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A healthy 3-year-old boy has a cleft lip and ...
Multifactorial ๐Ÿ” / ๐Ÿ“บ / ๐ŸŒณ / ๐Ÿ“–
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A cleft lip/palate with no associated anomalies has multifactorial etiology (FA2020 p621). There is no evidence of associated syndrome or inheritance, so it is multifactorial.

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cheesetouch  FA2018 p603 +
randi  FA2019 p607 +1
whoopthereitis  just fun stuff to add: Other diseases that can also be considered multifactorial are Spina Bifida, DM, CAD, HTN. Had this question somewhere else once. +2



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