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J Am Dent Assoc, Vol 123, No 11, 61-65.
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Journal of the American Dental Association, Vol 123, Issue 11, 61-65
Copyright © 1992 by American Dental Association

Journal Article

Incidence of cleft lips, palates rising



HC Slavkin
Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033.

About 1:700 live human births are affected by cleft lip and palate. Socio-economic factors--teenage pregnancies, pregnancies in women older than 35, increased consumption of teratogens during early months of pregnancy--have resulted in increased numbers of congenital malformations in the United States.




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