Nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without an associated cleft palate (NSCLP) is one of the most
common birth defects affecting 135,000 babies worldwide each year. It causes severe facial …

Orofacial clefts (OFCs) rank as the second most common congenital birth defect in the
United States after Down syndrome and are the most common head and neck congenital …

Background Orofacial clefts (OFCs), including nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft
palate (NSCL/P), are common birth defects. NSCL/P is highly heterogeneous with multiple …

Clefts of the lip and palate are a common craniofacial anomaly, requiring complex
multidisciplinary treatment and having lifelong implications for affected individuals. The …

Cleft lip with or without cleft palate is one of the most common congenital malformations.
Epidemiology differentiates between cleft malformations connected with syndromes and the …

Orofacial clefts are congenital structural anomalies of the lip and/or palate that affect∼
1/1000 live births. Their frequent occurrence as well as their extensive psychological …

Objectives: Non-syndromic orofacial clefts, ie cleft lip (CL) and cleft palate (CP), are among
the most common birth defects. The goal of this study was to identify genomic regions and …

Abstract Introduction Orofacial clefts (OFCs) are common craniofacial birth defects with
heterogeneous phenotype and etiology. Geneticists have applied nearly every available …

Craniofacial anomalies, most especially cleft lip and pal ate, arc major human birth
deformities with a world wide incidence of 1 in 700 and associated substantial clinical and …

Orofacial cleft (OFC) anomalies are amongst the most common congenital anomalies and
the most common craniofacial anomalies. Despite their poorly characterized etiologies …