## Abstract **BACKGROUND:** Nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (NCL/P) is a common structural malformation with a complex and multifactorial etiology. It has been shown that maternal psychological stress in the periconceptional period can contribute to an increase in the risk of NC
Study of folate receptor genes in nonsyndromic familial and sporadic cleft lip with or without clef palate cases
β Scribed by Luca Scapoli; Jlenia Marchesini; Marcella Martinelli; Furio Pezzetti; Francesco Carinci; Annalisa Palmieri; Rosario Rullo; Fernando Gombos; Mauro Tognon; Paolo Carinci
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 55 KB
- Volume
- 132A
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1552-4825
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