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Registries of cleft lip/palate cases between 2004 and 2010 in Denizli, Turkey

A. G. Tomatir, Acikbas, I., Akdag, B., and Köksal, A., Registries of cleft lip/palate cases between 2004 and 2010 in Denizli, Turkey, vol. 12, pp. 4286-4291, 2013.

Oral clefts are one of the most common birth defects in humans. However, few population-based studies of these defects have been carried out in Turkey. Our objective was to determine the registries of cases of cleft lip and palate. All cases of cleft lip and palate referred to central state hospitals in Denizli between January 2000 and May 2010 were investigated retrospectively. Anomalies were determined and classified according to the ICD-10 coding system.

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