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Published on: September 19, 2015
[An epidemiological survey of cleft lip and cleft palate in Fujian province]
Objective:
To find out the incidence of cleft lip and cleft palate in Fujian provice and to analysis the factors of its deformity.
Methods:
From Oct. 1986 to Dec. 1992, the birth defect monitoring was carried out in 22 hospitals in Fujian province.
Results:
It was found that there were 204 cases of cleft lip (CL) and cleft palate (CP) in 139,882 perinatals. The incidence rate of CL and/or CP was 1.46@1000. Annual incidence rate of CL and/or CP had not found any significant change.
Conclusion:
Among the 204 cases 28 had other deformities. The incidence rate of CL and/or CP related to maternal age, birth order, smoking factors were studied.
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