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ReviewOpen medicine (Warsaw, Poland)2015

Risk factors involved in orofacial cleft predisposition - review.

Agata Kawalec, Kamil Nelke, Krystyna Pawlas, Hanna Gerber

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Review in Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Agata KawalecWroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland, Department of Hygiene, Silesian Piast's Medical University, Poland.
Kamil NelkeDepartment of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Silesian Piast's Medical University, Poland.
Krystyna PawlasDepartment of Hygiene, Silesian Piast's Medical University, Poland.
Hanna GerberDepartment of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Silesian Piast's Medical University, Poland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clefts that occur in children are a special topic. Avoiding risk factors, and also an early diagnosis of cleft possibility can result in minimizing or avoiding them. If on the other hand when clefts occur they require a long-term, multistage specialized treatment. Etiology of clefts seems to be related to many factors. Factors such as genetic, environmental, geographic and even race factors are important. Identification of risk factors can lead to prevention and prophylactic behaviors in order to minimize its occurrence. Exposure to environmental factors at home and work that lead to cleft predisposition should not be disregarded. It seems that before planning a family it would be wise to consult with doctors of different specializations, especially in high-risk families with cleft history in order to analyze previous lifestyle. Clefts are very common in hereditary facial malformations and are causing a lot of other irregularities in the head and neck region. In this paper after a brief papers review authors present socio-geographic, environmental and also work place related factors that are influencing pregnant women condition and should be taken under serious consideration.

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Cleftsenvironmental factorslifestylepredisposing factorsrisk factors

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PMID28352691
PMCPMC5152966

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