SMJ articles in the category "orofacial cleft"

Original Article

Epidemiologic Trends of Cleft Lip and Palate in a Southern State: A 30-Year Follow-Up

Objectives: Children’s of Mississippi at the University of Mississippi Medical Center serves as the state’s only American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association–approved cleft team at the only pediatric hospital in the state. The goal of this study is to report geographic and demographic patterns of patients with orofacial cleft (OFC) treated at…

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Original Article

Spatial Distribution of Orofacial Cleft Defect Births in Harris County, Texas, 1990 to 1994, and Historical Evidence for the Presence of Low-level Radioactivity in Tap Water

Background: While both ionizing and nonionizing radiation are known to impair human reproductive capacity, the role of low-level domestic radiation continues to be an unsettled issue. Objectives: We examined the geostatistical distribution (residential longitude and latitude) of orofacial cleft birth cases adjusted for the underlying population distribution. Furthermore, we examined…

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