Articles: Etiology / Causes of cleft lip and palate

Mossey PA, Little J, Munger RG, Dixon MJ, Shaw WC. Cleft lip and palate Lancet 2009; 374: 1773–85.

Tolarova M: Genetics, gene carriers, and environment. In: Bader JD (ed.) Risk Assessment in Dentistry, University of North Carolina Dental Ecology, Chapel Hill 1990: pp 116-129. Fraser C: Reactor Paper. Cleft lip and cleft palate – whence and whither? Pp 147-148

Gasca-Sanchez FM, Santos-Guzman J, Elizondo-Dueñaz R, at al. Spatial Clusters of Children with Cleft Lip and Palate and Their Association with Polluted Zones in the Monterrey Metropolitan Area. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Jul; 16(14): 2488.

Murray JC. Gene/environment causes of cleft lip and/or palate. Clin Genet 2002: 61: 248–256. C Blackwell Munksgaard, 2002

Saleem K, Zaib T, Sun W, Fu S. Assessment of candidate genes and genetic heterogeneity in human nonsyndromic orofacial clefts specifically non syndromic cleft lip with or without palate. Heliyon 5 (2019) e03019

Hur JS, Costanzo CJ, Baek SH, Tolar M, Mortazavi M, Tolarova MM. Association of RFC1 A80G Gene Polymorphism with Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip and Palate in Hispanics from Venezuela and Guatemala. Journal of Korean Cleft Lip & Palate Association. 2021;24(1):1-9

Aljabeiti AS, Salahuddin R, Tolar M, Tolarova MM. Association of TGFβ3 variants with Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip and Palate in Guatemalan Population. J Den Craniofac Res Vol.2:No.1:9, 2017