Cleft Lip

References

Citations

1. Kirschner RE, LaRossa D (2000). Cleft lip and cleft palate. Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, 33(6): 1191–1215.

2. Beers MH, et al., eds. (2006). Craniofacial abnormalities. Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 18th ed., pp. 2422–2424. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck Research Laboratories.

3. Lorente C, et al. (2000). Tobacco and alcohol risk during pregnancy and risk of oral clefts. Occupational Exposure and Congenital Malformation Working Group. American Journal of Public Health, 90(3): 415–419.

4. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2003). Neural tube defects. ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 44. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 102(1): 203–210.

Other Works Consulted

• Edwards SP, et al. (2007). Cleft lip and palate. In DM Laskin, AO Abubaker, eds., Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, pp. 135–151. Chicago: Quintessence Publishing.

• Hoffman WY (2008). Cleft lip and palate. In AK Lalwani, ed., Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, section 6, pp. 323–339. New York: McGraw-Hill.

• Mueller WA (2007). Oral medicine and dentistry. In WW Hay et al., eds., Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment, 18th ed., chap. 16, pp. 449–458. New York: McGraw-Hill.

• Wilcox AJ, et al. (2007). Folic acid supplements and risk of facial clefts: National population based case-control study. BMJ. Published online January 26, 2007 (doi:10.1136/bmj.39079.618287.0B).

• Wolfe SA, et al. (2006). Surgical treatment of clefts of the lip and palate from birth to age ten. In S Berkowitz, ed., Cleft Lip and Palate: Diagnosis and Management, 2nd ed., chap. 22, pp. 459–475. Berlin: Springer.

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Author:	Debby Golonka, MPH	Last Updated: February 4, 2008
Medical Review:	Michael J. Sexton, MD - Pediatrics Arden Christen, DDS, MSD, MA, FACD - Dentistry
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