Facial clefting in an Arab town in Israel

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 448-453

  Jaber, Lutfi ^a,b,c   Nahmani, A ^d   Halpern, G J ^e   Shohat, M ^c,e  

^a Bridge to Peace Community Pediatric Center   (Israel)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cleft lip; Cleft palate; Consanguinity; Israeli Arabs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ARAB; ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FACE MALFORMATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RELATIVE; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; CHILD; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONSANGUINITY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036626876     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2002.610609.x     Document Type: Article

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