title: Incidence of cleft lip or palate in 303738 Japanese babies born between 1994 and 1995.
abstract: To investigate the incidence of cleft lip or palate or both (CLP) in Japan, 303738 babies born in 1532 institutions between 1994 and 1995 were examined and 437 (0.14%) were found to have abnormalities. Of these babies, 32.1% had cleft lip, 43.3% had cleft lip and palate, and 24.8% had cleft palate (Table 2). These results show that the incidence of cleft lip and palate has declined compared with the period from 1981 to 1982.
authors.affiliation: Aichi-Gakuin University, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Natsume
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kohama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Teshima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kochi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Enomoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kogo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohishi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katsuki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yanagisawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mimura
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authors.lastname: Sunakawa
mesh_terms: D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008423:Maternal Age