title: Updating the epidemiology of isolated cleft palate.
authors.affiliation: Texas A & M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple, Texas (Tanaka) Texas A & M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Division of Plastic Surgery, Scott and White Healthcare, Temple, Texas (Mahabir) Texas A & M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Scott and White Healthcare, Temple, Texas (Jupiter) Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Nevada School of Medicine Las Vegas, Nev. (Menezes).
authors.forename: Shoichiro A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Raman C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Mahabir
authors.forename: Daniel C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Jupiter
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Menezes
mesh_terms: D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
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