title: Symbolic representation of cleft lip and palate.
abstract: Since the introduction of symbolic representations of cleft lip and palate anomalies in 1964, they have served the clinician as a quick and easy method of recording these disorders. This paper reviews the evolution of the schematic classification systems and evaluates them. It then presents a new scheme that synthesizes what the authors feel are the most advanced of the existing symbolic representations. This proposed new symbolic representation scheme also specifically provides for ratings of severity (including the documentation of microforms) and facilitates computerized data storage and analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29203.
authors.forename: H I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Sayetta
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Coston
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hussey
mesh_terms: D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000473:pathology*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000473:pathology*; D003792:Dental Records; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records