Distribution of orofacial clefts and frequent occurrence of an unusual cleft variant in the Rift Valley of Kenya

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 374-377

  Spritz, Richard A ^a   Arnold, Thomas D ^a   Buonocore, Samuel ^b   Carter, David ^b   Fingerlin, Tasha ^a   Odero, Wilson W ^c   Wambani, John O ^c   Tenge, Robert K ^c   Weatherley White, R Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Bantu; Cleft lip; Cleft palate; Kalenjin; Kenya Rift Valley; Orofacial cleft

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP FACE PALATE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; HUMANS; KENYA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34547125081     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/06-136.1     Document Type: Article

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