Author's response to reviews Title:Facial Morphometrics of Children with Non-Syndromic Orofacial Clefts in Tanzania Authors:

Facial morphometrics of children with NON-syndromic orofacial clefts in Tanzania

BACKGROUND Orofacial clefts (cleft lip/palate; CL/P) are among the most common congenital anomalies, with prevalence that varies among different ethnic groups. Craniofacial shape differences between individuals with CL/P and healthy controls have been widely reported in non-African populations. Knowledge of craniofacial shape among individuals with non-syndromic CL/P in African populations will...

Author's response to reviews Title: The Pattern of Orofacial Clefts at Bugando Medical Centre in Mwanza, Tanzania Authors:

Reduction in non syndromic oral clefts following mandatory flour fortification with folic acid in Northern Iran

  Background: Several studies have examined the effects of folic acid fortification on the occurrence of orofacial clefts. This study was carried out to evaluate the impact of flour fortification with folic acid on oral clefts in Northern Iran.   Methods : In this hospital based study from March 2006 to September 2009, we screened the total number of live births at all hospitals in Golestan pro...

Clinical Aspects associated with Syndromic forms of Orofacial Clefts in a Colombian population

OBJECTIVES To present descriptive epidemiology of Orofacial Clefts and to determine the association of syndromic forms with antenatal high-risk conditions, preterm birth, and comorbidities among nested-series of cases. METHODS A study of nested-series of cases was conducted. Frequencies of cleft type, associated congenital anomalies, syndromic, non-syndromic and multiple malformation forms, a...

Prevalence of non-syndromic orofacial clefts among Jews and Arabs, by type, site, gender and geography: a multi-center study in Israel.

BACKGROUND Orofacial clefts are the most common craniofacial congenital malformations, with significant anatomic, ethnic, racial and gender differences. OBJECTIVES To investigate the prevalence, distribution and characteristic features of various types of non-syndromic clefts among Israeli Jews and Arabs. METHODS We conducted a retrospective multi-center survey in 13 major hospitals in Isra...