Objective: to describe whether cleft lip/palate (CLP) is related to endogamy marriage. Material and methods: The parents of cleft's children; case-control study Results: 1.1 percent of cleft lip and 0.75 percent of cleft palate to endogamy marriage. Conclusion: Cletf lip/palate is the close related to endogamy marriage.
Background: from 1986-1995, a study group of physical anomalies, mental retardation and growth Faculty of Medicine, University of Brawijaya had perfomed reconstructive operations on 2500 Cleft Lips/Palate patients (CLP) in Nusa Tenggara Timur Province of Indonesia. Main objectives: a). To explore factors that contributes to the high prevalence of CLP. b). To find out the prover intervention of …
Cleft lip and palate are genetic disease inherited as multifactorial trait namely the interaction of a number of genes with environmental factor. Cleft lip as a single anomaly without any other malformation usually is not caused by genetic disorders. Cleft lip and palate folowed by other malformation, dermatoglyphics abnormalities and mental retardation tend to be caused by chromosomal abnormal…