title: A clinical profile to assess the potential risk factors for cleft lip and palate.
abstract: Cleft lip and palate is one of the most common malformations in man. Although the subject of a great deal of investigation, etiologic factors contributing to these congenital deformities remain largely unknown. Various factors like race, sex, parental age at the time of conception etc. have been listed as the exogenous factors. This article strives to project any significant relationship of these factors to cleft lip and cleft palate.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Government Dental College, Chennai.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rajesh
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rajesh
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Narayanan
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Baig
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Prabhu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Venkatesan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D003241:Consanguinity; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008423:Maternal Age; D009790:Occupations; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D012067:Religion; D017584:Reproductive History; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012923:Social Class; D013223:Statistics as Topic