Open AccessVariability of expression of oral-facial-digital syndrome type i in 15 Saudi girls: Why is there a high rate of median cleft lip in the phenotype?
Author(s) -
Mohammad M. AlQattan,
Kinaan Javed
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
plastic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2292-5511
pISSN - 2292-5503
DOI - 10.4172/plastic-surgery.1000895
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , significant difference , demography , gynecology , physics , optics , sociology
It is well known that the incidence of nonsyndromal cleft lip and palate varies greatly according to ancestry: 0.3 to 0.4 per 1000 live births in blacks, one in 1000 in Caucasians, and two in 1000 in Asians and individuals from the central province of Saudi Arabia. Median cleft lip is a variable feature in oral-facial-digital syndrome type I (OFD-I).