GENETIC FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLEFT LIP AND/OR PALATE

• Main Authors: Andrei Kozma (Author), Doriana Agop Forna (Author), Viorica Rădoi (Author), Radu Ursu (Author), Laurențiu Camil Bohâlțea (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Romanian Dental Association for Education, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The etiology of cleft lip (CL) and/or cleft palate (CP) has been studied in the past decade and it seems to be heterogeneous and multifactorial, with a combination of both genetic and environmental risk factors. Epidemiological surveys have shown that CL and/or CP (CL/P) are among the most frequentl...