title: The prevalence of cleft lip and palate in the Japanese: their birth prevalence in 40,304 infants born during 1982.
abstract: To determine the prevalence of cleft lip and palate (CL/P) among the Japanese, 40,304 infants born between Jan. 1, 1982, and Dec. 31, 1982, were investigated. Eighty-three infants (0.206%) were found with these abnormalities in approximately 2.06/1000 live births. Among fifty-two infants in whom it was possible to classify the types of cleft, seventeen (32.7%) had cleft lip only (CL), twenty-four (46.1%) had cleft lip and palate (CLP), and eleven (21.2%) had isolated cleft palate (CP).
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Natsume
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authors.lastname: Suzuki
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authors.lastname: Kawai
mesh_terms: D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors