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Postnatal Management of Cleft Lip and Palate

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Abstract

Cleft lip and palate are the most common causes of facial malformation, with an approximate incidence of 1 on each 1250 births. The high incidence of this disease is due to the sensibility of the facial tissues to teratogenic events.

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  1. Division of Plastic Surgery, Federal University of São Paulo/UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil

    Fabio Xerfan Nahas MD, PhD, Natasha Sallum MD & Lydia Masako Ferreira MD, PhD

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Prenatal Diagnostic Service, Guastalla Civil Hospital AUSL Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy

    Gabriele Tonni

  2. Maternal-Fetal Diagnostic Center, Fetalmed, Santiago, Chile

    Waldo Sepulveda

  3. Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Mountain View, California, USA

    Amy E. Wong

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Nahas, F.X., Sallum, N., Ferreira, L.M. (2017). Postnatal Management of Cleft Lip and Palate. In: Tonni, G., Sepulveda, W., Wong, A. (eds) Prenatal Diagnosis of Orofacial Malformations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32516-3_11

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