Surgical repair of a cleft lip and palate have medical benefits beyond the cosmetic. Repairing a cleft lip and palate will provide your infant with improved ability to nurse or drink from a bottle ...

Holmes LB et al. (2008) Increased frequency of isolated cleft palate in infants exposed to lamotrigine during pregnancy. Neurology 70: 2152–2158 Previous studies have shown that infants born to ...

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to perform a three-dimensional (3D) assessment of the cranial base of patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP). Cone-beam computed tomography ...

written by Mohamed Leye, Serigne Mor Beye, Momar Dioum, Sarah Mouna Coly, Désiré Alain Affangla, Djibril Marie Ba, Fatou Aw, Khadidiatou Gueye, Stéphanie Akani, Mouhamadou Bamba Ndiaye, ...

Cleft lip and cleft palate (CL/CP) are the most commonly occurring craniofacial birth defects. Although some CL/CPs are detected on prenatal ultrasound, the majority are immediately recognized in ...

An infant with an isolated CL will typically have no problems with breathing. Infants with CP may have a tongue that falls into the cleft and obstructs the airway. Some infants with CP require the ...

Duplication of craniofacial structures typically occurs as part of a syndrome and is often associated with cleft lip and cleft palate, Klippel-Feil syndrome and Pierre Robin sequence ... 23 Our ...

This fundamental work presents two clinically relevant BMP4 mutations that contribute to vertebrate development. The convincing evidence supports that the site-specific cleavage at the BMP4 pro-domain ...