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Oral cleft

Known as: Cleft of the mouth, Oral clefting 
The presence of a cleft in the oral cavity, the two main types of which are cleft lip and cleft palate. In cleft lip, there is the congenital failure… 
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Cleft palate with cleft lip

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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Use of Corticosteroids in Early Pregnancy is Not Associated With Risk of Oral Clefts and Other Congenital Malformations in Offspring
Corticosteroids are commonly used to treat inflammatory diseases. There is conflicting evidence regarding the association of… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug use among women and the risk of birth defects.
Review
2007
Review
2007
Folic acid-containing supplement consumption during pregnancy and risk for oral clefts: a meta-analysis.
BACKGROUND There is equivocal evidence in the published literature that folic acid supplementation during pregnancy may protect… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Smoking, Genetic Polymorphisms in Biotransformation Enzymes, and Nonsyndromic Oral Clefting: A Gene-Environment Interaction
The importance of maternal smoking in the pathogenesis of oral facial clefts is not clear. Susceptibility to cigarette smoke… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Benzodiazepine use in pregnancy and major malformations or oral cleft: meta-analysis of cohort and case-control studies
Abstract Objective: To determine if exposure to benzodiazepines during the first trimester of pregnancy increases risk of major… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Maternal cigarette smoking and oral clefts: a meta-analysis.
OBJECTIVE A meta-analysis was performed to estimate the association between maternal cigarette smoking and the risk of having a… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Public drinking water contamination and birth outcomes.
The effects of public drinking water contamination on birth outcomes were evaluated in an area of northern New Jersey. After… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Association study of transforming growth factor alpha (TGF alpha) TaqI polymorphism and oral clefts: indication of gene-environment interaction in a population-based sample of infants with birth…
In this study of infants with isolated birth defects, 69 cleft palate only cases, 114 cleft lip with or without cleft palate… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Smoking and the occurrence of congenital malformations and spontaneous abortions: multivariate analysis.
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Developmental 'noise' and a congenital malformation.
Non-directional asymmetry of paired organs is attributed to developmental ‘noise’. The level of asymmetry is inversely correlated… 
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