Absence of an Environmental Effect on the Recurrence of Facial-Cleft Defects
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- 20 July 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 333 (3) , 161-165
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199507203330305
Abstract
The rate of recurrence of a broad range of birth defects may decrease among women who change residence after the birth of their first infant. The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of changing residence on the recurrence of congenital facial-cleft defects.Keywords
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