Cleft lip and palate and related factors: A 10 years study in university hospitalised patients at Mashhad - Iran

• Main Authors: Morteza Noorollahian (Author), Mohsen Nematy (Author), Atiyeh Dolatian (Author), Hengameh Ghesmati (Author), Saeed Akhlaghi (Author), Gholam Reza Khademi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Oral-facial clefts including cleft lip and palate are the most common congenital malformations of the head and neck. Environmental factors such as maternal hormonal disorders, use of psychiatric medications, vitamin and folic acid deficiency, hypoxia, cigarette smoking and maternal obesi...