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Cleft lip and palate are the most common causes of facial malformation, with an approximate incidence of 1 on each 1250 births. The high incidence of this disease is due to the sensibility of the facial tissues to teratogenic events.
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Nahas, F.X., Sallum, N., Ferreira, L.M. (2017). Postnatal Management of Cleft Lip and Palate. In: Tonni, G., Sepulveda, W., Wong, A. (eds) Prenatal Diagnosis of Orofacial Malformations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32516-3_11
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