Congenital cleft lip and palate in children from Tajikistan in 2009–2019

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We analyzed the dynamics of congenital cleft lip and palate in children and studied the archival data of the National Medical Center Shifobakhsh (Dushanbe) of the Republic of Tajikistan on the incidence of outpatient visits due to this abnormality in the Republic of Tajikistan over the period from 2009 to 2019. The number of children born with congenital cleft has been increasing for the last ten years. We found out this pathology to develop in families with in-and-in marriage, it also depends upon the sex of a child. Boys are more prone to maxillofacial anomalies.

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10.17816/2072-2354.2020.20.1.75-79

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