Cleft Palate

References

Citations

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

  2. Cunningham M (2003). Cleft lip and cleft palate section of Birth defects, malformations, syndromes. In CD Rudolph, AM Rudolph, eds., Rudolph's Pediatrics, 21st ed., pp. 748–753. New York: McGraw-Hill.

  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.

Other Works Consulted

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Glenny AM, et al. (2007). Feeding interventions for growth and development in infants with cleft lip, cleft palate, or cleft lip and palate. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (2).

  • 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.

  • 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, MPHLast Updated: February 4, 2008
Medical Review: Michael J. Sexton, MD - Pediatrics
Arden Christen, DDS, MSD, MA, FACD - Dentistry

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