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Clinical and Epidemiologic Studies of Cleft up and Palate in the Philippines by Jeffrey C. Murray; Sandra Daack-Hirsch; Kenneth H. Buetow; Ronald Munger; Lourdes Espina; Nena Paglinawan; Edith Villanueva; John Rary; Kathy Magee; William Magee is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.

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Clinical and epidemiologic studies of defined geographic populations can serve as a means of establishing data important for genetic counseling and as a first step in Identifying strategies best suited for Identification of causes. Under the sponsorship of Operation Smile International, clinical, genetic, and epidemiologic studies were carried out at six sites within the Philippines between 1989 and 1996. Patients who were being evaluated for surgical repair of craniofacial anomalies (primarily clefts of the lip and palate) were briefly examined for the presence of associated anomalies, and a family history was obtained to look for the frequency of cleft lip and palate in siblings. Birth records of 47,969 newborns born over an 8-year period at one hospital in Bacolod City in the province of Negros Occidental were reviewed. Medical records of infants born with clefts of the lip and/or palate and other major anomalies were reviewed and birth prevalence rates calculated. Findings include a birth prevalence of 1.94 per 1000 live births for cleft lip with/without palate in the Philippines. Recurrence rates in siblings for nonsyndromic clefts of the lip and palate were 23 per 1000 for cl

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Author

Jeffrey C. Murray; Sandra Daack-Hirsch; Kenneth H. Buetow; Ronald Munger; Lourdes Espina; Nena Paglinawan; Edith Villanueva; John Rary; Kathy Magee; William Magee

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Published

1997

Language

EN

Field

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)