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References of Cleft lip and palate

1. Wyszynski DF et al. Maternal cigarette smoking and oral clefts: a meta-analysis. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 1997 34: 206-210.
2. A healthy pregnancy. Bandolier (supplement) December 2001. [Accessed 2002 October] URL: http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/hliving/healpreg.html
3. MRC Vitamin Study Research Group. Prevention of neural tube defects: results of the Medical Research Council Vitamin Study. Lancet. 1991 Jul 20;338(8760):131-7
4. Dolovich L R, Addis A, Vaillancourt R J, Power B J, Koren G, Einarson T R. Benzodiazepine use in pregnancy and major malformations or oral cleft: meta-analysis of cohort and case-control studies. BMJ, 1998;317:839-843.
5. Park-Wyllie L et al. Birth defects after maternal exposure to corticosteroids: prospective cohort study and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies. Teratology 2000 62: 385-392.
6. Crowley P. Prophylactic corticosteroids for preterm birth (Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 3, 2002. Oxford: Update Software.

Further reading:

Severens J L, Prahl C, Kuijpers-Jagtman A M, Prahl-Andersen B. Short-term cost-effectiveness analysis of presurgical orthopedic treatment in children with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 1998;35(3):222-226.

Darzi M A, Chowdri N A, Bhat A N. Breast feeding or spoon feeding after cleft lip repair:a prospective, randomised study. British Journal of Plastic Surgery, 1996;49(1):24-26.

Bianchi F, Calzolari E, Ciulli L, Cordier S, Gualandi F, Pierini A, Mossey P. Environment and genetics in the etiology of cleft lip and cleft palate with reference to the role of folic acid (Italian). Epidemiologia e Prevenzione. 24(1). 2000. 21-27

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