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Cleft lip and palate

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Prevention is the ultimate objective for clefts of the lip and palate, and a prerequisite of this aim is to elucidate causes of the disorders.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2009-11-21. It has received 1344 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Oral cleft & IRF6.

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Craniofacial syndromes and sleep-related breathing disorders

TL;DR: Clinicians should have a low threshold for referral for evaluation of sleep-disordered-breathing in patients with craniofacial syndromes, and there are some distinct approaches such as nasopharyngeal airways, tongue lip adhesion, mandibular distraction osteogenesis in children with Pierre Robin sequence, and midface advancement inChildren with craniosynostoses.
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Oronasal fistula in cleft palate surgery

TL;DR: Oronasal fistula (ONF) is the commonest complication associated with cleft palate surgery and the main symptoms associated with ONF are nasal regurgitation of food matter and hypernasality of voice.
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Palatoplasty: evolution and controversies.

TL;DR: The history of cleft palate surgery from its humble beginnings to modern-day palatoplasty is reviewed, and various pal atoplasty techniques and commonly used modifications are described.
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Cleft lip and palate: diagnosis and management

TL;DR: An overview ofleft lip and palate is the most common congenital facial anomaly in children that can affect appearance, speech, hearing, growth, psychosocial wellbeing and social integration.
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Retinoic Acid Embryopathy

TL;DR: It is possible that a major mechanism of isotretinoin teratogenesis is a deleterious effect on cephalic neural-crest cell activity that results in the observed craniofacial, cardiac, and thymic malformations.
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Apaf1 (CED-4 homolog) regulates programmed cell death in mammalian development.

TL;DR: It is suggested that Apaf1 is essential for Casp3 activation in embryonic brain and is a key regulator of developmental programmed cell death in mammals.
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Clinical manifestations in 105 persons with nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome.

TL;DR: The frequency of the clinical and radiological anomalies in Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome in a large population of US patients is delineated and guidelines for diagnosis and management are discussed.
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Transforming growth factor-β3 is required for secondary palate fusion

TL;DR: This result demonstrates that TGF–β3 affects palatal shelf fusion by an intrinsic, primary mechanism rather than by effects secondary to craniofacial defects.
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