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AAP Grand Rounds 20:10 (2008)
© 2008 American Academy of Pediatrics

Antenatal Diagnosis of Orofacial Clefts

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PICO Question: Has the frequency of antenatal diagnosis of facial clefting increased since the early 1990s? Question type: Descriptive Study design: Retrospective cohort study

 

Researchers from Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada performed a retrospective analysis to answer the question of whether antenatal diagnosis of facial clefting is more common now than it was in the 1990s when it was first reported.¹

Taking advantage of several regional data bases, the group conducted a population-based study assessing the prevalence of cleft lip, cleft palate, and orofacial clefts with associated anomalies among infants born in Nova Scotia between 1992 and 2002. The . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Julia Corcoran, MD, FAAP

Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL