37. Abstract

Wyszynski DF, Beaty TH, Maestri NE. Genetics of nonsyndromic oral clefts revisited. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 1996 Sep;33(5):406-17.Full text  Abstract

Gagnon A, Wilson RD, Allen VM, et al; Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada. Evaluation of prenatally diagnosed structural congenital anomalies. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2009 Sep;31(9):875-81. Abstract

Latham RA. Orthopedic advancement of the cleft maxillary segment: a preliminary report. Cleft Palate J. 1980 Jul;17(3):227-33.Full text  Abstract

Cutting C, Grayson B, Brecht L, et al. Presurgical columellar elongation and primary retrograde nasal reconstruction in one-stage bilateral cleft lip and nose repair. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 Sep;130(3):659-66. Abstract

Millard DR. Cleft craft: the evolution of its surgery in unilateral deformity. Vol I. Boston, MA: Little, Brown; 1976:23-5.

Mulliken JB. Correction of the bilateral cleft lip nasal deformity: evolution of a surgical concept. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 1992 Nov;29(6):540-5.Full text  Abstract

American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Parameters for evaluation and treatment of patients with cleft lip/palate or other craniofacial differences. Jan 2018 [internet publication].Full text

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