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The Embryology of Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate

1975; Elsevier BV; Volume: 2; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0094-1298(20)30067-5

1558-0504

Matthew Johnston, John R. Hassell, Kenneth S. Brown,

Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery

During recent years, rapid progress has been made in research related to normal embryonic facial development and the alterations which lead to the formation of clefts of the lip and palate. Characteristic developmental alterations of both genetic and environmental origin lead to different kinds of facial clefts.