Consanguineous marriages have been practiced since the early existence of modern
humans. Until now consanguinity is widely practiced in several global communities with …

Classical descriptive epidemiology in the field of cleft lip and palate aims to quantify the
problem, and in the higher income countries it is possible to do this with varying degrees of …

Objectives This is the first national study to investigate the incidence of non-syndromic oro-
facial clefts (NSOFC) and Pierre-Robin-Sequence in Saudi Arabia over the Covid-19 …

This paper focuses on the influence of consanguinity on the occurrence of orofacial clefts. All
patients with orofacial clefts registered at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research …

Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 526 patients with a cleft lip and/or
palate admitted to the children's referral hospital between 2006 and 2011 were evaluated …

Objectives: To describe the characteristics and prevalence of non-syndromic orofacial
clefting (NSOFC) and assess the effects of parental consanguinity on NSOFC phenotypes in …

Purpose: This study investigated demographical characteristics, health status, and
associated communication disorders in patients with orofacial clefts (OFCs) in Northern …

Objective To assess whether individuals born to consanguineous parents had a higher
frequency of nonsyndromic orofacial clefts compared with those with no parental …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To date, there are no published studies from Saudi
Arabia on the incidence or etiology of craniofacial anomalies. This study aimed to report the …

Objective To evaluate our institution's experience with cleft lip and palate patients and the
associated syndromes and congenital anomalies. Design Retrospective cross-sectional …