Clefts of the lip and/or palate (CLP) are common birth defects of complex aetiology. CLP can
occur in isolation or as part of a broad range of chromosomal, Mendelian or teratogenic …

The Pittsburgh Oral-Facial Cleft study was begun in 1993 with the primary goal of identifying
genes involved in nonsyndromic orofacial clefts in a variety of populations worldwide. Based …

METHODS: The study included 292 children with isolated unilateral cleft lip with or without
cleft palate identified by using the Iowa Registry for Congenital and Inherited Disorders …

Hair whorl direction is a somatic feature that is organized early during neurodevelopment
and unlikely to be influenced by social factors. This study aimed to replicate a widely …

Hair whorl direction and handedness were stated to have a common genetic basis in the
random recessive model. This study was carried out with a total of 317 healthy young males …

Objective. To compare the asymmetry displayed by Philippine, Colombian, and Ethiopian
unaffected parents of patients with nonsyndromic cleft palate (NSCLP) and a control …

The purpose of our study was to ascertain the degree of correlation between handedness
and physiological neocerebellar extinction syndrome demonstrable on the side contra …

A much wider variation in many physical and cognitive behaviours exists among left-
handers than among right-handers, which is evidence for more than one aetiology of left …

The purpose of this study was to assess neurological soft signs in children and adolescents
with isolated cleft of the lip or palate (iCL/P) compared with healthy controls. Children with …

Background Neuroimaging of individuals with non-syndromic oral clefts have revealed
subtle brain structural differences compared to matched controls. Previous studies strongly …