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AAP Grand Rounds 20:10 (2008) Antenatal Diagnosis of Orofacial CleftsSource: Russell KA, Allen VM, MacDonald ME, et al. A population-based evaluation of antenatal diagnosis of orofacial clefts. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial J. 2008:45(2):148–153; doi:10.1597/06-202.1[CrossRef][Medline]
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
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