Parental age is related to the occurrence of cleft lip and palate in Brazilian populations

• Main Authors: Paulo Henrique Pimenta de Carvalho (Author), Renato Assis Machado (Author), Silvia Regina de Almeida Reis (Author), Daniella Reis Barbosa Martelli (Author), Verônica Oliveira Dias (Author), Hercílio Martelli Júnior (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aim: To evaluate the association of environmental risk factors, particularly paternal and maternal age, with gender and type of oral cleft in newborn with nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (NSCL/P). Methods: This study included 1,346 children with NSCL/P of two Brazilian Services f...